1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; -*-

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     3 ========

     4  NetBSD

     5 ========

     6 .. contents::

     7    :local:

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     9 User management

    10 ===============

    11 

    12 User in ``wheel`` group automatically get ``root`` permission with ``su``

    13 command, use one of::

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    15   $ su

    16   $ su -

    17 

    18 To set user password::

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    20   $ passwd $USER

    21 

    22 To set user shell::

    23 

    24   $ chsh

    25   $ chpass -s /bin/ksh

    26 

    27 Network configuration

    28 =====================

    29 

    30 Set host name::

    31 

    32   $ hostname $HOST

    33   $ echo $HOST > /etc/myname

    34 

    35 Manually setup DHCP::

    36 

    37   $ ifconfig       # find out available interfaces

    38   $ dhclient $IF

    39   $ ifconfig       # check out if thinks go ok

    40 

    41 

    42 Package management

    43 ==================

    44 

    45 Easy way to install packages is to put::

    46 

    47   export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -m)/7.0/All

    48 

    49 into ``/root/.profile`` and run as root one of::

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    51   $ pkg_add emacs

    52   $ pkg_add -v emacs

    53