From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 13 21:33:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1E0F37B4AD for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:33:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from shiba.meibin.net (shiba.meibin.net [219.166.101.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D1B543F13 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:33:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lukek@meibin.net) Received: (qmail 11783 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2003 05:33:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO yujo) (210.158.193.72) by shiba.meibin.net with SMTP; 14 Jan 2003 05:33:19 -0000 Message-ID: <020301c2bb8f$3ebe46d0$c2bf0a0a@yujo> From: "Luke Kearney" To: "Shawn Henderson" , References: <00f001c2bb87$1ca54f10$6400a8c0@tdak.com> Subject: Re: projects Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:39:02 +0900 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As one who has done ( am still doing ) what you are looking for I suggest that the best way is to purchase the FreeBSD handbook ( or if you don't mind reading it over the web get the good oil there ) and go through the chapters one by one and learn to install/config a DHCP server Web server FTP server etc etc. All the books dedicated to Sys Admin work appear to be pretty tedious I thought and the best way is hands on playing with things with the books as a guide only. Take any old piece of garbage machine with a cheap hub and a second "client" machine and go for it. It can be fun when things are working the way you intended. Luke K > I am currently tryin to learn sysadmin. is there a place were there are > projects that I can practice on my box..I have just been searching the web > for stuff to do with my box and have learned bits and pieces..but I want a > little more structure. I have bought a few books but quickly tire of them > just like the projects on the web because I have to search for days on the > next step to learn how to do it.. I would like something that is step by > step and progressive between steps...am I dreaming or is there something out > there??? > Thanks > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message