From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 02:00:27 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 1F60616A579 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:00:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net (invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D960843D39 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:00:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lwellis@mindspring.com) Received: from h-66-167-166-86.dnvtco56.dynamic.covad.net ([66.167.166.86] helo=LLAPTOP) by invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 3.36 #4) id 1BYxoE-0005uJ-00; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:59:50 -0700 Message-ID: <007501c45020$f40d62b0$0200a8c0@LLAPTOP> From: "LW Ellis" To: "Rob" , References: <004f01c4501c$6481c8b0$0200a8c0@LLAPTOP> <40CA60D7.1020504@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:59:51 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-ELNK-Trace: aa15571473bf62249649176a89d694c0f43c108795ac45078aa8b516a593b4932f727c7851c4bf89350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Subject: (add new users & groups) 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: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:00:27 -0000 OK, I got that part down.. (sysinstall and adding the user) I've ordered a FreeBSD book based on the recommendations I received here (this list) Until then I'm pretty much shooting in the dark, learning as I go. I'm not clear on the Unix group/user setup >From what I have read, FreeBSD will place users in a default group Do I need a group? I will have about 6 users (not all at once) DO I add a group before users? Will it be to my benefit down the road to make a group now? I can't thank you and everyone else that has helped, enough. I know newbys can be a pain. Leon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob" To: Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 7:48 PM Subject: Re: New Question (add new users & groups) > LW Ellis wrote: > > The depth of my unix ignorance is showing... > > I kept getting a glitch, probably from my bad install attempt. > > "New Question" is not a useful subject of your email. > Formulate your question in a few words as a subject. > That makes it easier for others to browse through the long list > of emails in the mailinglist and pick those that are of interest. > > > I wiped my HD and re-installed FreeBSD with what I have learned. > > I have configured my xserver and it seems to be working ok. > > I read the the FreeBSD Handbook and found little about adding users or > > groups. > > 1) Do I add a group before a user? > > 2) Other than sysinstall to add a user, is there anything else I need to do > > to configure a regular (notsuperuser) > > (Keeping in mind to copy .xsession and .xinitrc to that user's dir.) > > In this case, and in this stage of your experience, I would recommend to you > to use /stand/sysinstall. > In an xterminal, become root and do: > > # cd /stand > # ./sysinstall > > This will give you the configuration dialog, that you may remember from when > you did the installation. But this time you choose the option: > "Configure Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD" > > In the next dialog, you get lots menu items. Some of them are a little dangerous > (e.g. disk management), but you also see here "User Management". > Go there and add a group and new user; this dialog explains itself, I suppose. > > When finished, simply select "Cancel" and "X Exit Install" and you're done. > > Would that work? > > Rob. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >