From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 26 10:00:34 2003 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 C90C137B401 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 10:00:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-da-1.dns-solutions.net (unknown [69.12.117.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0CD6743FA3 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 10:00:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matthew@starbreaker.net) Received: (qmail 44379 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2003 17:00:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO host185.209-113-232.oem.net) (matthew@starbreaker.net@209.113.232.185) by mail-da-1.dns-solutions.net - 209.113.232.185 with SMTP; 26 Jul 2003 17:00:31 -0000 From: Matthew Graybosch Organization: starbreaker.net To: "chris" Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 12:59:39 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <000801c35394$66fe6880$0400a8c0@KRYPTON> In-Reply-To: <000801c35394$66fe6880$0400a8c0@KRYPTON> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200307261259.39561.matthew@starbreaker.net> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hi how to edit the freebsd 5.1 setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: matthew@starbreaker.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:00:35 -0000 On Saturday 26 July 2003 12:38 pm, chris wrote: > Hi > > My name is chris i wanted to know how to edit the freebsd setup i > tried and i can't figure it out. And if you guys know how to edit > the linux text based setup tell me that "if you know" Did you read the FreeBSD Handbook at freebsd.org? It gives lots of basic information on how to install, configure, troubleshoot, and use FreeBSD, and it applies to 5.1 as well as 4.x. What exactly do you want to configure? It looks like you've got 5.1 installed, so what do you want to do next? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net "I am become root, shatterer of kernels." PS: If you're using the root account for everyday work, like posting to mailing lists, STOP THIS INSTANT! Read Section 8 of the handbook, "Users and Basic Account Management" at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users.html Even if you're the only one who uses the machine, you should use a normal account instead of root, both for security reasons (do you want to leave an open root session unattended while you're in the john?) and to avoid destroying your system if you make a silly mistake. Under Unix, root is GOD, and you have to be careful with that kind of power.