From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 24 07:46:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA17253 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 07:46:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdev.blaze.net.au (sdev.blaze.net.au [203.17.53.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA16696 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 07:44:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (davidn@localhost) by sdev.blaze.net.au (8.7.6/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA12881; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 00:40:08 GMT Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 00:40:07 +0000 () From: David Nugent To: skynet1@cris.com cc: Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checking mail In-Reply-To: <199609240618.GAA00608@beyond.sdi.agate.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Charlie Root wrote: >Help! When I check my mail in FreeBSD as ROOT, I can't figure >out how to read them and trash them...they keep piling up!! 'mail'. Since you don't really want to log in as root (much), then it is quite common to redirect mail for root to a standard user account. After you create the account, add a sendmail alias (to /etc/aliases). >Help! I don't know how to create users on my system that are >aliases to other users, (same home directories, same mail box) See above. >Help!! I downloaded, for XFree, all the binaries, and the SVGA >and VGA servers, and the english fonts... I configured it but I >doesn't wanna work! What do I type? Startx seems to come up with >error messages and Initx doesn't register as a program. Read the error messages. That's a start. :) You probably need to run xf86config. >HELP!! Is it possible for me to have more than 3 TTYs on my >computer (the default)?? Yes. Build a new kernel with the "options MAXCONS=" you want, and then edit your /etc/ttys to tell init to start up getty processes on the other vts, so you can log in on them. >Please respond ASAP! Please NOT to this address but to >Skynet1@Cris.com You would probably have gotten faster answers if you had first consulted the freebsd handbook. All of the above is in there, and it is installed on your system. Regards, David David Nugent, Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn