chflags understanding

2004-04-22 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
I'm looking through the Handbook to learn how to secure my FreeBSD 4.9 system. While reading 10.2( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security-intro.html ) it makes reference to the chflags command. Is there a difference between chflags -R schg /sbin * and chflags

Re: chflags understanding

2004-04-22 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
Malcolm Kay wrote: On Friday 23 April 2004 13:02, Alden Louis-Pierre wrote: I'm looking through the Handbook to learn how to secure my FreeBSD 4.9 system. While reading 10.2( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security-intro.ht ml ) it makes reference to the chflags

RCS question

2003-10-26 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
a book I'm learning. If I were to ci(check in) my files from were my C files is located, would my revisions be placed in my RCS directory? Thank You Alden Louis-Pierre ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: RCS question

2003-10-26 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
Thanks everyone. I now understand RCS, so for each directory I plan to co/ci there should be an RCS directory. Thank You Alden Louis-Pierre ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: CVSup supfilesrc-all question

2003-10-20 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
Graham Lillico wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 08:04:54PM -0400, Alden Louis-Pierre wrote: So running my sample CVSup supfile would not patch my system for the security advisories from SA-03:08 - SA-0318(as of 10/19/03)? I'm under the impression this supfile would take care of security

CVSup supfilesrc-all question

2003-10-19 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
delete use-rel-suffix compress src-all I currently update all known security issues via patch /path/to/patch method and following the instructions for each security advisor. Thank You Alden Louis-Pierre ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http

Re: CVSup supfilesrc-all question

2003-10-19 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
David Fleck wrote: On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Alden Louis-Pierre wrote: Does this mean if I were to do a fresh install of FreeBSD 4.8 and then CVSup my source all known security issues would be resolved for the particular FreeBSD I'm running? Not quite - it means that your sources would be up

Re: Java and Netscape 7.1?

2003-08-18 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
This link might be useful. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/09/05/FreeBSD_Basics.html ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Quick Question

2003-08-14 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
First and foremost great job in using newegg for hardware. They provide excellent service. I shop there all the time for my hardware needs :-). Next for a motherboard, I would recommend the Shuttle AK38N motherboard. Shuttle makes some very good motherboard. The performance is rock

Re: how to learn freebsd?

2003-08-14 Thread Alden Louis-Pierre
I would recommend the following books: Learning the Unix Operating System(5th Edition): $13.97 FreeBSD An Open Source System For Your Personal Computer(2nd Edition): $24.00 FreeBSD HandBook(2nd Edition): $49.95 The Complete FreeBSD(4th Edition): $31.47 Absolute BSD: The Ultimate Guide