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The Complete FreeBSD: Documentation from the Source (Paperback)

by Greg Lehey (Author)
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  • Paperback: 714 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 4 edition (29 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0596005164
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596005160
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 683,592 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Naturally, such a long-standing and mature OS requires an equally long-standing and mature book to cover its workings, and FreeBSD fans are blessed to have The Complete FreeBSD, by Greg Lehey." - Paul Hudson, Linux Format, October 2003


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FreeBSD is by far the most popular version of BSD®, the legendary operating system that has contributed a great deal to every version of Unix® in use today (including Mac OS® X). Originally a community effort by the University of California at Berkeley, FreeBSD was aimed at making Unix a little friendlier and easier to use. By the time other free operating systems came along, BSD was firmly established and very reliable. And it continues to be today. For seven years, the FreeBSD community has relied on Greg Lehey's classic, The Complete FreeBSD, to guide them through its configuration and administration. The 4th edition, covering version 5 of FreeBSD, is now available through O'Reilly Community Press. The Complete FreeBSD is an eminently practical guidebook that explains not only how to get a computer up and running with the FreeBSD operating system, but also how to turn it into a highly functional and secure server that can host large numbers of users and disks, support remote access, and provide web service, mail service, and other key parts of the Internet infrastructure. The book provides in-depth information on installation and updates, back-ups, printers, RAID, various Internet services, firewalls, the graphical X Window system, and much more. Author Greg Lehey is a member of the FreeBSD core team and has been developing, documenting, and advocating for FreeBSD for nearly ten years. Whether you're an experienced Unix user or just interested in learning more about this free operating system and how you can put it to work for you, this do-it-yourself BSD documentation will provide the information you need. The Complete FreeBSD is the second release in the O'Reilly Community Press Series. Unlike classic O'Reilly animal books, which are created to fill an information void, the Community Press titles provide convenient printed copies of documentation that is already available online. O'Reilly's role in the series is limited to providing manufacturing and distribution services rather than editorial development, so that each Community Press title reflects the editorial voice and organization of the community that has created it.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A detailed view of how to use BSD, 30 May 2001
This book may be a bit too detailed for some readers hence only 4 stars, but if you are serious about using BSD then this is the ticket. It has very detailed sections on how to install, use and modify the BSD system. It even comes with BSD on 4 CD's!!! A great buy for any BSD enthusiast.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent All Rounder, 24 Dec 2005
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This book is excellent - mine now looks tattered because of over use - I keenly wait for the next version that covers 6.0 My background is purely wintel and using this book I have configured FreeBSD to host Samba, DNS, DHCP, roaming profiles (Although you should get a copy of O'Reilly "Using Samba" to complement this handbook) I had never installed FreeBSD before however this book has taken me from a complete novice to a medium user - ever compiling my own kernel. Would recommend to anyone.

You do have to use this book with other online resources but it gives you a great starting point on most topics – Due to the changing nature of the OS the book is slightly out of date but still worth having on the Bookshelf

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4 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Rubbish, 29 Nov 2004
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This book is bad! Definitely not for the novice (as it claims to be) and not sure if it's any good for the med/ad user.

I am from a MS environment and have dabbled a bit with Redhat before but decided to go with FreeBSD hence purchased this book to get started.

I've brought many Tech books from Amazon but this is the first one that I am so disappointed with that I am returning it. The book provides lots of 'you can do this and that' but never actually get down to showing the novice how. It usually starts off with a couple of commands but then stopped not letting you know how to finish the task.

Chpt. 9 on Ports collection is most disappointing. It provides nothing useful and no mention whatsoever on what to do if you have a gzip file. I ended up referring back to my Redhat book which provided more thorough instructions and explanations.

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