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- man page entities
  - <command>
  - <username>
  - <groupname>
  etc..

PR:		docs/30657
Submitted by:	Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr>
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<!-- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.sgml,v 1.24 2001/09/11 11:26:41 dd Exp $ -->
<!-- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.sgml,v 1.25 2001/09/17 01:29:35 murray Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!DOCTYPE ARTICLE PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V4.1-Based Extension//EN">
<!DOCTYPE ARTICLE PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V4.1-Based Extension//EN" [
<!ENTITY % man PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Manual Page Entities//EN">
%man;
]>
<article>
<articleinfo>
<title>For People New to Both FreeBSD and Unix</title>
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</informalexample>
<para>The first time you use adduser, it might ask for some
defaults to save. You might want to make the default shell csh
instead of sh, if it suggests sh as the default. Otherwise just
defaults to save. You might want to make the default shell &man.csh.1;
instead of &man.sh.1;, if it suggests <command>sh</command> as the default. Otherwise just
press enter to accept each default. These defaults are saved in
<filename>/etc/adduser.conf</filename>, an editable file.</para>
<para>Suppose you create a user <emphasis>jack</emphasis> with
<para>Suppose you create a user <username>jack</username> with
full name <emphasis>Jack Benimble</emphasis>. Give jack a
password if security (even kids around who might pound on the
keyboard) is an issue. When it asks you if you want to invite
jack into other groups, type <userinput>wheel</userinput></para>
jack into other groups, type <groupname>wheel</groupname></para>
<informalexample>
<screen>Login group is ``jack''. Invite jack into other groups: <userinput>wheel</userinput></screen>
</informalexample>
<para>This will make it possible to log in as
<emphasis>jack</emphasis> and use the <command>su</command>
<username>jack</username> and use the &man.su.1;
command to become root. Then you won't get scolded any more for
logging in as root.</para>
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wrong.</para>
<para>Once you've done this, use <command>exit</command> to get
back to a login prompt and log in as <emphasis>jack</emphasis>.
back to a login prompt and log in as <username>jack</username>.
In general, it's a good idea to do as much work as possible as
an ordinary user who doesn't have the power&mdash;and
risk&mdash;of root.</para>
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<para>If you already created a user and you want the user to be
able to <command>su</command> to root, you can log in as root
and edit the file <filename>/etc/group</filename>, adding jack
to the first line (the group wheel). But first you need to
practice <command>vi</command>, the text editor&mdash;or use the
simpler text editor, <command>ee</command>, installed on recent
to the first line (the group <groupname>wheel</groupname>). But first you need to
practice &man.vi.1;, the text editor&mdash;or use the
simpler text editor, &man.ee.1;, installed on recent
version of FreeBSD.</para>
<para>To delete a user, use the <command>rmuser</command>
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convenient). You can create other aliases by editing
<filename>.cshrc</filename>. You can make these aliases
available to all users on the system by putting them in the
system-wide csh configuration file,
system-wide <command>csh</command> configuration file,
<filename>/etc/csh.cshrc</filename>.</para>
</sect1>
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<command>man <parameter>ls</parameter></command> will tell
you all the ways to use the <command>ls</command> command.
Press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to move through text,
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>b</keycap></keycombo>
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>B</keycap></keycombo>
to go back a page,
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>f</keycap></keycombo>
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>
to go forward, <keycap>q</keycap> or
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>c</keycap></keycombo>
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>
to quit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<literal>w</literal>.</para>
<para>Are some of these not working very well? Both
<command>locate</command> and <command>whatis</command> depend
&man.locate.1; and &man.whatis.1; depend
on a database that's rebuilt weekly. If your machine isn't
going to be left on over the weekend (and running FreeBSD), you
might want to run the commands for daily, weekly, and monthly
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are kept, <command>rehash</command>, and then put the following lines
in <filename>.cshrc</filename> in each user's home directory or
(easier) in <filename>/etc/csh.cshrc</filename>, the
system-wide csh start-up file:</para>
system-wide <command>csh</command> start-up file:</para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting>setenv XKEYSYMDB /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB
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files: a series of commands to be run without your
intervention.</para>
<para>Two shells come installed with FreeBSD: csh and sh. csh is
<para>Two shells come installed with FreeBSD: <command>csh</command> and <command>sh</command>. <command>csh</command> is
good for command-line work, but scripts should be written with
sh (or bash). You can find out what shell you have by typing
<command>sh</command> (or <command>bash</command>). You can find out what shell you have by typing
<command>echo $SHELL</command>.</para>
<para>The csh shell is okay, but tcsh does everything csh does and
<para>The <command>csh</command> shell is okay, but <command>tcsh</command> does everything <command>csh</command> does and
more. It allows you to recall commands with the arrow keys
and edit them. It has tab-key completion of filenames (csh uses
the escape key), and it lets you switch to the directory you
and edit them. It has tab-key completion of filenames (<command>csh</command> uses
the <keycap>Esc</keycap> key), and it lets you switch to the directory you
were last in with <command>cd -</command>. It's also much
easier to alter your prompt with tcsh. It makes life a lot
easier to alter your prompt with <command>tcsh</command>. It makes life a lot
easier.</para>
<para>Here are the three steps for installing a new shell:</para>
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<para>Install the shell as a port or a package, just as you
would any other port or package. Use
<command>rehash</command> and <command>which tcsh</command>
(assuming you're installing tcsh) to make sure it got
(assuming you're installing <command>tcsh</command>) to make sure it got
installed.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>As root, edit <filename>/etc/shells</filename>, adding a
line in the file for the new shell, in this case
/usr/local/bin/tcsh, and save the file. (Some ports may do
<filename>/usr/local/bin/tcsh</filename>, and save the file. (Some ports may do
this for you.)</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Use the <command>chsh</command> command to change your
shell to tcsh permanently, or type <command>tcsh</command>
shell to <command>tcsh</command> permanently, or type <command>tcsh</command>
at the prompt to change your shell without logging in
again.</para>
</step>
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<note>
<para>It can be dangerous to change root's shell to something
other than sh or csh on early versions of FreeBSD and many
other than <command>sh</command> or <command>csh</command> on early versions of FreeBSD and many
other versions of Unix; you may not have a working shell when
the system puts you into single user mode. The solution is to
use <command>su -m</command> to become root, which will give
you the tcsh as root, because the shell is part of the
you the <command>tcsh</command> as root, because the shell is part of the
environment. You can make this permanent by adding it to your
<filename>.tcshrc</filename> file as an alias with
<programlisting>alias su su -m.</programlisting></para>
</note>
<para>When tcsh starts up, it will read the
<para>When <command>tcsh</command> starts up, it will read the
<filename>/etc/csh.cshrc</filename> and
<filename>/etc/csh.login</filename> files, as does csh. It will
<filename>/etc/csh.login</filename> files, as does <command>csh</command>. It will
also read the <filename>.login</filename> file in your home
directory and the <filename>.cshrc</filename> file as well,
unless you provide a <filename>.tcshrc</filename> file. This
you can do by simply copying <filename>.cshrc</filename> to
<filename>.tcshrc</filename>.</para>
<para>Now that you've installed tcsh, you can adjust your prompt.
You can find the details in the manual page for tcsh, but here
<para>Now that you've installed <command>tcsh</command>, you can adjust your prompt.
You can find the details in the manual page for <command>tcsh</command>, but here
is a line to put in your <filename>.tcshrc</filename> that will
tell you how many commands you have typed, what time it is, and
what directory you are in. It also produces a