FreeBSD Handbook <author> <name>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</name> </author> <date>October 14, 1995</date> <abstract>Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to day use of <bf>FreeBSD Release 2.0.5</bf>. This manual is a <bf>work in progress</bf> and is the work of many individuals. Many sections do not yet exist and some of those that do exist need to be updated. If you are interested in helping with this project, send email to the FreeBSD Documentation Project mailing list <tt><htmlurl url="mailto:doc@freebsd.org" name="<doc@freebsd.org>"></tt>. The latest version of this document is always available from the <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/" name="FreeBSD World Wide Web server">. </abstract> <toc>  <part><heading>Basics</heading> <chapt><heading>Introduction</heading> &nutshell; &history; &relnotes; &install; &basics; <chapt><heading>Installing applications</heading> <sect><heading>* Installing packages</heading> &ports; &porting;  <part><heading>System Administration</heading> &kernelconfig; <chapt><heading>Users, groups and security</heading> &crypt; &skey; &kerberos; &firewalls; &printing; <chapt><heading>The X-Window System</heading> Pending the completion of this section, please refer to documentation supplied by the <url url="http://www.xfree86.org/" name="The XFree86 Project, Inc">. <chapt><heading>Managing hardware</heading> <sect><heading>* Adding and reconfiguring disks</heading> &scsi; &esdi; <sect><heading>* Tapes and backups</heading> <sect><heading>* Serial ports</heading> <sect><heading>* Sound cards</heading>  <part><heading>Network Communications</heading> <chapt><heading>Basic Networking</heading> <sect><heading>* Ethernet basics</heading> <sect><heading>* Serial basics</heading> <sect><heading>* Hardwired Terminals</heading> &dialup; <chapt><heading>PPP and SLIP</heading> If your connection to the internet is through a modem, or you wish to provide other people with dialup connections to the internet using FreeBSD, you have the option of using PPP or SLIP. Furthermore, two varieties of PPP are provided: user (sometimes referred to as iijppp) and kernel. The procedures for configuring both types of PPP, and for setting up SLIP are described in this chapter. &userppp; &ppp; &slipc; &slips; <chapt><heading>Advanced networking</heading>  &routing; &nfs; &diskless; <sect><heading>* Yellow Pages/NIS</heading> <sect><heading>* ISDN</heading> <chapt><heading>* Mail</heading>  <part><heading>Advanced topics</heading> ¤t; &ctm; ⊃ &kerneldebug; &submitters; &troubleshooting;  <part><heading>Appendices</heading> &mirrors; &bibliography; &eresources; &hw; <chapt><heading>Assorted technical topics</heading> &booting; &memoryuse; &dma; &contrib;  </book> </linuxdoc>

%authors; %sections; ]> FreeBSD Handbook <author> <name>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</name> </author> <date>October 14, 1995</date> <abstract>Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to day use of <bf>FreeBSD Release 2.0.5</bf>. This manual is a <bf>work in progress</bf> and is the work of many individuals. Many sections do not yet exist and some of those that do exist need to be updated. If you are interested in helping with this project, send email to the FreeBSD Documentation Project mailing list <tt><htmlurl url="mailto:doc@freebsd.org" name="<doc@freebsd.org>"></tt>. The latest version of this document is always available from the <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/" name="FreeBSD World Wide Web server">. </abstract> <toc>  <part><heading>Basics</heading> <chapt><heading>Introduction</heading> &nutshell; &history; &relnotes; &install; &basics; <chapt><heading>Installing applications</heading> <sect><heading>* Installing packages</heading> &ports; &porting;  <part><heading>System Administration</heading> &kernelconfig; <chapt><heading>Users, groups and security</heading> &crypt; &skey; &kerberos; &firewalls; &printing; <chapt><heading>The X-Window System</heading> Pending the completion of this section, please refer to documentation supplied by the <url url="http://www.xfree86.org/" name="The XFree86 Project, Inc">. <chapt><heading>Managing hardware</heading> <sect><heading>* Adding and reconfiguring disks</heading> &scsi; &esdi; <sect><heading>* Tapes and backups</heading> <sect><heading>* Serial ports</heading> <sect><heading>* Sound cards</heading>  <part><heading>Network Communications</heading> <chapt><heading>Basic Networking</heading> <sect><heading>* Ethernet basics</heading> <sect><heading>* Serial basics</heading> <sect><heading>* Hardwired Terminals</heading> &dialup; <chapt><heading>PPP and SLIP</heading> If your connection to the internet is through a modem, or you wish to provide other people with dialup connections to the internet using FreeBSD, you have the option of using PPP or SLIP. Furthermore, two varieties of PPP are provided: user (sometimes referred to as iijppp) and kernel. The procedures for configuring both types of PPP, and for setting up SLIP are described in this chapter. &userppp; &ppp; &slipc; &slips; <chapt><heading>Advanced networking</heading>  &routing; &nfs; &diskless; <sect><heading>* Yellow Pages/NIS</heading> <sect><heading>* ISDN</heading> <chapt><heading>* Mail</heading>  <part><heading>Advanced topics</heading> ¤t; &ctm; ⊃ &kerneldebug; &submitters; &troubleshooting;  <part><heading>Appendices</heading> &mirrors; &bibliography; &eresources; &hw; <chapt><heading>Assorted technical topics</heading> &booting; &memoryuse; &dma; &contrib;  </book> </linuxdoc>