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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!platinum.sge.net!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!207.18.94.16 From: pavanas@meridio.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Gotta Love Those FreeBSD Installs Date: 1 Jul 1997 03:58:27 GMT Organization: Aragorn Asteria Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5p9v93$ncp$1@207.18.94.16> Reply-To: pavanas@bbs.mpcs.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.18.94.16 X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.1 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43753 Each and every time am install is a real adventure unlike those ho-hum sedate Linux ones. This last escapade brought up a few questions. 1) Why does bits and pieces of the Xwindow software have group `10'? What to do replace it with wheel or create a group `10' in group and join? Or is there some easier way to do this? 2) In 2.2.1 and in 2.2.2 the BSD games did not install completely or with proper permissions. Is there a magic incantation for this? 3) Why would mgetty commandeer ppp and become unkillable by somehow intwining with init? Do not recall configuring the fax set-up to fire up at boot and continue even after pkg_delete and a few rm -r for the remanants. That was truly weird. 4) And lastly when the trashing, loss or forgetting of root's passwd occurs how do you fix it?. Single user (at least when I tried could not use vipw) did not do it. (The time between install and adding login.conf) Anyway FreeBSD is an adventure in learning. Does that imp represent the bedevilment of installation? /stand/sysinstall worked great. And all is now in reasonable order. cheers -- IHS pavanas We are but dust and shadow. Quintus Horatius Flaccus