Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:51:35 -0800 From: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: RGireyev@BellInd.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Post installation stuff Message-ID: <33177D97.3EAA@u.washington.edu> References: <c=US%a=_%p=BellInd%l=CDCEXCHANGE-970301001109Z-8223@cdcexchange.bellind.com>
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RGireyev@BellInd.com wrote: > I have been able to successfully install 2.1.7 on a > 5x86 120, 16M RAM, 850HD. I tried using system > commander but kept getting read error. Anyway, I ended > up using the default MBR handler and it works just fine. > > Question 1: I would like to have my prompt (PS1) > to always show me the directory path I'm in (pwd) > In HP-UX land (Korn shell) it's PS1='$PWD'. > Any suggestions. Don't know this stuff yet. I only work in sh/bash. > Question 2: After installing the system I created > a user, me. And assigned him (me) to the group wheel. Are you sure you assigned "me" to wheel? If you did you should be able to su root. Read /etc/group to know for sure. > But I cannot do su or shutdown, what would be a Shutdown must be done as root. I think that the permissions for shutdown are user only can execute. Sorry in windoze right now so I can't check. > better group choice (bin comes to mind but I wanna > be sure) Don't use bin, operator etc. These are for program and daemons. Use wheel for a user that you want to have super-user priveleges. Use a group of your own creation for the other users. I use group "user" myself. This is mostly my opinion and not necessarily fact based. CYA -- __ __ / 0\ / 0\ Thank you * Highperformance.net ) Wannabe Sysadmin * The homeless domain )-------( Jason Wells * "Pardon me sir, spare some bandwidth?" \_____/
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