FreeBSD 6 Unleashed, w. CD-ROM

&a> PART I Introduction to FreeBSD 1 What Is FreeBSD 9 2 Installing FreeBSD 23 3 Advanced Installation Tasks 67 PART II FreeBSD on the Desktop 4 Booting and Shutting Down FreeBSD 85 5 Working with the X Windows System 99 6 Working with Applications 125 7 Advanced X11 Configuration 163 PART III FreeBSD on the Command Line 8 Working with the Shell 207 9 Customizing the Shell 241 10 Shell Programming 261 11 Introduiction to Perl Programming 207 PART IV System Administration 12 The FreeBSD Filesystem 335 13 Users, Groups and Permissions 263 14 Systems Configuration and Startuip Scripts 293 15 Performance Monitoring, Process Control, and Job Automation 413 16 Installing Additional Software 431 17 Printing 459 18 Kernel Configuration 493 19 Keeping Up to Date with FreeBSD 511 20 Adding Hard Disk Storage 539 21 FreeBSD Survival Guide 561 PART V FreeBSD Networking 22 Principles of TCP/IP Networking 591 23 Configuring Basic Networking Services 619 24 Networking with PPP and 802.11 637 25 Configuring Email Services 653 26 Configuring a Web Server 693 27 Configuring an FTP Server 727 28 Configuring an Internet Gateway 741 29 Configuring a Database Server 759 Index

Brian Tiemann is a freelance technology columnist and software engineer who has operated his own business and leisure websites on FreeBSD servers since 1995. As an outspoken advocate for the Apple Macintosh platform as well as for FreeBSD, he values a synthesis between open-source and closed-source development, and believes FreeBSD and Mac OS X both validate that synthesis for the benefit of all users. Brian is a graduate of Caltech, author of Mac OS X Tiger in a Snap and iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac in a Snap, and coauthor of Sams Teach Yourself FreeBSD in 24 Hours.