Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 09:26:18 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com>, bmah@freebsd.org Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RC2 wrongness in INSTALL.TXT Message-ID: <20010402092618.A2841@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <200104011920.f31JKMf81076@narf.osd.bsdi.com>; from jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com on Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 12:20:22PM -0700 References: <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> <200104011920.f31JKMf81076@narf.osd.bsdi.com>
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--p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx" Content-Disposition: inline --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 12:20:22PM -0700, Jordan K Hubbard wrote: > Man, people are still reading those instructions? :-) >=20 > I agree that they're wrong but I'm about to go off the air for 4 days > in about 10 minutes here so I can't fix them myself. If anyone would > care to do the honors, I'd appreciate it. Patch attached. Bruce, this is your area, do you want to do this, or shall I? N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="INSTALL.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Index: INSTALL.TXT =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT,v retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -r1.15 INSTALL.TXT --- INSTALL.TXT 2001/03/16 22:55:55 1.15 +++ INSTALL.TXT 2001/04/02 08:25:14 @@ -140,9 +140,14 @@ drive in some FreeBSD machine, it's quite easy: You simply add the following line to the password file (using the vipw command): =20 - ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/sbin/nologin + ftp::99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/sbin/nologin =20 - And anyone else on your network will now be able to choose a Media + Warning: This may allow anyone on the local network (or Internet) to + FTP to this machine, which may not be desirable. If so, use passwd(1) + to assign a password to the "ftp" user. + + On the machine on which you are running the install, go to the "Options" + menu and set "Release Name" to "any". You may then choose a Media type of FTP and type in: ``ftp://<machine with CDROM drive>'' after picking "URL" in the ftp sites menu. =20 --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx-- --p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjrIN6kACgkQk6gHZCw343Vv+gCfcI3/t4MU5K5Jj/pg6PPdnDsI ucMAn22wk4J7svxNMHyHL/8ck2lDO+5f =rqQ2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --p4qYPpj5QlsIQJ0K-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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