Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:18:23 -0500 From: <crzdgns1@starpower.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: man page help Message-ID: <262fb66a.c95f985d.81b8800@ms07.mrf.mail.rcn.net>
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Hello All, I am a FreeBSD/UNIX newbie. I have posted here several times already and everyone has been very supportive. I wasn't happy with my first "real" install of FreeBSD-5.3-RELEASE, so the other day I re- installed, this time just the full base installation with X. I am currently trying to configure my firewall. I chose to use ipfirewall and followed the directions in the handbook explicitly, starting at the beginning of the section about IPF. Anyhow, my ISP uses DHCP, and there is a line in the ipf.rules file, which I have included below that deals with DHCP (I hope it is formatted as on the handbook webpage, my email program won't let me display it to its full width): > # Allow out access to my ISP's DHCP server for cable or DSL > networks. > # This rule is not needed for 'user ppp' type connection to the > # public Internet, so you can delete this whole group. > # Use the following rule and check log for IP address. > # Then put IP address in commented out rule & delete first rule > pass out log quick on dc0 proto udp from any to any port = 67 keep > state > #pass out quick on dc0 proto udp from any to z.z.z.z port = 67 keep > state The fourth # sign says, "use the following rule and check the log for the IP address". Where is the log? How do I find it? This basic problem spawned an attempt by me to decipher the man page for the find command in an attempt to locate any file containing the word "log" and revealed to me that I do not understand how to read the man pages. So, my quesiton for the group is, do you have any recommendations for using the man pages. Is there a resource on the web that gives easier to read instructions on deciphering man pages? Thanks! Mark
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