Re: A good tutorial...

From: jpd (read_the_sig_at_do.not.spam.it.invalid)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: 27 Dec 2004 12:14:50 GMT

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On 2004-12-26, josefg@gmail.com <josefg@gmail.com> wrote:
> I checked out NetBSD guide they have. I am pretty sure I added a
> user who is in the "wheel" group.

The group needs to be secondary, not primary (ie the user needs to be
listed in the wheel group line in /etc/groups) for su root to work.

> I have no clue how to set the
> password for the new user.

passwd $user

> I really have no clue what a "wheel" group
> is.

group with gid 0, named wheel. su checks for secondary membership of
that group for su'ing to root (==user with uid 0).

> I even mounted and umounted a cdrom.

congratulations.

> I managed to find my way into
> the games directory, but I have no clue how to start the games.

Just like any other program. You need to install the games distribution,
though. The default only has the dm and links to it.

> I ended up getting to about chapter 9. Then I realized I have no
> clue what I was doing. It gets very tiring checking everything out with
> the man command.

Get yourself a good introduction to unix (in general), eg

  http://www.ora.com/catalog/lunix5

> Also I skimmed the rest of the guide for webrowsing. I
> seemed to have missed the chapter on using that protocol or program.

I don't see what you're getting at here.

> The sendmail intro looked nice, but I use gmail.

Read up on sendmail and see that it is a different beast from gmail.
You still need sendmail (or another MTA) for the system to work properly.

> I guess I'm looking for more of a user intro, not "I am root so eat
> *** intro."

See above.

> I also failed to mention "at work" means cleaning up a
> construction site, not my company is upgrading to the next piece of
> junk from Gateway.
>
> It isn't that hard to get around in NetBSD. I am just frustraded with
> the educational material. Could you give me another suggestion please
> Vlad? Even better, could you give me rough directions to get firefox
> running on my machine? That would be stupendous.

This is an email accidentally posted on usenet? 

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