David A. Gatwood wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Mark Andres wrote:
> 
> > I think having this message, no matter what the message is, wll lead to
> > FAQs from newbies.  If you want the message to be complete, you would
> > really need to say something like:
> > 
> > Don't log in as root. Create an account for yourself using the 'vipw'
> > command. Use 'man adduser' for more information. Then, in the /etc/group
> > file, add your newly-created username on the line that begins with
> > "wheel". Remember to separate usernames with commas and do NOT leave a
> > space in between. Now login using the newly-created account and then use
> > the 'su' command to give yourself root access.
> > 
> > No matter what you say, new UN*X users will still have questions until
> > they understand the basic concepts.
> 
> How about something like...
> 
> "Don't log in directly as root.  See http://www.macbsd.com/...... for
> details"

Because this is the same message that someone using NetBSD/amiga will see,
or NetBSD/i386, or NetBSD/alpha, or....you get the picture :-)

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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