From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 00:28:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4E6106564A for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 00:28:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnorjudy@earthlink.net) Received: from elasmtp-galgo.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-galgo.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2338FC12 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 00:28:43 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=k9Uy4Gz6n3fePw5PaAMSDgCpqd76dCMi3GyX28YL6XUB3w0yuExCkX0HstsSr3mf; h=Received:From:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Subject:Date:Message-Id:To:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [66.245.143.50] (helo=[192.168.2.19]) by elasmtp-galgo.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1QJEAX-0007oh-9Z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 May 2011 20:17:49 -0400 From: John or Judy Hixson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 17:17:48 -0700 Message-Id: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-ELNK-Trace: a2d49588295e3af2f8c10fa22fe64701239a348a220c2609d00c24f653d6d523d1c3b8ad839c013ea2d4e88014a4647c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.245.143.50 Subject: Newbie Needing Help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 00:28:44 -0000 At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until = you know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very = elementary stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions = and am therefore taking my chances. I'm trying to learn some FreeBSD in anticipation of eventually admining = a FBSD server for my church office network. I've installed FreeBSD 7.4 = on an old PC and am trying to follow along while reading Michael Lucas' = book (2nd ed.). Right now my problem is with the command line. Lucas = make a statement as follows: "If you want to see a comprehensive list of = loader variables, check the default configuration file." Since there is = no command "check", I have no idea what to use. What command will = "check" a file? What I really want to do is "view" the file, but that = command doesn't exist either. Another problem that's throwing me for a = loop is that even though I'm logged in as root I'm getting a "permission = denied" return when I list a file (e.g. /etc/fstab) and press enter. This no doubt the wrong place for simple questions like these so someone = PLEASE tell me where better to go. Thank you. John Hixson=