From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 01:15:03 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 0103C16A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 01:15:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro (Hawat.CC.UBBCluj.Ro [193.226.40.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4113743D5D for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 01:15:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from taipan@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro) Received: from hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro (hawat [127.0.0.1]) by hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i398IYkp000352 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:18:34 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from taipan@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro) Received: from localhost (taipan@localhost)i398IYe1000349 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:18:34 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from taipan@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:18:34 +0300 (EEST) From: Radu MOLNAR To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040409111209.S332@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: newbie questions 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: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 08:15:03 -0000 I hope this is the right place to post this.Sorry if it isn't Just some stupid newbie questions: 1) I have an alias made in my .profile alias vi='/usr/local/bin/vim' but the alias is not made when i log in X. If a log in console or using ssh from a remote host the alias is made but when i log in x it is not. Anybody know why? As shell i use bash. 2)In /etc/syslogd.conf i have comented the line #*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console so that i wouldn't get any logs on my first console. But there are some logs that get printed on the first console. They're printed in bright white :) and they appear for example when someone tries to scan for opened ports on my computer. My question is who makes these logs? 3)Why does pine say: [Folder vulnerable - directory /var/mail must have 1777 protection] these are the rights on /var/mail/taipan where taipan is my user: [taipan@hawat mail]# ls -l /var/mail/taipan -rw------- 1 taipan wheel 11089 Apr 9 11:08 /var/mail/taipan and alsoe the rights on /var/mail: drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 512 Apr 9 11:07 mail That's about it for now. Happy Easter to everybody! -------------------------------- Radu Molnar Babes-Bolyai Comunication Center --------------------------------