Re: PPPoA section of FreeBSD Handbook

2012-11-20 Thread RW
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:51:51 +1100 andrew clarke wrote: On Tue 2012-11-20 11:49:38 UTC+1100, andrew clarke (m...@ozzmosis.com) wrote: In the meantime I've switched to using mpd5 (/usr/ports/net/mpd5) and /sbin/ipnat. So far, so good: # ifconfig ng0 ng0:

PPPoA section of FreeBSD Handbook

2012-11-19 Thread andrew clarke
mention PPPoA, despite what the FreeBSD handbook suggests. Regards Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD handbook

2007-03-14 Thread Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
On 3/15/07, neo neo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello ; i am new at FreeBSD . Where can i get FreeBSD commands list? thankz . ZAW HTET AUNG Hello, Welcome to FreeBSD, please check http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics.html and

Re: FreeBSD handbook.

2006-03-03 Thread Martin Tournoy
of the supplied cvs-up files(/usr/local/share/example/cvsup - i think) On 3/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, How can I get the sgml #sources# of the FreeBSD handbook? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

FreeBSD handbook.

2006-03-02 Thread lalev
Hi, How can I get the sgml #sources# of the FreeBSD handbook? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FreeBSD handbook.

2006-03-02 Thread Iantcho Vassilev
Use one of the supplied cvs-up files(/usr/local/share/example/cvsup - i think) On 3/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, How can I get the sgml #sources# of the FreeBSD handbook? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Question about FreeBSD Handbook

2005-11-07 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Arseny Solokha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'v partially read FreeBSD Handbook. To my mind this documentation had been wrote most about releases 4 and 5 newest than 5.2.1. The intention is to keep everything up to date, while keeping it relevant to any release from (at least) the last two

Question about FreeBSD Handbook

2005-11-05 Thread Arseny Solokha
Hello! I'v partially read FreeBSD Handbook. To my mind this documentation had been wrote most about releases 4 and 5 newest than 5.2.1. In beginning of the documentation, in chapter 2.3.2 you wrote about Kernel Configuration. How to start Kernel Configuration in release 5.2.1? Should I edit

FreeBSD handbook, 16.3.2.2

2005-08-07 Thread Nikolas Britton
Quoting the FreeBSD Handbook: 16.3.2.2 Dedicated If you will not be sharing the new drive with another operating system, you may use the dedicated mode. Remember this mode can confuse Microsoft operating systems; however, no damage will be done by them. IBM's OS/2(r) however, will appropriate any

Re: FreeBSD handbook, 16.3.2.2

2005-08-07 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Nikolas Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: # disklabel -Brw da1 auto what did the -r option do, why is it used in this example when bsdlabel doesn't support it. It enabled the labeling of an unlabeled disk. It's used because the handbook is still in transition from the old disklabel. My copy

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-06 Thread Karel Miklav
Benjamin Keating wrote: Either way, I'll be using / populating that thing with as much quality info as I can. Thanks! Are you in charge of this? No, you should talk to the Jimbo guy (Jimbo is a FreeBSD enthusiast / professional / zealot, depending on who you ask, and is the maintainer of this

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-05 Thread Benjamin Keating
This is great! I'd love to contribute my mediawiki template and graphic design knowledge to spice it up a bit if you're interested. Either way, I'll be using / populating that thing with as much quality info as I can. Thanks! Are you in charge of this? - bpk On 5/4/05, Karel Miklav [EMAIL

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-05 Thread David Gerard
Benjamin Keating ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050504 10:00]: Is there anything being done to help keep the handbook just a little more updated? It's a great handbook, if it's content wasn't so out of date. A wiki would be a great way to acheive this. If there isn't a project like it yet, I'd like to

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-05 Thread David Gerard
Karel Miklav ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050504 21:19]: Benjamin Keating wrote: A wiki would be a great way to acheive this. If there isn't a project like it yet, I'd like to propose we set one up. I can contribute quite a bit of time and resources towards this. Save me wiki.freebsd.org and

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-05-03 17:29, Benjamin Keating [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/3/05, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 05:00:06PM -0700, Benjamin Keating wrote: Is there anything being done to help keep the handbook just a little more updated? It's a great handbook, if it's

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread Karel Miklav
Benjamin Keating wrote: Is there anything being done to help keep the handbook just a little more updated? It's a great handbook, if it's content wasn't so out of date. A wiki would be a great way to acheive this. If there isn't a project like it yet, I'd like to propose we set one up. I

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On May 4, 2005, at 2:30 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2005-05-03 17:29, Benjamin Keating [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Things like that bring noise to this mailing list. It's ok. This is part of the purpose of having the list :) You wouldn't think so from the flak some people have received for not

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread dayton
Benjamin Keating wrote: Is there anything being done to help keep the handbook just a little more updated? It's a great handbook, if it's content wasn't so out of date. A wiki would be a great way to acheive this. If there isn't a project like it yet, I'd like

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread Ryan J. Cavicchioni
I would love to see a wiki for FreeBSD. I think that it would be really beneficial for the project. It would take some work to establish it but if there were enough participants, it could turn into a very robust documentation project. Some hard work would be required to make the wiki healthy and

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread MikeM
On 5/3/2005 at 5:29 PM Benjamin Keating wrote: |A wiki would eliminate that bottle neck (PR). |Some parts are out of date. Others fail to mention FAQ , etc. that |could really help. For instance, the NAT/DHCP articles could easily |include a 'typical home user' HOWTO rather then tricking the user

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread Trevor Sullivan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ryan J. Cavicchioni wrote: I would love to see a wiki for FreeBSD. I think that it would be really beneficial for the project. It would take some work to establish it but if there were enough participants, it could turn into a very robust

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread cpghost
On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 08:54:10AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A compromise approach could be to do what www.php.net does. On this site they have the official manual, which has the same flaws as the FBSD handbook (out of date pages, obtuse descriptions, ...). In addition, postings from

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread Randy Pratt
. Don't forget that the FreeBSD Handbook is also published occasionally from these same sources. The documentation is available in a variety of languages due to the efforts of the translation teams. They use the revision control system to determine when updated translations are needed

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread Ryan J. Cavicchioni
MikeM wrote: On 5/3/2005 at 5:29 PM Benjamin Keating wrote: |A wiki would eliminate that bottle neck (PR). |Some parts are out of date. Others fail to mention FAQ , etc. that |could really help. For instance, the NAT/DHCP articles could easily |include a 'typical home user' HOWTO rather

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-04 Thread Chuck Robey
Trevor Sullivan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 know it's off-topic, but I thought it might surprise some folks, and it's possible it could prove important to some, I guess. Notice the words above, about him using the sha-1 hash. You realize it's been broken? The crypto

The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-03 Thread Benjamin Keating
Is there anything being done to help keep the handbook just a little more updated? It's a great handbook, if it's content wasn't so out of date. A wiki would be a great way to acheive this. If there isn't a project like it yet, I'd like to propose we set one up. I can contribute quite a bit of

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 05:00:06PM -0700, Benjamin Keating wrote: Is there anything being done to help keep the handbook just a little more updated? It's a great handbook, if it's content wasn't so out of date. What is out of date? Generally, if you want to improve something in the handbook,

Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-03 Thread Benjamin Keating
A wiki would eliminate that bottle neck (PR). Some parts are out of date. Others fail to mention FAQ , etc. that could really help. For instance, the NAT/DHCP articles could easily include a 'typical home user' HOWTO rather then tricking the user into reading that one line where it says you have

RE: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

2005-05-03 Thread bob
: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form. A wiki would eliminate that bottle neck (PR). Some parts are out of date. Others fail to mention FAQ , etc. that could really help. For instance, the NAT/DHCP articles could easily include a 'typical home user' HOWTO rather

FreeBSD Handbook typo?

2005-02-04 Thread as2sb3100
First off I have to say this is my first time ever using any kind of mailing list. I'm not even really sure if this is where I should post this. In the FreeBSD Handbook, page 24.5 The IPFILTER (IPF) Firewall, section 24.5.19.1 Assigning Ports to Use, I believe there is a typo. It gives

Re: FreeBSD Handbook typo?

2005-02-04 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:02:25 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the FreeBSD Handbook, page 24.5 The IPFILTER (IPF) Firewall, section 24.5.19.1 Assigning Ports to Use, I believe there is a typo. It gives an example map dc0 192.168.1.0/24 - 0.32 and I think it should say map dc0 192.168.1.0/24

How can I upgrade my FreeBSD Handbook?

2004-06-22 Thread Mark Jayson Alvarez
Hi, I've already upgraded my freebsd 4.9 to 4.10 using make buildworld and installworld. I also have rebuilded the kernel. I'm totally sure that when I used cvsup to fetch the sources for FreeBSD 4.10, I have included an src-all line in the cvsup file, but when I visited freebsd.org, their

Re: How can I upgrade my FreeBSD Handbook?

2004-06-22 Thread Randy Pratt
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:35:31 -0700 (PDT) Mark Jayson Alvarez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've already upgraded my freebsd 4.9 to 4.10 using make buildworld and installworld. I also have rebuilded the kernel. I'm totally sure that when I used cvsup to fetch the sources for FreeBSD 4.10,

Re: Can the FreeBSD handbook be sold?

2003-06-27 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Thursday, 26 June 2003 at 12:50:04 +0200, Alex de Kruijff wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 11:53:28AM +0200, Miguel Mendez wrote: Hi, I came across this: http://store.fultus.com/product_info.php?cPath=5_10products_id=1 These guys are selling a pdf version of the handbook for 35 bucks a

Can the FreeBSD handbook be sold?

2003-06-26 Thread Miguel Mendez
Hi, I came across this: http://store.fultus.com/product_info.php?cPath=5_10products_id=1 These guys are selling a pdf version of the handbook for 35 bucks a pop. Is that legal? Because, if it is, I'll wget the online doc, pipe it to a pdf creator and sell it for $25 ;-P I'm just curious about

Re: Can the FreeBSD handbook be sold?

2003-06-26 Thread Alex de Kruijff
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 11:53:28AM +0200, Miguel Mendez wrote: Hi, I came across this: http://store.fultus.com/product_info.php?cPath=5_10products_id=1 These guys are selling a pdf version of the handbook for 35 bucks a pop. Is that legal? Because, if it is, I'll wget the online doc,

errata in FreeBSD handbook

2003-06-21 Thread ..
Hello! I find same errata in FreeBSD handbook: cuai0N (must cuaiaN) cual0N (must cualaN) For example, see: 17.2.4 Device Special Files Most devices in the kernel are accessed through ``device special files'', which are located in the /dev directory. The sio devices are accessed

Re: FreeBSD Handbook NIS/YP Instructions

2003-01-04 Thread Bill Moran
From: Mike Hogsett [EMAIL PROTECTED] portmap is also required for NIS. True, and it says so in the handbook, which is the point I was trying to make. Speaking for myself, at least, following the handbook to the letter got NIS working just fine. -Bill From: Adam Stroud [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FreeBSD Handbook NIS/YP Instructions

2003-01-03 Thread Adam Stroud
I am tryin to setup a NIS/YP domain. I just get done reading that chapter in the FreeBSD handbook and I just have a quick question. Since NIS uses RPC, do I need to configure inetd.conf to allow RPC on the NIS server and clients? The handbook does not make any mention of editing

Re: FreeBSD Handbook NIS/YP Instructions

2003-01-03 Thread Bill Moran
From: Adam Stroud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since NIS uses RPC, do I need to configure inetd.conf to allow RPC on the NIS server and clients? The handbook does not make any mention of editing the inetd.conf file. inetd doesn't handle RPC. Use the rc.conf settings suggested in the tutorial and the

Re: FreeBSD Handbook NIS/YP Instructions

2003-01-03 Thread Mike Hogsett
portmap is also required for NIS. - Mike From: Adam Stroud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since NIS uses RPC, do I need to configure inetd.conf to allow RPC on the NIS server and clients? The handbook does not make any mention of editing the inetd.conf file. inetd doesn't handle RPC. Use the