From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 24 08:24:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA24940 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 08:24:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from garion.hq.ferg.com (pm1-12.wmbg.widomaker.com [204.17.220.112]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA24930 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 08:24:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.hq.ferg.com (localhost.hq.ferg.com [127.0.0.1]) by garion.hq.ferg.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA00888; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 11:24:48 -0400 Message-Id: <199607241524.LAA00888@garion.hq.ferg.com> X-Authentication-Warning: garion.hq.ferg.com: Host localhost.hq.ferg.com didn't use HELO protocol From: Branson Matheson To: Fred Rappuhn cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IRCD In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jul 1996 10:51:27 EDT." <31F6386F.5E7B@tir.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 11:24:47 -0400 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -------- Fred Rappuhn uttered with conviction: > Does anyone have an IRC server up and running using FreeBSD? > Yep.. > I downloaded the irc2.8.21. I am using ... branson@garion #ircd -v ircd u2.9.21.2.mu > I am new to FreeBSD and for the most part Unix in general. > > When I try and run IRCD, it comes back with no errors or anything. > I do a ps aux | more and look through it and find nothing that > could be the ircd process. Try running with debugging enabled.. there is a command line option to do that.. ircd -x {debuglevel} check the man pages for more information. > Is this the best IRC server for FreeBSD? Thanks for any help you > can give. It's the one that I have always used and never had any problems... I cant say best.. but It works and is stable. > > Plus could someone recommend a good book to read to l earn more > about FreeBSD. I got the Installing and Running FreeBSD book. But > I would like somehthing with more detail. Sounds like you need somthing in the way of a system admin manual as well as a unix basics... _Unix_System_Administration_Handbook_ by Nemeth et.al affectionately known as the "red" book.. covers lots of different OS's but gives specific for each where necessary.. use the BSDI model for most of your stuff. And i am not sure on a "unix basics" manual ... -branson ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?