From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 29 07:53:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3A33416A401 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:53:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao01.cox.net (eastrmmtao01.cox.net [68.230.240.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A0C143D49 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:53:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([68.14.59.177]) by eastrmmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060329075300.MOHL3988.eastrmmtao01.cox.net@serene.no-ip.org>; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:53:00 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k2T7r1lG051008; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:53:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:52:56 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: "gs_stoller@juno.com" Message-Id: <20060329015256.c6f690af.conrads@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20060327.123712.8420.581562@webmail39.nyc.untd.com> References: <20060327.123712.8420.581562@webmail39.nyc.untd.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.3 (GTK+ 2.8.16; amd64-unknown-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The 'Amnesiac' screen s set up when FreeBSD starts up 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: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:53:04 -0000 On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:36:16 GMT "gs_stoller@juno.com" wrote: > When FreeBSD starts up, you see a screen (on an IBM PC ) > with a heading line that says: > FreeBSD/i386 (Amnesiac) (ttyv0) This is because you have no hostname set in /etc/rc.conf. > Is there a command that tells one on which screen one now > sits, and if so what is its path-name? Where are these screens > set up, and can one change that, say adding new screens? You can use "who", "w", or "who am i" to see where you're at. The ttys are controlled by the file /etc/ttys. But don't go tinkering with it unless you understand what you're doing. -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"