Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:29:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: skynet1@cris.com Cc: Questions@freebsd.org, root@beyond.sdi.agate.net Subject: Re: Checking mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960924082134.3145B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199609240618.GAA00608@beyond.sdi.agate.net>
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Help! A long string of questions! But help is on the way in a long string of answers! :-) On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Charlie Root wrote: > Help! When I check my mail in FreeBSD as ROOT, I can't figure out how to > read them and trash them...they keep piling up!! Just read it the same way you do mail in your account. Use mail or pine. I would suggest editing the /etc/aliases file and aliasing root to your account so you don't have to check root's mail every so often. > Help! I don't know how to create users on my system that are aliases to > other users, (same home directories, same mail box) I'm not sure what you mean here. For mail aliases, just edit /etc/aliases. Don't forget to run 'newaliases' afterwards. If you want to give one person two usernames (not recommended, it causes all sorts of messes), use vipw, copy their current entry to a new entry (use 'yy' to copy and 'p' to paste), then change just the username. That way they have the same UID and won't cause permissions problems. > Help! I can't seem to configure my PCI Ethernet card!! I know the IRQ is > 11, I know the memory ranges, but I don't know the address so I haven't > been able to configure it. HELP! PCI configures automatically. What kind of card is it? > Help!! I downloaded, for XFree, all the binaries, and the SVGA and VGA > servers, and the english fonts... I configured it but I doesn't wanna > work! What do I type? Startx seems to come up with error messages and > Initx doesn't register as a program. Did you run 'xf86config' to configure the server? Have you tried logging out and back in again? Is /usr/X11R6/bin in your PATH? (hint: check (your home directory/.login) > HELP!! Is it possible for me to have more than 3 TTYs on my computer > (the default)?? I assume you mean virtual terminals (accessible with ALT-F?). Yes. 1) su to root. 2) cd /dev 3) ./MAKEDEV vty8 <- or however many you want 4) vi /etc/ttys 5) Copy the 'ttyv?' lines to as many vty's you want (up to the number given above) 6) Remember to leave one free for X. > HELP!! How do I remove users from my system!! THIS IS IMPORTANT!! <--------- To manually do it: 1) su to root 2) vipw 3) arrow down to their passwd entry 4) dd to delete the line 5) :wq to save 6) cd /home 7) rm -rf their-username to delete their home directory There is a 'removeuser' perl script roaming about, check the questions archive for location, or I can put the (dated) one I have up for ftp. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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