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<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN">
<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.48 1997/05/01 22:07:51 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.49 1997/05/03 04:46:42 jkh Exp $ -->
<article>
<title>Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X
<author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG'
name='&lt;pds@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;'></tt>
<date>$Date: 1997/05/01 22:07:51 $</date>
<date>$Date: 1997/05/03 04:46:42 $</date>
<abstract>
This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
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<sect>
<heading>System Administration</heading>
<sect1>
<sect1>
<heading>What's with all these SNAPshot, RELENG and RELEASE releases?</heading>
<p>
There are currently three active/semi-active branches in the FreeBSD
<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi" name="CVS Repository">:
<itemize>
<item><bf/RELENG_2_1_0/ AKA 2.1-stable AKA "2.1 branch"</item>
<item><bf/RELENG_2_2/ AKA 2.2-stable AKA "2.2 branch"</item>
<item><bf/HEAD/ AKA -current AKA 3.0-current</item>
</itemize>
<p><bf/HEAD/ is not an branch actual tag, like the other two, it's
simply a symbolic constant for "the current, non-branched development
stream" which we, of course, map to whatever's "-current" at the time.
Right now, -current is the 3.0 development stream and the 2.2 branch
forked off of -current in November 1996. 2.1.0 departed -current in
September of 1994, IIRC.
Now SNAPs are made from -current, that is to say 3.0, and they happen
infrequently, basically whenever I feel like doing one (e.g. I or
someone else wants something tested), and this generally doesn't
happen more than 3-4 times a year.
The ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD machine is a special case,
created just for the 2.2 branch and used to build a full 2.2 branch
release *every day* from wherever the RELENG_2_2 tag happens to be
pointing at the time. If the release build succeeds, the release is
moved into the anonymous FTP area there. If it fails, jkh gets a
mail telling him "Hey, somebody broke the 2.2 branch! Bad
hacker! No cola!" and he goes to investigate. The 2.2 branch is not
supposed to break since people are only supposed to be committing bug
fixes and well-tested enhancements to that branch, nothing experimental
or untried (sometimes they do anyway, but hey - this is a
volunteer-driven project and we try to take that in stride :-).
</sect1>
<sect1>
<heading>Where are the system start-up configuration files?</heading>
<p>
As of 2.0.5R, the primary configuration file is
From 2.0.5R to 2.2.1R, the primary configuration file is
<tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt>. All the options are to be specified in
this one and the other one (<tt>/etc/rc</tt> and
<tt>/etc/netstart</tt>) just include it.
this file and other files such as <tt>/etc/rc</tt> and
<tt>/etc/netstart</tt> just include it.
Look in the <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> file and change the value to
match your system. This file is filled with comments to show what
to put in there.
The <tt>/etc/rc.local</tt> is here as always and is the place to
put additional services like <tt/INN/ or a <tt/http/ server.
In post-2.2.1 and 3.0, <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> was renamed
to a more self-describing <tt>rc.conf</tt> file and the syntax
cleaned up a bit in the process. <tt>/etc/netstart</tt> was also
renamed to <tt>/etc/rc.network</tt> so that all files could be
copied with a <tt>cp /usr/src/etc/rc* /etc</tt> command.
<tt>/etc/rc.local</tt> is here as always and is the place to
start up additional local services like <tt/INN/ or set custom
options.
The <tt>/etc/rc.serial</tt> is for serial port initialization
(e.g. locking the port characteristics, and so on.).
The <tt>/etc/rc.i386</tt> is for Intel-specifics setting like the
iBCS2 emulation.
The <tt>/etc/rc.i386</tt> is for Intel-specifics settings, such
as iBCS2 emulation or the PC system console configuration.
Starting with 2.1.0R, you can have "local" startup files in a
directory specified in <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt>:
Starting with 2.1.0R, you can also have "local" startup files in a
directory specified in <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> (or
<tt>/etc/rc.conf</tt>):
<verb>
# Location of local startup files.
local_startup=/usr/local/etc/rc.local.d
</verb>
Each file ending in <tt/.sh/ will be executed in alphabetic
Each file ending in <tt/.sh/ will be executed in alphabetical
order.
If you want to have a proper order without changing all the file
names, you can use a scheme similar to the following with digits
prepended to each file name to insure order:
If you want to ensure a certain execution order without changing all
the file names, you can use a scheme similar to the following with
digits prepended to each file name to insure the ordering:
<verb>
10news.sh
15httpd.sh
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There is another package called ``<tt/new-account/'' also written
in Perl by Ollivier Robert. Ask
<tt>&lt;roberto@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;</tt> about it. It is currently
under further development.
undergoing further development.
To remove the user again, use the <tt/rmuser/ command.
<sect1>
<heading>I'm having problems setting up my printer.</heading>