From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 4 11:26:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA00865 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:26:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nd2.san.rr.com (dt053nd2.san.rr.com [204.210.34.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA00755 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:26:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nd2.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA05088; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:25:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <35C75217.48DB485@dal.net> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 11:25:27 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE-0507 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rtwyman@mcmail.com CC: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: All those configure files. References: <35C6343A.515CAAD@mcmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. - Yiddish Proverb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message