FreeBSD newbie! :-)

[Zoist]

I am wanting to switch my main Linux server to FreeBSD. I know a lot about Linux, but not much about the FreeBSD O/S.

What I want FreeBSD to do is:

Web serving
SMTP Email
POP3
Firewalled
MASQED

That's it. Basically I want a newbie guide somewhere which can help me set up a box to do the above or similar to the above. I know there is the FreeBSD docs, but it's too confusing I guess.

Thanks a lot, and I hope to run a server like the big boys one day! :-)

Oh and one more thing if I may. I need the box setup to start with to have ftp access so I can transfer things, and I also don't want XWindows or any graphics at all.

[scott_R]

You might like 'Sams FreeBSD in 21 Days'. It's copywritten 2003, comes with a disk, and starts you out with a basic install. From there, you hand install X, web services, etc. For what you want to do, and because you have some Linux experience, it might be perfect.

[xulfralos]

http://bsdvault.net

has plenty of info to get you started.

Don't use ftp, use scp instead.

[CaptainPinko]

Originally posted by xulfralos
Don't use ftp, use scp instead.

scp? never heard of it. what is it?

[xulfralos]

OpenSSH manpages (http://openssh.org/manual.html)
man scp (http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp)