From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 3 7:42:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from icarus.idirect.com (icarus.idirect.com [207.136.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F1A114D9D for ; Sat, 3 Jul 1999 07:42:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tMind@bigfoot.com) Received: from eniac.idirect.ca (eniac.idirect.com [207.136.80.199]) by icarus.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA22988; Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:42:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gchan (ts7-57t-29.idirect.com [209.161.246.220]) by eniac.idirect.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA04830; Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:41:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <003701bec561$dbe26720$c829a8c0@tci.rdo> From: "Tenacious" To: , References: <377D82BD.B35B26CF@webworks2000.net> Subject: Re: Unix help Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:39:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0034_01BEC540.53D50200" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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
Answers to your question:
1. su yourself to root right, and do a 'passwd' will = change=20 your root password.
2. Use Sendmail (come w/ FreeBSD, make sure you have = the later=20 version)
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'
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.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Terry & Sheila Sturgeon =
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org =
Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 = 11:25=20 PM
Subject: Unix help

We are running our own server, located at our ISP.  We are = running=20 Unix
FreeBSD with Apache server.  We telnet into the server = when=20 necessary.
We are needing to know three things:
1.  How = can we=20 change our su password?
2.  What do we need to have to be = able to=20 offer our Online Community
Members their own email account using = our=20 domain, for example:
username@fishhunt.org?
3.  What do = we need=20 to have to download a .tar file, transfer the .tar
file to Unix,=20 decompress it and install appropriate files?
As you can tell we = are very=20 new to this and we have a lot of questions
that we are having = great=20 difficulty finding answers to.
If you are able to reply to this = email,=20 please type in layman's terms,
we are not familiar with all the = technical=20 terms yet.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Terry = and Sheila=20 Sturgeon
 http://www.fishhunt.org/ =
 =20
 
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