On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Carlo Sogono wrote:
..
> 1. Is there a local FreeBSD group which I can contact and send my questions?
not that i know of..
> 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.
it's there in /etc/rc.conf. it's a single file (historically BSD has a
single /etc/rc.local for startup stuff, no fancy-schmancy directories
here)
> 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?
the bsd terminal is compatible with vt100. try TERM=vt100.
> 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?
yes. /etc/master.passwd equivalent to /etc/shadow
it dont recognize because BSD hashes those files using DBM (thats why it
can do password lookups really fast even with zillions of users) and you
have to sync the text maps with the DBM maps.
> 5. Can someone give me an overview of the following:
> * PPP-is this the same as Linux pppd?
i think so.. i used to get this running, its pretty normal (unlike the
solaris pppd.. ack!)
> * Firewall-the equiv of ipfwadm/ipchains/important FreeBSD-only net tools
forgot.. he he
> * Kernel-How do I configure the kernel? How do I recompile it?
oh this i like. go to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf.. argh, just read the BSD
Handbook. it has a nice description. personally i like BSD's way of
configuring and compiling the kernel to Linux's way (just edit one file).
> * FreeBSD config scripts (if any)
dunno..
> 6. Are there HOWTO docs for FreeBSD?
yeah its called the BSD Handbook. it should come with a full install. look
in /usr/share/doc or thereabouts..
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