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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: need help, install freebsd 2.0
Date: 24 Jul 1995 10:01:35 +0200
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Vince p. Oscar <voscar@wis.com> wrote:
>I am dumped at the login: prompt and don't know what to enter to gain
>access to my system. I have a feel that something is missing from the
>installation. The system, on boot, say;
> starting network
> cat: /ectmyname No such file or directory
>
> kernel: stray irq 15
> last message repeated 4 times
> kernel: too many stray irq 15's not logging anymore
>
> sendmail [68]: NOQUEUE:SYSERR(root):
> my host name () does not seem to exist!: Connection refused
o get some basic Unix administration guide (serious advise!)
o log in as root, run the command adduser to create a personal
account for you, and give both accounts (root as well as the
personal one) a password as soon as possible
o whenever you need superuser (root) privileges, prefer working
under your regular user ID, and use the ``su'' command to
become superuser temporarily
o complete your system configuration (maybe by running
/stand/sysinstall as root)
o don't bother about the stray int messages, they seem to be
caused by some poor hardware and don't mean anything to you
as long as the system continues to work normally
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)