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News from the FreeBSD Project New committer: Davide Italiano (src) October-December, 2011 Status Report FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE Available New committer: Jason Helfman (ports) FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 Available New committer: Pedro Giffuni (src) New member for the Ports Management team: Beat Gätzi New committer: Justin Hibbits (src) FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 Available New committer: Michael Scheidell (ports) OpenBSD Journal The OpenBSD Community. SSH Mastery: A Very Welcome Addition to Any Unix User's Bookshelf The first paragraph of this book's afterword reads: “ "You now know more about SSH, OpenSSH and Putty than the vast majority of IT professionals! Congratulations". ” That claim will be true for any reader of SSH Mastery who has read the book up to that point and has incorporated at least some of the elements of the configurations it describes into their own environments. Read more... Using OpenBSD VMs to teach Unix In episode 208 of his bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman talks about how he uses OpenBSD virtual machines to aid in his teaching of a Unix course at the University of Maine, along with details of why he chose it and how it helps round-out his pupils' understanding of different Unixes. The podcast files (15min, 7MB) are available here: Ogg: http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk208.ogg , MP3: http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk208.mp3 wiconfig - simplifies the configuration of wireless interfaces Daniel M wrote in about the wiconfig script that he wrote to handle moving a laptop between networks: So, I got tired of doing my little time saving workarounds every time I connected to a wireless network and decided to look for a solution. Several people have posted little wireless scripts here, to misc@ and minor modifications to help simplify and automate the configuration of wireless, but the scripts never seemed to go far enough. Read more... OpenBSD reaches 5.0! As several submitters wrote in to remind us, Following the regular 6-monthly schedule, OpenBSD 5.0 was released on 1 November and is available on CDs and online. [CaRP] php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known (0) Unix Review News, reviews, features, and commentary for Unix and Linux professionals. Shell Corner: Littera Delenda Est (Part Two) In this month's Shell Corner, Royce Williams provides part two of his attack on removing unusual characters in filenames. Regular Expressions: Python's Mechanization In this month's Regular Expressions column, Cameron and Kathryn look at using the dynamic language Python to handle specific automation needs. Elements of Efficient and Secure Service Provisioning with Solaris Westphal looks at the elements involved in building a server in Solaris 10 that will take advantage of all the available features. Test Your Knowledge of Users and Groups Emmett offers some questions to test what you know about user and group fundamentals. |
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