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From: Norman Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/5/7
Subject: Re: Question about a recent installation
To: Mario Vazquez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2008/5/6 Mario Vazquez [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On May 5, 2008, at 6:17 PM, doug wrote:
To give limited
Norman Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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From: Norman Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/5/7
Subject: Re: Question about a recent installation
To: Mario Vazquez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2008/5/6 Mario Vazquez [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On May 5, 2008, at 6
On Tuesday 06 May 2008 00:08, Mario Vazquez wrote:
I have been using different Linux distributions for some years, and decided
to give FreeBSD a try. The install was successful, but have a question
about how the root account is made. Found that the root folder was created
with the user/group
On Mon, 5 May 2008, Mario Vazquez wrote:
I have been using different Linux distributions for some years, and decided to
give FreeBSD a try. The install was successful, but have a question about how
the root account is made. Found that the root folder was created with the
user/group
On May 5, 2008, at 6:17 PM, doug wrote:
To give limited priviledges I think sudo (as in linux??) would be
used.
I concur that sudo is really a very good way of managing privileges.
I don't even know the root passwords on the systems that I administer
(OK, I do have them stored in a
I have been using different Linux distributions for some years, and decided to
give FreeBSD a try. The install was successful, but have a question about how
the root account is made. Found that the root folder was created with the
user/group privileges root:wheel. Is not that a kind of
On Mon, 5 May 2008, Mario Vazquez wrote:
I have been using different Linux distributions for some years, and decided to
give FreeBSD a try. The install was successful, but have a question about how
the root account is made. Found that the root folder was created with the
user/group
On May 5, 2008, at 6:17 PM, doug wrote:
To give limited priviledges I think sudo (as in linux??) would be
used.
I concur that sudo is really a very good way of managing privileges.
I don't even know the root passwords on the systems that I administer
(OK, I do have them stored in a nice
