146d7e06eShenningFrom deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org Tue May 1 11:48:48 MDT 2007 2dfc8a969SderaadtReturn-Path: root 346d7e06eShenningDate: May 1 11:48:48 MDT 2007 4fb6b5d8eSderaadtFrom: deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org (Theo de Raadt) 5dfc8a969SderaadtTo: root 646d7e06eShenningSubject: Welcome to OpenBSD 4.1! Secure by Default! 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 17f49a6d61Sjmcman page you are looking for more easily; for instance, "man -k ethernet". The 18f49a6d61SjmcGNU "info" subsystem is also installed with further documentation resources: 19497f7985Sderaadtto read info pages type "info". (The info subsystem behaves like the 20f49a6d61Sjmcpopular 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 2563397df1SderaadtIf you have installed the X11 packages during the install process, you can find 261e3c5079Sderaadtfurther information regarding configuration in the file /usr/X11R6/README. 272186ffe8Sderaadt 2855ef6989SmarcSeveral popular binary packages (pre-compiled applications) are available 29d43472aaSroheefor most architectures. If you installed from a CD-ROM the packages 3046d7e06eShenningare on the same CD-ROM you installed from in the directory 4.1/packages. 31f17af8f2Sderaadt 32f49a6d61SjmcCD-ROM space permitted us to include a subset of the full FTP packages 334d393826Sderaadtfor the most common architectures. Please see the FTP sites to see a 344d393826Sderaadtfull list of packages for each architecture: 35de7dbe57Sderaadt 3646d7e06eShenning ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/packages/ 374d393826Sderaadt 38f17af8f2SderaadtIf you do not find a package you want on the CD, please go look at your 39f17af8f2Sderaadtnearest FTP mirror site. 4055ef6989Smarc 4163397df1SderaadtSelect your architecture and download the tarballs of your choice. For example 42ed95d646Sderaadtto install the emacs package for i386, execute: 438bb15af0Sderaadt # mount /dev/cd0a /cdrom 4446d7e06eShenning # pkg_add -v /cdrom/4.1/packages/i386/emacs-21.4p2.tgz 45ed95d646Sderaadtor alternatively install them via FTP this way: 4646d7e06eShenning # pkg_add -v ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/packages/i386/emacs-21.4p2.tgz 47fb6b5d8eSderaadt 4881b85557SderaadtYou are STRONGLY urged to use ssh instead of telnet, rlogin, or rsh! ssh is 4901c88cc3Saaronincluded in all OpenBSD systems. The implementation is OpenSSH, which we are 50bfdc2268Sderaadtthe developers of. For more information, see 5181b85557Sderaadt http://www.OpenSSH.com 5263397df1Sderaadt 53fb6b5d8eSderaadtSignificant efforts were made to centralize all system configuration in the 54fb6b5d8eSderaadt/etc directory. You should be able to find each of the configuration files 55fb6b5d8eSderaadtyou seek there, lightly documented. In particular, much of the configuration 56fb6b5d8eSderaadthas been centralized in the file /etc/rc.conf. You should not need to ever 57fb6b5d8eSderaadtedit the file /etc/rc. The files /etc/rc.securelevel and /etc/rc.local exist 58fb6b5d8eSderaadtfor this purpose; the first is run before the system has gone into secure 59fb6b5d8eSderaadtmode; the second is run afterwards (if in doubt, add your tools to rc.local). 60fb6b5d8eSderaadt 61fb6b5d8eSderaadtPlease refer to our web pages for any other questions you might have. 62fb6b5d8eSderaadt http://www.OpenBSD.org 6359ebf5f2SderaadtPlease pay special attention to the Frequently Asked Questions section at 6459ebf5f2Sderaadt http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/ 65fb6b5d8eSderaadt 66fb6b5d8eSderaadtOpenBSD is free software. You can do with it as you like, subject to very few 67fb6b5d8eSderaadtconditions (described at www.OpenBSD.org/policy.html). But free software isn't 6859ebf5f2Sderaadtwritten without money. 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