1*d1483037StbFrom deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org Fri Apr 5 07:05:00 MDT 2024 2dfc8a969SderaadtReturn-Path: root 390280a8fSderaadtDate: Apr 5 07:05:00 MDT 2024 4fb6b5d8eSderaadtFrom: deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org (Theo de Raadt) 5dfc8a969SderaadtTo: root 6de8ea3c7SderaadtSubject: Welcome to OpenBSD 7.5! 7dfc8a969Sderaadt 88bb15af0SderaadtThis message attempts to describe the most basic initial questions that a 9fb6b5d8eSderaadtsystem administrator of an OpenBSD box might have. You are urged to save 10fb6b5d8eSderaadtthis message for later reference. 117e19f6b3Sderaadt 127e19f6b3SderaadtFor more information on how to set up your OpenBSD system, refer to the 13f49a6d61Sjmc"afterboot" man page (i.e. after you exit the mail subsystem, type 148bb15af0Sderaadt"man afterboot"). If you are not familiar with how to read man pages, type 158bb15af0Sderaadt"man man" at a shell prompt and read the entire thing. Pay specific 16fb6b5d8eSderaadtattention to the "man -k keyword" option, which will permit you to find the 171a1a27f3Sderaadtman page you are looking for more easily; for instance, "man -k ethernet". 181a1a27f3SderaadtThe GNU "info" subsystem is also installed with further documentation 191a1a27f3Sderaadtresources: to read info pages type "info". (The info subsystem behaves like 201a1a27f3Sderaadtthe popular emacs editor.) 217e19f6b3Sderaadt 2281b85557SderaadtAgain, PLEASE READ THE MANUAL PAGES. Our developers have spent countless 2381b85557Sderaadthours improving them so that they are clear and precise. 2481b85557Sderaadt 25035d1aefSderaadtSeveral popular binary packages (pre-compiled applications) are 26035d1aefSderaadtavailable from mirror sites. Mirror selection is usually automatic 27ec60a969Stbduring install/upgrade -- a mirror URL from https://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html 28035d1aefSderaadtis stored into the file /etc/installurl. Installation of packages is 29035d1aefSderaadtas simple as: 30f17af8f2Sderaadt 311848d272Sjca # pkg_add -v rsync chromium emacs--no_x11 32fb6b5d8eSderaadt 33fb6b5d8eSderaadtSignificant efforts were made to centralize all system configuration in the 34fb6b5d8eSderaadt/etc directory. You should be able to find each of the configuration files 35fb6b5d8eSderaadtyou seek there, lightly documented. In particular, much of the configuration 36fb6b5d8eSderaadthas been centralized in the file /etc/rc.conf. You should not need to ever 37fb6b5d8eSderaadtedit the file /etc/rc. 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