If you read no other documentation before installing this version of FreeBSD, you should at least by all means *READ THE ERRATA* for this release so that you don't stumble over problems which have already been found and fixed. This ERRATA.TXT file is obviously already out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on the net and should be consulted as the "current errata" for your release. These other copies of the errata are located at: 1. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ 2. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases//ERRATA.TXT (and any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location). Any changes to this file are also automatically emailed to: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org For all CERT security advisories, see: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/ For the latest security incident information. ---- Security Advisories: Current active security advisories for 3.2: None ---- System Update Information: o /usr/sbin/sysctl is an invalid link and whereis(1) doesn't work. Fix: sysctl(8) has actually moved to /sbin/sysctl. Simply create a symbolic link for compatability purposes as follows: ln -sf /sbin/sysctl /usr/sbin or syncronize your sources with 2.2-stable and rebuild/install from /usr/src/usr.bin/whereis/ and just rm /usr/sbin/sysctl o /usr/share/doc/FAQ is in spanish. Fix: This was a build failure which affected only the FAQ and has since been fixed. If you are already cvsup/CTM'ing the doc-all tag then you can simply remake and install the FAQ from sources, otherwise grab ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/docs/FAQ.tar.gz and unpack as follows: tar --unlink -xvzf FAQ.tar.gz -C /usr/share/doc to get an english FAQ. o getpwnam(3) semantics are incorrect in some cases. Fix: If passed a string longer than the maximum allowed for a user name, getpwnam will incorrectly return an entry for a user that matches the initial characters in the string up to the maximum length allowed for a user name. To correct this behaviour, libc needs to be patched and recompiled. The appropriate patch can be obtained from http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c.diff?r1=1.35.2.2&r2=1.35.2.3