Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 11:25:27 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: rtwyman@mcmail.com Cc: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: All those configure files. Message-ID: <35C75217.48DB485@dal.net> References: <35C6343A.515CAAD@mcmail.com>
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Rick Twyman wrote:
>
> O.K. I am slowly getting the hang of a number of bits and pieces.
>
> It would help if there was a guide to finding likely places that need
> configuring.
> I have got as far as recognising that anything that starts with a '.'
> and ends in 'rc' might be worth looking at.
> But for the rest? Wow! There seem to be dozens of the little blighters
> hidden in all sorts of places.
Welcome to unix. :) The most important system configuration files are
placed by default in /etc and /usr/local/etc. Beyond that, poking around
in the system, reading the documentation (including man pages) and
asking questions when you get stuck on something specific is the way to
go. At first it does seem that there are files scattered all over the
place, however after a while you will find the hang of it. You might
want to try reading 'man hier' as a start on where things go and why.
Good luck,
Doug
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