1*fb6b5d8eSderaadtFrom deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org Wed Apr 8 04:50:00 MDT 1998 2dfc8a969SderaadtReturn-Path: root 3*fb6b5d8eSderaadtDate: Wed Apr 8 04:50:00 MDT 1998 4*fb6b5d8eSderaadtFrom: deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org (Theo de Raadt) 5dfc8a969SderaadtTo: root 6dfc8a969SderaadtSubject: Welcome to OpenBSD 2.3 7dfc8a969Sderaadt 82186ffe8SderaadtThis message attempts to describe the most basic first questions that a 9*fb6b5d8eSderaadtsystem administrator of an OpenBSD box might have. You are urged to save 10*fb6b5d8eSderaadtthis message for later reference. 117e19f6b3Sderaadt 127e19f6b3SderaadtFor more information on how to setup your OpenBSD system, refer to the 137e19f6b3Sderaadt"afterboot" man page. If you are not familiar with how to read man pages, 14*fb6b5d8eSderaadttype "man man" at a shell prompt and read the entire thing. Pay specific 15*fb6b5d8eSderaadtattention to the "man -k keyword" option, which will permit you to find the 16*fb6b5d8eSderaadtman page you are looking for easier. The GNU "info" subsystem is also 17*fb6b5d8eSderaadtinstalled with further documentation resources; to read info pages type "info". 187e19f6b3Sderaadt 1963397df1SderaadtIf you have installed the X11 packages during the install process, you can find 201e3c5079Sderaadtfurther information regarding configuration in the file /usr/X11R6/README. 212186ffe8Sderaadt 22*fb6b5d8eSderaadtBinary packages of emacs 20.2, bash 2.01.1, tcsh-6.07.02, and pine-3.96 are 2363397df1Sderaadtavailable on most architectures. The files are in the directory 247e19f6b3Sderaadt ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/ 25244c6f57Sderaadtor CD2:/packages/ (ie. mount /dev/cd0a /mnt; cd /mnt/packages) 2663397df1SderaadtSelect your architecture and download the tarballs of your choice. For example 2763397df1Sderaadtto install the emacs package for i386, execute 2863397df1Sderaadt # pkg_add ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.3/packages/i386/emacs-20.2.tgz 29*fb6b5d8eSderaadt 3063397df1SderaadtOther important packages not permitted on the CD (due to patents) are available 3163397df1Sderaadton our FTP servers (as described above). In particular, we provide the USA and 3263397df1Sderaadtinternational versions of ssh and pgp. The filenames are ssh-usa-1.2.22.tgz, 3363397df1Sderaadtssh-intl-1.2.22.tgz, pgp-usa-2.6.3.tgz, and pgp-intl-2.6.3.tgz. 34*fb6b5d8eSderaadtYou are strongly urged to install one of the ssh packages and use ssh instead 35*fb6b5d8eSderaadtof telnet, rlogin, or rsh. 3663397df1Sderaadt 37*fb6b5d8eSderaadtSignificant efforts were made to centralize all system configuration in the 38*fb6b5d8eSderaadt/etc directory. You should be able to find each of the configuration files 39*fb6b5d8eSderaadtyou seek there, lightly documented. In particular, much of the configuration 40*fb6b5d8eSderaadthas been centralized in the file /etc/rc.conf. You should not need to ever 41*fb6b5d8eSderaadtedit the file /etc/rc. The files /etc/rc.securelevel and /etc/rc.local exist 42*fb6b5d8eSderaadtfor this purpose; the first is run before the system has gone into secure 43*fb6b5d8eSderaadtmode; the second is run afterwards (if in doubt, add your tools to rc.local). 44*fb6b5d8eSderaadt 45*fb6b5d8eSderaadtPlease refer to our web pages for any other questions you might have. 46*fb6b5d8eSderaadt http://www.OpenBSD.org 47*fb6b5d8eSderaadt 48*fb6b5d8eSderaadtOpenBSD is free software. You can do with it as you like, subject to very few 49*fb6b5d8eSderaadtconditions (described at www.OpenBSD.org/policy.html). But free software isn't 50*fb6b5d8eSderaadtwritten without money. Network links, hardware costs, release engineering 51*fb6b5d8eSderaadtand testing work; all these things take money and significant effort on the 52*fb6b5d8eSderaadtpart of those who have made this OpenBSD release what it is. Please reward the 53*fb6b5d8eSderaadtdevelopers who have made OpenBSD what it is, and thus make it possible for this 54*fb6b5d8eSderaadtwonderful process to continue. For more information on how you can help, 55*fb6b5d8eSderaadtplease see www.OpenBSD.org/goals.html and visit www.OpenBSD.org/donations.html 56*fb6b5d8eSderaadtto see a list of those who have donated money, equipment, or other resources 57*fb6b5d8eSderaadtto ensure OpenBSD continues. (Thus far, most of those who have donated have 58*fb6b5d8eSderaadtbeen developers themselves.) 59*fb6b5d8eSderaadt 60*fb6b5d8eSderaadtIf you wish ensure that OpenBSD runs better on your machines, please do us 61*fb6b5d8eSderaadta favor (after have your mail system setup!) and type 62*fb6b5d8eSderaadt dmesg | mail dmesg@openbsd.org 63*fb6b5d8eSderaadtSo that we can see what kinds of configurations people are running. We will 64*fb6b5d8eSderaadtuse this information to improve device driver support in future releases. 65*fb6b5d8eSderaadt 66*fb6b5d8eSderaadt(If you used 'mail' to read this message and it scrolled by too quickly, 67*fb6b5d8eSderaadttype "more .") 682186ffe8Sderaadt 69