From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 23:29:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 748AC37B401 for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 23:29:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out005.verizon.net (out005pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8753D43FB1 for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 23:29:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Received: from envy.homeunix.com ([4.47.68.94]) by out005.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.33 201-253-122-126-133-20030313) with ESMTP id <20030502062926.QLZV25152.out005.verizon.net@envy.homeunix.com>; Fri, 2 May 2003 01:29:26 -0500 Received: from FreeBSD.org (lust.pdx.soupnazi.org [192.168.1.2]) by envy.homeunix.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h426TOj2007544; Thu, 1 May 2003 23:29:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 23:29:21 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: Christopher Nehren From: Jim Mock In-Reply-To: <1051843825.2722.11.camel@prophecy.dyndns.org> Message-Id: <691DCC1E-7C67-11D7-916A-000393460DB2@FreeBSD.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out005.verizon.net from [4.47.68.94] at Fri, 2 May 2003 01:29:26 -0500 cc: FreeBSD Documentation Team Subject: Re: Additions to "UNIX Basics" section of the Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 06:29:28 -0000 On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 07:50 PM, Christopher Nehren wrote: > Greetings all. I recently opened a machine to the public for > educational purposes, and of course I am referring users to the > Handbook when I'm unavailable to personally show them the ropes. So > just out of curiosity, to see what my users will be reading, I checked > out the "UNIX Basics" section (I had migrated to FreeBSD from an > above-newbie level of experience with Linux, so I never did read that > section), and I noticed that there's a lack of documentation on the > basics of users, groups, and the general "what you should do if this > is your first login" sort of thing. I'm ready, willing, and able to > write such documentation, if it would be accepted. One small question, > though: Should I alter an already-existing file, or create a new one? Well, if it's an addition to the UNIX Basics chapter, then it should be added there. See the FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for more info, style guides, etc.: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/ - jim -- - jim mock mij@{soupnazi|opendarwin}.org jim@{bsdnews|FreeBSD}.org - - editor in chief, BSD News: http://bsdnews.org http://soupnazi.org -