From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 7 7:19: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost2.u.washington.edu (mailhost2.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E8F514CA0 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 07:19:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dstern@u.washington.edu) Received: from yeahbaby.net (root@cs202-6.spmodem.washington.edu [140.142.170.56]) by mailhost2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id HAA24214 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 07:18:44 -0800 Received: from yeahbaby.net (dstern@yeahbaby.net [127.0.0.1]) by yeahbaby.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA01627 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 07:17:57 -0800 Message-Id: <199903071517.HAA01627@yeahbaby.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 (debian) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UFS, rc.local, afterstep, ext2, package docs, libraster/depends In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 07 Mar 1999 11:12:16 GMT." <19990307111216.A62401@scientia.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 07:17:57 -0800 From: David Stern Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 07 Mar 1999 11:12:16 GMT, Ben Smithurst wrote: > David Stern wrote: > > > 2.) Where's the elusive /etc/rc.local that I'm supposed to start things > > like apache in? > > It's not in the tree anymore, but rc still uses it. Just create one > of your own and it will still work. Some people would say rc.local is > old fashioned and that you should use /usr/local/etc/rc.d instead. I > disagree, I prefer rc.local. Some ports do put their startup scripts in > /usr/local/etc/rc.d automatically, so you won't need to edit rc.local. I'll investigate that. Thanks. > > 3.) Where is the afterstep 1.6 configuration files that I'm supposed to > > copy into the user's home directory so I can configure my AS menus, > > wharf, et.al..? All I get is the ~/GNUstep/Library/Afterstep/non-configu > > rable/* the first time I run afterstep. I read the afterstep doc, and > > the configurable files are nowhere to be found. > > If you installed from the port, /usr/X11R6/share/afterstep. If they're > not there, try /usr/local/share/afterstep. If they're not there, Got it! > > 5.) Where are all the docs for the packages (sendmail, mh, procmail)? > > man sendmail > man mh > man procmail > > :-) Yeah, yeah! :-) I meant the extended docs (configuration, examples, tutorials) like I might find in /usr/doc/packagename on some other unices. I wasn't very clear. Anyone know how to mount an ext2 partition? I've got linux support in kernel, linuxlib port installed. Thanks, -- David dstern@u.washington.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message