[Gllug] FreeBSD - errrm this might be slightly OT ;-)

[Gabriel Rocha]

,----[ On Wed, Aug 08, at 02:41PM, Xander D Harkness wrote: ]--------------
| I have just been given responsibility for the company's FreeBSD 
| mailserver.  None of the windows guys wanted it even though they do all 
| the company mail.
| 
| Updating packages in Linux I would use aptget, rpm or source.
| 
| Is there anything similar in FreeBSD?  Or is it all source?
| 
| I believe that the server has not been updated in a while and 
| consequently probably needs it now :-)
`----[ End Quote ]---------------------------

Well, there is ports, man ports and cd /usr/ports and read the README.
It compiles things from source and makes packages out of them. Do keep
it up to date and I would actually recommend moving the machine to linux
if you dont know how to admin it. There are a lot of intricacies that
would be best taken care of well, starting services the *bsd way is fun
if you arent used to it...there has been a recent local root vuln in
BSD, so update asap. If you have any *bsd questions, feel free to mail
me off list, or onlist if people dont mind, I have been admining *bsd
for a long time now. --Gabe

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