Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 09:42:53 +0600 (ESS) From: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su> To: Ulairi <ulairi@jps.net> Cc: Bart Trzynadlowski <trzy@powernet.net>, Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: odd minor problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905290940340.296-100000@jane.cgu.chel.su> In-Reply-To: <001301bea973$b1d4d080$8fc4edd0@default>
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On Fri, 28 May 1999, Ulairi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > | Hi, > | Sorry for the constant barrage of stupid questions, but > | I'm finally > | starting to get into this stuff although I am still a total newbie > :) > | Thanks for the support so far! It really helps! > | > | When I use whereis to find a file this always happens: > | > | /whereis of > | Warning: couldn't stat file /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00502/man! > | of: > | > | This happens as root or as a user, what does it mean? > > Means the file /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00502/man that the CATMAN tries > to access is no there. Need to find what says it's supposed to be > there and change it :) > | > | > | And if I am in a user account and I try to "su" or "su root" > | this happens: > | > | /home/btrzynadlowski%su > | su: you are not in the correct group to su root > | > | What is the "correct group" then? > from "man su": > Only users who are a member of group 0 (normally ``wheel'') can su to > ``root''. If group 0 is missing or empty, any user can su to > ``root''. > > > | > | And it always says I have new mail. When I go into mail I > | find 17 messages > | from various dates and times and they're subject and bodies > | are the same. > | Here is the subject: > | > | Nvi saved file .cshrc > | > | The system places all of these in my mailbox, but why? > > because you're root :) > do "rm /var/mail/root" and you cleaned out your mail box :) much better is echo -n > /var/mail/root rm /var/tmp/vi.recover/* > > > | > | And last but not least... how come I can mount my cd9660 > | cdrom in 4 ways: > | > | mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0a /cdrom > | mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /cdrom > | mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0a /cdrom > | mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom > | > | Why are wcd0a, wcd0c, acd0a, and acd0c all the same? > Just out of curiosity, why is that a problem? In any event, the reason > you can do that is because the IDE CDROM you have is technically a > device on the wd0 controller, so it's there. It is, in my > understanding, a "atapi CD" device - hence acd0a device. > the "c" variation are just different slices - for a CD, I do not think > that makes a diff (then again, I could be WAY off, like I usually am) > :) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.0.2i > > iQA/AwUBN09DklR8Yh25VFLEEQKYdwCgtJtM78f+hlg7jVSRiQABE8J4wGIAoNiJ > 8jTnEQIWknDWPxbbN8U/VrQ2 > =v956 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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