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The MicroBSD newcomer will find that the first section of this book guides the user through the MicroBSD installation process, and gently introduces the concepts and conventions that underpin Unix. Working through this section requires little more than the desire to explore, and the ability to take on board new concepts as they are introduced.
Once you have travelled this far, the second, far larger, section of the Handbook is a comprehensive reference to all manner of topics of interest to MicroBSD system administrators. Some of these chapters may recommend that you do some prior reading, and this is noted in the synopsis at the beginning of each chapter.
This book is split into two logically distinct sections. The first section, Getting Started, covers the installation and basic usage of MicroBSD. It is expected that the reader will follow these chapters in sequence, possibly skipping chapters covering familiar topics. The second section, System Administration, covers a broad collection of subjects that are of interest to more advanced MicroBSD users. Each section begins with a succinct synopsis that describes what the chapter covers and what the reader is expected to already know. This is meant to allow the casual reader to skip around to find chapters of interest.
Introduces MicroBSD to a new user. It describes the history of the MicroBSD Project, its goals and development model.
Walks a user through the entire installation process. Some advanced installation topics, such as installing through a serial console, are also covered.
Covers the basic commands and functionality of the MicroBSD operating system. If you are familiar with Linux or another flavor of Unix then you can probably skip this chapter.
Covers the installation of third-party software with both MicroBSD's innovative ``Ports Collection'' and standard binary packages.
Describes the parameters available for system administrators to tune a MicroBSD system for optimum performance. Also describes the various configuration files used in MicroBSD and where to find them.
Describes the MicroBSD boot process and explains how to control this process with configuration options.
Describes the creation and manipulation of user accounts. Also discusses resource limitations that can be set on users and other account management tasks.
Explains why you might need to configure a new kernel and provides detailed instructions for configuring, building, and installing a custom kernel.
Describes many different tools available to help keep your MicroBSD system secure, including Kerberos, IPsec, OpenSSH, and network firewalls.
Describes how to manage storage media and filesystems with MicroBSD. This includes physical disks, RAID arrays, optical and tape media, memory-backed disks, and network filesystems.
Describes how to use PPP, SLIP, or PPP over Ethernet to connect to remote systems with MicroBSD.
Describes many networking topics, including sharing an Internet connection with other computers on your LAN, using network filesystems, sharing account information via NIS, setting up a name server, and much more.
Explains the different components of an email server and dives into simple configuration topics for the most popular mail server software: sendmail.
To provide a consistent and easy to read text, several conventions are followed throughout the book.
An italic font is used for filenames, URLs, emphasized text, and the first usage of technical terms.
A monospaced font is used for error messages, commands, environment variables, names of ports, hostnames, user names, group names, device names, variables, and code fragments.
A bold font is used for applications, commands, and keys.
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