Additions to "UNIX Basics" section of the Handbook

[Jim Mock]

On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 07:50  PM, Christopher Nehren wrote:
> Greetings all. I recently opened a machine to the public for 
> educational purposes, and of course I am referring users to the 
> Handbook when I'm unavailable to personally show them the ropes. So 
> just out of curiosity, to see what my users will be reading, I checked 
> out the "UNIX Basics" section (I had migrated to FreeBSD from an 
> above-newbie level of experience with Linux, so I never did read that 
> section), and I noticed that there's a lack of documentation on the 
> basics of users, groups, and the general "what you should do if this 
> is your first login" sort of thing. I'm ready, willing, and able to 
> write such documentation, if it would be accepted. One small question, 
> though: Should I alter an already-existing file, or create a new one?

Well, if it's an addition to the UNIX Basics chapter, then it should be 
added there.

See the FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for more info, style 
guides, etc.:

	http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/

- jim

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