On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 09:17:50PM +0300, Pekka Niiranen wrote:
> Hello Sirs,
> 
> That is very comprehensive list of books, but I have
> not found any concise example of "OpenBSD development environment".
> There are KNF settings for vim and emacs in github but not much more.
> 
> OpenBSD is in constant flux so I would like to know which
> of its various services controlled by rcctl would be
> the best starting point for analyzing how code a minimal server
> in OpenBSD 2020 including pledge and prilege separation methods.
> Which of the current services is "the present state of the art" for
> a starting point?
>

The source code would be the best place to look. I know I've learned a
lot reading the code and manual pages. Not knowing your skill level, but
I often start with usr.sbin/identd/identd.c as a good skeleton.

Edgar

> -pekka-
> 
> On 19.4.2020 23.51, Martin wrote:
> > People recommend me these books https://www.openbsd.org/books.html for 
> > programming starting point. Here is a list of admin. related books too. 
> > Very comprehensive and useful books listed.
> > 
> > Martin
> > 
> > ????????????????????? Original Message ?????????????????????
> > On Sunday, April 19, 2020 7:15 PM, Chris Zakelj <c.zak...@ieee.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Looking to the list for suggestions on becoming at least a
> > > semi-competent admin.?? Long-time members may remember my trial-by-fire
> > > 15+ years ago when the boss ordered a T1 and the carrier's tech
> > > "helpfully" pointed the dmz interface at the (already outdated) NT4 file
> > > server.?? My current situation is nothing like that, but thanks to all
> > > the recent trolls, I discovered that following the IEEE's transition
> > > from their email service being little more than a .forward alias into a
> > > full-fledged GMail suite, that Google wasn't forwarding emails it deemed
> > > spammy and caused the partial loss of nearly seven months' worth of
> > > mail.?? Since I don't trust Google or pretty much any "free" provider at
> > > this point, that means doing it myself.?? Some steps (registering a
> > > domain, ordering business-class service or a static IP, etc) are
> > > self-evident.?? But after that, there's a lot I really need to learn
> > > beyond what's in the man pages, and my copy of 'Absolute OpenBSD' is
> > > quite dated at this point.?? I've also got that misbehaving ARC-1200B
> > > card, so if dlg@ or another team member in the US/Canada has interest in
> > > figuring out what's going sideways, I'll pay for shipping both ways.
> > 
> > 
> > 

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