From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 1 21:07:53 2004 Return-Path: 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 7B10E16A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:07:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E86643D58 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:07:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i81L7q98094904; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:07:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i81L7fJL050183; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:07:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i81L7e8e050182; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:07:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:07:39 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Curtis Vaughan Message-ID: <20040901210739.GD41782@thought.org> References: <8274FA53-FC40-11D8-AE08-000393934006@npc-usa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8274FA53-FC40-11D8-AE08-000393934006@npc-usa.com> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.1, 5.2, or 5.3??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 21:07:53 -0000 On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 10:58:20AM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > So, I have been told that I shouldn't put 5.x on a production box, but > on the other hand I need pam_ldap, nss_ldap support on my box, which I > have also been told is only available in 5.x. Whereas this is to be a > Postfix server, I would like to know, which version of 5.x should I > install, or perhaps there is a way to use linux emulation for pam and > nss under 4.x? If, however, 5.x I must install, which would people > recommend and what problems will I be facing by putting it into > production? > Despite the official warnings, I've been running 5.2 on my DNS server since early July. Zero stability problems noted; and the server gets some heavy use. This is just one reason I've stuck with FBSD since 2.0.5: the design and implementation is first rate. If I were you, I would install 5.3beta now and update every few weeks until 5.3 is marked -STABLE. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix