Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:59:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com> To: Tom Duffey <tduffey@wi.rr.com> Cc: keith@mail.telestream.com, "Frederick J Polsky v1.0" <fred@fredbox.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD guide for Linux admins Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000912155231.15435A-100000@utah> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009121509500.13211-100000@linuxpower.p00t.net>
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Tom Duffey wrote: > Sorry guys, but I must point out that a couple things mentioned here are > incorrect: > > > > BSD doesn't have the 128MB swap partition limit. > > Neither does Linux, since kernel 2.2 anyway. From > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes : > "Among other changes made in the development of Linux kernel 2.2, the > 128 meg limit on IA32 swap partition sizes has been eliminated..." Cool. Thanks for the correction. When I last worked on Redhat I was using 2.1.14, IIRC. Sorry for the mix up. > > > Redhat will add a new group with each new users name by default. > BSD will > > not. No big deal, just be careful to check your user adds > after your done > > to see if they are what you expected. > > I must admit that I have only been using FreeBSD since 4.0, but every > single installation I've done HAS added a new group for each user, an > integral part to my style of security. So it does. Hmmm, I must have written out to adduser.conf and forgotten what te default behavior was. Thank you, Jason C. Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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