FreeBSD Unleashed, 2/e

FreeBSD is a freely available Unix system based on the BSD distribution from the University of California at Berkeley. It is an open source project developed by volunteers all over the world.

FreeBSD is extremely robust and powers some of the largest Internet sites in the world, including Yahoo! and the Internet Movie Database. It has also been used for other high-end applications, such as special effects rendering in movies. The special effects in The Matrix were rendered on a cluster of FreeBSD systems.

FreeBSD Unleashed, 2/e teaches the reader everything he or she needs to know in order to use FreeBSD to its full potential. It shows individuals how to put to use the same FreeBSD power that many high-profile Internet sites depend on to work. Whether someone needs and enterprise class server, a small business server, or a dependable workstation, this book provides a powerful solution to the reader's needs

Introduction.

I. INTRODUCTION TO FREEBSD.

  1. What Is FreeBSD?
  2. Installing FreeBSD.
  3. Advanced Installation Issues.

II. USING FREEBSD.

  4. Your First Session with FreeBSD.
  5. Working with X-Windows.
  6. Working with Applications.
  7. Working with the Shell. 

III. ADMINISTERING FREEBSD.

  8. The FreeBSD Filesystem.
  9. Users, Groups, and Permissions. 
 10. System Configuration and Startup Scripts. 
 11. Customizing the Shell. 
 12. Shell Programming.
 13. Performance Monitoring, Process Control, and Job Automation.
 14. Installing Additional Software.
 15. Printing.
 16. Kernel Configuration.
 17. Keeping Up to Date with FreeBSD.
 18. Understanding Hard Disks and Filesystems.
 19. FreeBSD Survival Guide.
 20. Introduction to Perl Programming. 

IV. FREEBSD NETWORKING.

 21. Networking with FreeBSD.
 22. Configuring Basic Networking Services.
 23. Connecting to the Internet with PPP.