Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 09:51:37 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Michael Alwan <alwan@rma.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk usage reporting Message-ID: <331D2609.65A5@barcode.co.il> References: <331BBB00.41C67EA6@rma.edu> <3.0.1.32.19970304130236.00690c6c@rma.edu>
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Michael Alwan wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> My apologies for the confusing shorthand. "Etc" just meant more output I
> didn't think was related to my question. These are my actual file systems:
>
> 1-k blocks used avail capacity mounted on
> /dev/wd0a 31775 29903 -603 102% /
> /dev/wd0s4f 371087 126120 215281 37% /usr
> /dev/wd0s4e 29727 14061 13288 51% /var
> procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc
>
[snip]
>
> So, installing Netscape Communicator, xfmail, and all those other goodies
> while running as root has dumped their caches and so on in the root ( / )
> filesystem--correct? Besides getting these caches out of root, what other
> kinds of cleanup should I do? I can change the cache locations from
> Netscape, and prefer not to have to reinstall everything if that is
> realistic. But I get the impression that installing so many things as root
> may have totally screwed up my file systems in ways I don't yet understand.
Installing things while running as root is O.K. For most software, this
is the only way to install. *Using* that software while running as root
is the problem. I haven't used Netscape Communicator, but Netscape
2.0/3.0 had the cache under the user's home directory. root's home is on
the root file system, other users have their home on /usr by default.
>
> I assume the correct thing to do is create at least one user and user group
> like the setup program suggested. I had some problems with this
> before--specifically, creating a user that had permission to su to root so
> I could work on configuration files. I tried to create a user in the group
> wheel and was told wheel was not a valid group assignment. Could you give
> me a couple pointers to keep me from destroying my system until I finish
> RTFM? :)
USe adduser to create a user in its own group (not wheel). Then, edit
the file /etc/groups and add that user's name on the line for the wheel
group. Then, cleanup root's home moving whatever is applicable to your
new user's home directory.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
Nadav
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