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Old September 30th, 2010, 11:18
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Hello,
in the new company I am working for I have an old FreeBSD 6.1 RC used as Reverse Proxy for OWA.
Can I upgrade to a newer Version, or should I reinstall it ?
I am concerned about security updates. Can I still keep the system up to date with this old release ?
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Old September 30th, 2010, 11:29
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FreeBSD 6 is end-of-life in two months. Consider backing up your configuration files, making a list of installed options and applications, and installing FreeBSD 8.1.
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Thanks DutchDaemon !

The other issue is that I come from the Windows World (click, click ;-) ) and I have to search a "little" for the configuration files... I worked a little with linux but there are some differences.
Are there some standard paths or important files that I should look for ?
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  • /boot/loader.conf
  • /root maybe
  • /etc
  • /usr/local/etc
  • Any database under /var
  • /home/*
  • Any customized bit
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All else: hier(7).

You will find that FreeBSD actually has a file/directory hierarchy..

Installed software (assuming ports or packages were used) -> pkg_info(1).
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Thanks Beastie and DutchDaemon; I'll go to work ;-)
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