FreeBSD 6 Unleashed

About the Author

is a freelance technology columnist and software engineer who has operated his own business and leisure websites on FreeBSD servers since 1995. As an outspoken advocate for the Apple Macintosh platform as well as for FreeBSD, he values a synthesis between open-source and closed-source development, and believes FreeBSD and Mac OS X both validate that synthesis for the benefit of all users. Brian is a graduate of Caltech, author of Mac OS X Tiger in a Snap and iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac in a Snap, and coauthor of Sams Teach Yourself FreeBSD in 24 Hours. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Table of Contents

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• PART I Introduction to FreeBSD
• 1 What Is FreeBSD 9
• 2 Installing FreeBSD 23
• 3 Advanced Installation Tasks 67
• PART II FreeBSD on the Desktop
• 4 Booting and Shutting Down FreeBSD 85
• 5 Working with the X Windows System 99
• 6 Working with Applications 125
• 7 Advanced X11 Configuration 163
• PART III FreeBSD on the Command Line
• 8 Working with the Shell 207
• 9 Customizing the Shell 241
• 10 Shell Programming 261
• 11 Introduiction to Perl Programming 207
• PART IV System Administration
• 12 The FreeBSD Filesystem 335
• 13 Users, Groups and Permissions 263
• 14 Systems Configuration and Startuip Scripts 293
• 15 Performance Monitoring, Process Control, and Job Automation 413
• 16 Installing Additional Software 431
• 17 Printing 459
• 18 Kernel Configuration 493
• 19 Keeping Up to Date with FreeBSD 511
• 20 Adding Hard Disk Storage 539
• 21 FreeBSD Survival Guide 561
• PART V FreeBSD Networking
• 22 Principles of TCP/IP Networking 591
• 23 Configuring Basic Networking Services 619
• 24 Networking with PPP and 802.11 637
• 25 Configuring Email Services 653
• 26 Configuring a Web Server 693
• 27 Configuring an FTP Server 727
• 28 Configuring an Internet Gateway 741
• 29 Configuring a Database Server 759
• Index
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