From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 00:46:01 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 0DCBE106566B for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 00:46:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh1.interactivevillages.com (ca.2e.7bae.static.theplanet.com [174.123.46.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C20158FC14 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 00:46:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-22-230-24.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.230.24] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh1.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QJEbk-0007m4-3Y for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 May 2011 17:45:33 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 08 May 2011 17:45:55 -0700 Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 17:45:55 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110509004555.GG3538@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6cMF9JLEeZkfJjkP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh1.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: 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 00:46:01 -0000 --6cMF9JLEeZkfJjkP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth John or Judy Hixson on Sunday, 08 May 2011: > At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until y= ou know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementa= ry stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions and am there= fore taking my chances. >=20 > 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 (2n= d ed.). Right now my problem is with the command line. Lucas make a stateme= nt 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 reall= y want to do is "view" the file, but that command doesn't exist either. Ano= ther problem that's throwing me for a loop is that even though I'm logged i= n as root I'm getting a "permission denied" return when I list a file (e.g.= /etc/fstab) and press enter. >=20 > This no doubt the wrong place for simple questions like these so someone = PLEASE tell me where better to go. Thank you. >=20 > John Hixson_______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" For viewing or editing a file, what you want is a text editor. I use vim, but it really isn't designed for beginners. Whatever editor you decide to use, I would advise reading up on it before jumping into text files. To list files in a directory, the command is 'ls'. Type 'man ls' to get full documentation. In fact, for most Unix commands, 'man' is your friend. --=20 =2EO. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.O | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --6cMF9JLEeZkfJjkP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNxzlDAAoJEIpckszW26+R0dAIAIpqm9jJlyd9LF5MG6VWoF9N GZf1Ix696LQON+WEMhzVNw5DM61YU+FIQ/IHj09oKaKuDPU1m8elzfRsdT25eKJh gCQ+spiGcKoBFOARMFKosR0U9D67ZglGw191yQV6yFErtkvJLD0ofUNizIVPxrSS hDUWuPHeLfIc/IGCmM9Qn04XwwqfBBW75eMJeNfPOo1AZ+6knJvE0ZynU0npdILF cCjRLtjU9GbKg8x5MQZesnEYXzVZkNRBmjykUYydl8k+AqMlzefHa8rSRhPemiNX ToU24dHqLIyuXKlW/C0thb5rYQlR3zbHwGh9OfbAFwaQfIehb4xhgMROYEz9xEY= =Gs7I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6cMF9JLEeZkfJjkP--