Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 20:52:39 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Greg Cook <freebsd@vnews.net> Cc: "'FreeBSD-Questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 9 quick questions :) Somewhat Long Message-ID: <199902270252.UAA57425@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Greg Cook <freebsd@vnews.net> of "Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:06:15 CST." <01BE6178.080270A0@hostit.vnews.net>
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Greg Cook writes:
> Packages:
> 1. Is there any way to query which packages are loaded, i.e. equiv. to
> rpm -qa under Redhat RPM Manager.
As others have pointed out, "ls /var/db/pkg" produces exactly the
minimal data I'm looking for.
> 3. Upgrading a package and reasonable OS package update intervals.
/usr/ports/sysutils/{pib,pkg_version} may address these issues for you.
I particularly like pib for its ability to scan thru
/usr/ports/distfiles and weed out the stale images.
You have to decide for yourself what reasonable update intervals are.
FreeBSD's ports don't upgrade very nicely. One really needs to
pkg_delete the old one before installing the new one. When dependancies
on other ports is involved, it can get pretty involved removing the other
ports too. For instance: XFree86.
> User Administration:
> 6. Changing the shell to bash (it is installed) from csh. Have tried
> /etc/paswd and /etc/master.passwd, no avail.
That's because neither of those are used in normal use. The real meat
is in /etc/{spwd.db,pwd.db}. vipw(1) will edit /etc/master.passwd then
generate the .db files which libc uses for password queries.
Using vipw to change one's shell is like driving a Hummer to the
grocery store. Use chsh(1), which lets mere users select their shell.
--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
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