From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 16 11:48:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B6237B401 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:48:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from altrade.nijmegen.internl.net (altrade.nijmegen.internl.net [217.149.192.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9928443F93 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:48:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nico.meijer@zonnet.nl) Received: from debian by altrade.nijmegen.internl.net id h6GImbfe020937 (8.12.9/2.04); Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:48:38 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:48:37 +0200 From: Nico Meijer To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030716204837.2a58560c.nico.meijer@zonnet.nl> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Recommended reading: FreeBSD for production server use X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:48:40 -0000 Hi all, Since my "Absolute OpenBSD" book has yet to arrive, I've set myself to getting to know FreeBSD. Liking 4.8 so far, btw. :-) After reading large parts of the Handbook and subscribing to among others -newbies, -questions and -isp (and searching the archives), installation was a complete breeze and the initial setup mainly trivial (I'm getting to the 'hard' parts ;-). Initially getting and updating the src and ports tree, rebuilding kernel and world have yet to fail on me, so all is well. :-) Now comes the harder part. Most resources talk about setting stuff up, as they should. The question that creeps in my mind immediately is how to actually maintain a FreeBSD machine: how to keep it running "stable" (not -STABLE per se) and up-to-date. My main purpose would be running servers (as in: web, mail, database, ftp, shell, samba, you name it). I'm currently on the prowl for documentation regarding this matter. Be it online references, off and on line books, magazines: I'm game. I've heard great things about Mr. Lucas' "Absolute BSD", but then again there are "FreeBSD Unleashed" and "The Complete FreeBSD", which are both regarded highly aswell. daemonnews.org, freebsddiary.org and such are bookmarked. I'll keep my questions on this matter for -questions, as I've seen advised here; there are many, of course. :-) Thank you all... Nico