Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 23:29:21 -0700 From: Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.org> To: Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD Documentation Team <FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Additions to "UNIX Basics" section of the Handbook Message-ID: <691DCC1E-7C67-11D7-916A-000393460DB2@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1051843825.2722.11.camel@prophecy.dyndns.org>
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On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 07:50 PM, Christopher Nehren wrote: > Greetings all. I recently opened a machine to the public for > educational purposes, and of course I am referring users to the > Handbook when I'm unavailable to personally show them the ropes. So > just out of curiosity, to see what my users will be reading, I checked > out the "UNIX Basics" section (I had migrated to FreeBSD from an > above-newbie level of experience with Linux, so I never did read that > section), and I noticed that there's a lack of documentation on the > basics of users, groups, and the general "what you should do if this > is your first login" sort of thing. I'm ready, willing, and able to > write such documentation, if it would be accepted. One small question, > though: Should I alter an already-existing file, or create a new one? Well, if it's an addition to the UNIX Basics chapter, then it should be added there. See the FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for more info, style guides, etc.: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/ - jim -- - jim mock mij@{soupnazi|opendarwin}.org jim@{bsdnews|FreeBSD}.org - - editor in chief, BSD News: http://bsdnews.org http://soupnazi.org -
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