To all FreeBSD users: I've only started thoroughly using FreeBSD a few days
ago and I have a few questions...
1. Is there a local FreeBSD group which I can contact and send my questions?
2. Where is the equivalent of Linux's /etc/inittab? Where can I modify init
settings? Is /etc/rc.conf a boot autoconfiguration tool? Can someone brief
me on how FreeBSD bootup scripts work.
3. I installed GNU bash and fileutils so I can (hopefully) make use of
colors using dircolors. It seems that the FreeBSD term cons25 is not listed
among the 'colorable' terms of /etc/DIR_COLORS. Is there a way for me to use
ls with colors?
4. How does /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd work? Is master.passwd the
equivalent of Linux's /etc/shadow? FreeBSD does not recognize the shell
changes I have made in these two files, instead I had to use the pw command
for it to use my desired shell, why?
5. Can someone give me an overview of the following:
* PPP-is this the same as Linux pppd?
* Firewall-the equiv of ipfwadm/ipchains/important FreeBSD-only net tools
* Kernel-How do I configure the kernel? How do I recompile it?
* FreeBSD config scripts (if any)
6. Are there HOWTO docs for FreeBSD?
Thanks.
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Carlo
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