Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:39:28 -0400 From: "Tenacious" <tMind@bigfoot.com> To: <sturgeon@webworks2000.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unix help Message-ID: <003701bec561$dbe26720$c829a8c0@tci.rdo> References: <377D82BD.B35B26CF@webworks2000.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01BEC540.53D50200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Answers to your question: 1. su yourself to root right, and do a 'passwd' will change your root = password. 2. Use Sendmail (come w/ FreeBSD, make sure you have the later version) 3. use 'ftp' to get your tar file and put it in the directory and do = 'tar xfv tarfile.tar' or 'tar xfvz tarfile.tar.gz' Except your first and third question, the mail could be a huge topic. = You better get yourself some books to familiar your on this topic. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Terry & Sheila Sturgeon=20 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 11:25 PM Subject: Unix help We are running our own server, located at our ISP. We are running = Unix=20 FreeBSD with Apache server. We telnet into the server when necessary. = We are needing to know three things:=20 1. How can we change our su password?=20 2. What do we need to have to be able to offer our Online Community=20 Members their own email account using our domain, for example:=20 username@fishhunt.org?=20 3. What do we need to have to download a .tar file, transfer the .tar = file to Unix, decompress it and install appropriate files?=20 As you can tell we are very new to this and we have a lot of questions = that we are having great difficulty finding answers to.=20 If you are able to reply to this email, please type in layman's terms, = we are not familiar with all the technical terms yet.=20 Thank you in advance for your cooperation.=20 Terry and Sheila Sturgeon=20 http://www.fishhunt.org/=20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01BEC540.53D50200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3401" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Answers to your question:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>1. su yourself to root right, and do a 'passwd' will = change=20 your root password.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>2. Use Sendmail (come w/ FreeBSD, make sure you have = the later=20 version)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>3. use 'ftp' to get your tar file and put it in the = directory=20 and do 'tar xfv tarfile.tar' or 'tar xfvz tarfile.tar.gz'</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Except your first and third question, the mail = could be a=20 huge topic. You better get yourself some books to familiar your on = this=20 topic.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:sturgeon@webworks2000.net"=20 title=3Dsturgeon@webworks2000.net>Terry & Sheila Sturgeon</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org"=20 = title=3Dfreebsd-questions@freebsd.org>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 02, 1999 = 11:25=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Unix help</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>We are running our own server, located at our ISP. We are = running=20 Unix <BR>FreeBSD with Apache server. We telnet into the server = when=20 necessary. <BR>We are needing to know three things: <BR>1. How = can we=20 change our su password? <BR>2. What do we need to have to be = able to=20 offer our Online Community <BR>Members their own email account using = our=20 domain, for example: <BR>username@fishhunt.org? <BR>3. What do = we need=20 to have to download a .tar file, transfer the .tar <BR>file to Unix,=20 decompress it and install appropriate files? <BR>As you can tell we = are very=20 new to this and we have a lot of questions <BR>that we are having = great=20 difficulty finding answers to. <BR>If you are able to reply to this = email,=20 please type in layman's terms, <BR>we are not familiar with all the = technical=20 terms yet. <BR>Thank you in advance for your cooperation. <BR>Terry = and Sheila=20 Sturgeon <BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.fishhunt.org/"> http://www.fishhunt.org/</A>; = <BR> =20 <BR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01BEC540.53D50200-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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