From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 20:28:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E3F016A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:28:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.ibctech.ca (shadow2.eagle.ca [209.167.16.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7F0843D39 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:28:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 13286 invoked by uid 1003); 23 Jun 2004 20:21:09 -0000 Received: from iaccounts@ibctech.ca by smtp.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (clamscan: 0.65. spamassassin: 2.60. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.027934 secs); 23 Jun 2004 20:21:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail.ibctech.ca) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.ibctech.ca with SMTP; 23 Jun 2004 20:21:09 -0000 Received: from 209.167.16.15 (SquirrelMail authenticated user steve@ibctech.ca) by webmail.ibctech.ca with HTTP; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:21:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3521.209.167.16.15.1088022069.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <40D9E3BB.1010906@pld.com> References: <40D9DE2A.9030503@pld.com> <3457.209.167.16.15.1088020347.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> <40D9E3BB.1010906@pld.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:21:09 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" To: "Benjamin Seuser" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: login/password X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:28:12 -0000 > Thanks that worked, > > But now I have another question, When it boots I enter my user > name and password but all I get is a command prompt, how am I supposed > to get into free bsd (or is that it?) Well, it doesn't look like much at the command prompt, but yes, that's it. The wonderful world of the power of BSD is now at your fingertips. If you are looking for a fancy GUI interface that can sit on top of the command prompt, start by reading the handbook...here is the section you want: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html If you are not familiar with unix basics, there are several books out there, and thousands of online tutorials. Google is your friend. I don't know your familiarity level, but the one most helpful command will be 'man'. the man command will allow you to view usage information on various commands. In essence typing something like: # man passwd will open the manual page for the passwd program. Most all commands have corresponding manual pages that can be accessed in this manner. For more information on the 'man' command, type: # man man Well, I hope this gives you a start. Note the entire handbook for FreeBSD can always be accessed from here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ and it is certainly worth a read, a second read, then as a reference manual. Cheers, Steve > > > Benjamin > > > --