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> From: Herman Aa[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 11 August 1999 03:20
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: List of COMMANDS
>
>
> I can read MAN pages ..... (Not very effective because
> I have no list of available cmds to ask MAN's for.)
> Familiar with 'more' and 'less'. I can print.
> I can use MC. (in root for the time being. I am careful)
> Re-installation is easy. I have made all the possible
> mistakes, incl letting 'reset' of DisDruid wipe-out all
> my partitions. FDisk-Linux helped me restore.
> I can boot with LILO but find LOADLIN easier to use.
> I am reading 'Linux-NEWBIE' for a long time.
>
> Goal1: Get out root. Find the way in Linux.
> (Cannot find my notes. Where do I find Find the cmds,
> syntax, for 'ADDUSER' 'REMOVEUSER' and associated
> passwords?).
> I need a list of (basic, newbie-)commands to be able
> to operate Linux.
>
First things first. You have access to the computer as the user "root". That
is good. Use 'adduser' or 'useradd' (RedHat may accept both) to create a new
user. Refer to 'man adduser' or 'man useradd' (I forget). Make sure you
include the -m switch so the new user gets a home-directory. Use 'passwd'
('man passwd') to set the new user's password. Switch to a different
terminal using <LeftAlt>+F2 and try to login as the new user. You should now
have ended up in the directory /home/<new user's name>. Type 'cwd' (displays
*c*urrent *w*orking *d*irectory) to check if your are there. Switch back to
the terminal where "root" is logged in (Usually <LeftAlt>+F1 - F1 can be
substituted by F1~F6 to yield different virtual terminals where you can
login). Logout your "root"-user. Switch back to the previous terminal and
start experimenting. For example run 'mc', change to /usr/doc and check out
the documentation (there's lots of it) in this part of the tree. Have fun!
You have RedHat right? You also may like to try the documentation that came
with RedHat. If you don't have the book, don't worry its also on CD1 (I
think directory "Documentation" or something like that).
Have fun!
> Goal 2: Get comfortable with using Linux.
> -Reading, editing, copying, printing.
> -Find out what pgms are installed already.
> (Getting on Internet is in there already,
> supposedly. But they forget to tell how.)
> -Learn Linux by using.
>
> Goal 3: many. (Say Goodbye to Windows.)
> I'll ask when I get there.
>
> I am familiar with MSDOS.
> I have RH5.0 CDROM + 3 CDROMs 'Linux Archives'.
> RH6.0 + 'Running Linux' book is on the way. ETA 1nov99.
> I have 160MHz Pentium, 64MB RAM, 8GB HD, CDROM.
>
> Thanks for helping. Reading Newbie-list is very
> encouraging to continue with Linux.
> Herman Aa.
> From a mountaintop on Cebu island, Philippines.
> Seeing Linux in front, coconut-trees, the sea,
> next island, when looking out the Window.
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