Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 13:29:52 +0100 (GMT-1) From: af@biomath.jussieu.fr To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help: Idiot on the loose Message-ID: <199611231229.NAA19025@garfield.biomath.jussieu.fr>
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Hans N Gruber wrote / a ecrit: > > > Ok, so every list needs a few idiots. I had to download the bin > files one at a time and install FreeBSD from a DOS partition. In order to > save space, I did not install the man pages. Not a smart move considering > I'm a UNIX/LINUX/BSD > ignoramus extraordinaire. Well, I managed to install everything all > right, and I'm going to the library first thing in the morning to get > some books on UNIX and GNU, but I have a couple of questions that I think > will not be covered in books. Some of them are. Actually most of them. You should at least read the handbook (better read the on-line version at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook since it's usually more up-to date and complete than the version which comes on CD). If you're an Unix novice, you WILL want to buy a good book of Unix basics (see the bibliography section in the handbook) else you won't survive. I have no idea as to whether this list need idiots or not (I am *not* implying that you are one). What I know is that we need people reading documentation before asking. Now back to your questions: > I managed to create a file called "first file" (yes, with a > space), and cannot delete it as FreeBSD is treating as two files which > don't exist. Type: rm "first file" at the shell's prompt (*with* the quotes) > Nextly, I created a user on the system (which is me), mainly > because it seemed at the time (during install), that it was the thing to > do. How do I log on as admin instead of user? ( did I mention I am an > idiot?) The admin user is called "root" on every Unix I know. So you have to log in as root for installation and administration tasks, at least until the system is reasonably set up. After that, it's generally recommended to use the "su" command whenever you need it from your regular user account (go read what "man su" says). If you followed the default installation steps, the "root" account has no password, so you don't need to type one. Of course you *do* need to set a reasonable password at once (do that with the "passwd" command). > Thirdly, I wish to install the man pages. My disk space situation > is looking pretty grim. I already have the minimum install, but is there > any way to streamline by removing unnecessary files? I am running single > user PC, no internet, no xWindows, no nothing except G++, the editor, > basic commands. I don't need games, bells or whistles. Any suggestions > would be helpful. Type: pkg_info -a -I to get a list of installed packages and consider removing what you don't need. Think twice before removing anything. You could render your system unusable. Check the nearest PC shop for the price of disks too, and compare it to the time you are spending trying to squeeze things. Good luck, _Alain_ -- Alain FAUCONNET Ingenieur systeme - System Manager AP-HP/SIM Public Health 91 bld de l'Hopital 75013 PARIS FRANCE Medical Computing Research Labs Mail: af@biomath.jussieu.fr Tel: (+33) 1-40-77-96-19 Fax: (+33) 1-45-86-80-68 I've RTFMed. It says: "Refer to your system administrator" But... I *am* the system administrator :-]
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