From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 14:22:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 1EDFE16A420 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:22:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: from pearl.ibctech.ca (pearl.ibctech.ca [209.167.58.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99B9B43D73 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:22:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 50989 invoked by uid 1002); 17 Nov 2005 14:22:43 -0000 Received: from iaccounts@ibctech.ca by pearl.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:RC:1(209.167.16.15):. Processed in 1.47286 secs); 17 Nov 2005 14:22:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO fuze) (209.167.16.15) by pearl.ibctech.ca with SMTP; 17 Nov 2005 14:22:41 -0000 From: "Steve Bertrand" To: "'Lonnie Cumberland'" Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:22:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Thread-Index: AcXrfTkFne2RkWZERtKxd1RZ2ZIYDwABEDxA In-Reply-To: <000001c5eb7d$240a47a0$d1c88a45@picklepie> X-Qmail-Scanner-Message-ID: <113223736267550983@pearl.ibctech.ca> Message-Id: <20051117142244.99B9B43D73@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: RE: starting services? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:22:49 -0000 > I have just installed the Samba3 via the packages in the > /stand/sysinstall but am not clear on how to start the > daemon. I have had a lot of experience with Linux but have > not learned a lot about FreeBSD yet and am working on it. If Samba is all config'ed and ready to roll, I recall the startup command was simply: # /path/to/installation/smbd -D ...and the name service: # /path/to/installation/nmbd -D ...to run it in daemon mode. > Also, I have been watching the threads on some hackers > breaking into someone's system through PHP and am wondering > about how secure FreeBSD really is compared to various > default installs of Linux. Not to start a comparison battle, > but I just wanted to try to find out a little more about the > basic security of FreeBSD as we are looking to use it in a > production service. That particular thread apparently was dealing with a breach through PHP. Since the inherent nature of a web server is to provide full access to everyone, it's an easy target to probe for vulns. IMHO, FreeBSD was not at fault here (at least not entirely). It really depends on the particular setup etc, etc ad-infinitum. I will not comment on Linux at all, because I've only touched it a couple times, but if you want scalable, reliable, dependable, rock-solid performance in production, I'd give FBSD a try for certain. No matter what system you run, unless it has no cables attached and is locked in a vault, there will always be the potential for a break-in. Steve