From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 18:24:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AFA83B2F; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:24:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80E4119C; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:24:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s8BIOGwG078059; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:24:16 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id s8BIOGOE078057; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:24:16 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201409111824.s8BIOGOE078057@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: wblock set sender to wblock@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Warren Block Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:24:16 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r271434 - head/etc X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:24:16 -0000 Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Thu Sep 11 18:24:16 2014 New Revision: 271434 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/271434 Log: Update motd, clarifying the information and adding pointers to other resources. MFC after: 3 days Modified: head/etc/motd Modified: head/etc/motd ============================================================================== --- head/etc/motd Thu Sep 11 18:20:49 2014 (r271433) +++ head/etc/motd Thu Sep 11 18:24:16 2014 (r271434) @@ -1,25 +1,21 @@ FreeBSD ?.?.? (UNKNOWN) -Welcome to FreeBSD! +Welcome to FreeBSD! Handy technical support resources: -Before seeking technical support, please use the following resources: +Security advisories and errata: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/ +Handbook: https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/ +FAQ: https://www.FreeBSD.org/faq/ +Mailing list: https://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions/ +Forums: https://forums.FreeBSD.org/ + +Documents installed with the system are in the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd/ +directory, or can be installed later with: pkg install en-freebsd-doc +For other languages, replace "en" with a language code like de or fr. -o Security advisories and updated errata information for all releases are - at http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/ - always consult the ERRATA section - for your release first as it's updated frequently. - -o The Handbook and FAQ documents are at http://www.FreeBSD.org/ and, - along with the mailing lists, can be searched by going to - http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/. If the doc package has been installed - (or fetched via pkg install lang-freebsd-doc, where lang is the - 2-letter language code, e.g. en), they are also available formatted - in /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd. - -If you still have a question or problem, please take the output of -`uname -a', along with any relevant error messages, and email it -as a question to the questions@FreeBSD.org mailing list. If you are -unfamiliar with FreeBSD's directory layout, please refer to the hier(7) -manual page. If you are not familiar with manual pages, type `man man'. +Show the version of FreeBSD installed: uname -a +Please include that output and any error messages when posting questions. -Edit /etc/motd to change this login announcement. +Introduction to manual pages: man man +FreeBSD directory layout: man hier +Edit /etc/motd to change this login announcement.