Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 18:55:19 -0800 (PST) From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: 72110.765@compuserve.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 Message-ID: <9601060255.AA02982@tera.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960105174537.650B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Jan 5, 96 05:46:21 pm
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According to Doug White: > > On Fri, 5 Jan 1996 72110.765@compuserve.com wrote: > > > > > I am new with FreeBSD and want to use it for a Web server. I just > > ordered the FreeBSD 2.1 cdrom. Does it come with the necessary > > tools to be a web server (ie. tcp_wrapper, syslog, popper, elm, etc)? > > Yes, the packages and ports are on the CD. > > > I subscribed to the freebsd-isp mailing list. What other info is available > > about using FreeBSD as a web server? (ie. support forums, elm, etc.) > > AFAIK none specifically for FreeBSD. Questions is a good start. > Here are some comments that are at least slightly tangential to this subject. I've looked in the /cdrom/ports directory for things that I've got (and have had) on my old SVR4 box. elm, cnews, and scores of others things. To date, virtually nothing has been plug and play. Nothing (except for xemacs) has auto-configured and ``just worked.'' I was a bit surprised that software on the FreeBSD CD is not BSD-specific. At least mostly. I've been porting for more years than I care to admit, and I'll finish up with the same environment as is on my old 386.... but am I doing something stupid? Is there some pre-config magic for FreeBSD hidden away somewhere?? Better to ask this now than wait until I've re-re-re-invented the wheel! gary kline PS: Last night, I finally got the nameserver stuff to work (Thanks, Chuck!), and after retrieving elm2.4.tar.Z, the build quit with a checksum error.... So, back to start-from-scratch mode. If I'm screwing up, would somebody please shine some light!? > >
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