Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:02:59 +0000 From: David Knapp <dknapp@luciamar.k12.ca.us> To: Kernel Bob <kernel_bob@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re:Logon??? - ppp and newbie commands Message-ID: <364C2E03.C3317EE7@luciamar.k12.ca.us> References: <19981113194718.23380.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com>
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Newbie response! man ppp for internet access, you can also look at the sample files in /etc/ppp for additional information. This list was gently and lovingly lifted from a discussion on freebsd-newbies about some people have found to be helpfull commands for newbies to learn > cd > pwd > mkdir > ls > cp > mv > rm > more > exit > date > df > more > du > /stand/sysinstall > ee > man > locate > find > nethack > ps > kill > top > pkg_add > pkg_info > gcc, chown, chmod, mount/unmount, mail, finger, who, piping (|), telnet, ssh, at/atq/atrm, grep, xargs, whois, tar, gzip, file, sed, su/sudo, compress/uncompress, sleep, vi, uname, ping, cat, echo, ln, rmdir, stty, less/zless, fsck, fdisk, ifconfig, mkfs, mkswap, reboot, shutdown, adduser, crontab, ftp, lpr/lpq/lprm, talk, write, traceroute, make, bc, host, nslookup, irc, killall, skill, last, man, mesg, passwd, patch, rlogin, uptime, job processing (for/background), time, touch, zip/unzip, wall are all good for starters. Kernel Bob wrote: > > Hello, I have just installed FreeBSD on my cpu, and I was wondering > how to logon to the internet. I'm not too familiar with unix yet, so > if you could give me the commands I need to look up, I'll see if I can > find them in man. Thanx a bunch > > »»»Kernel Bob««« > == -- David Knapp 805 473-4353 PC Network Specialist dknapp@luciamar.k12.ca.us LMUSD "Everything you know is wrong" F.T. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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