Applicable to: FreeBSD 4.2
Updated: January 1, 2001

This Sheet describes some housekeeping chores that need to be done after initial installation of FreeBSD.

1. Create /var link (Only if you created the partition layout shown in the Installing FreeBSD cheat sheet):

   # mkdir /usr/var
   # cd /var
   # tar cf - . | (cd /usr/var; tar xf - )
   # cd /
   # rm -rf /var
   # ln -s /usr/var /var

2. Create /tmp link (Only if you created the partition layout shown in the Installing FreeBSD cheat sheet):

   # mkdir /usr/tmp
   # rm -rf /tmp
   # ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp

3. If you answered 'No' to 'Only Normal Users FTP' ('Yes' to 'Anonymous FTP' in FreeBSD 3.x) during install, modify permissions for /var/ftp/incoming:

   # chmod u+t,go+w /var/ftp/incoming

4. Edit /etc/host.conf:

   hosts
   bind

5. Edit /etc/hosts:

   127.0.0.1    localhost.mostgraveconcern.com localhost
   ::1          localhost.mostgraveconcern.com localhost
   10.20.155.1   pandora.mostgraveconcern.com pandora
   10.20.155.1   pandora.mostgraveconcern.com.
   10.20.155.2   danco.mostgraveconcern.com danco
   10.20.155.3   viola.mostgraveconcern.com viola

6. Edit /etc/resolv.conf:

   domain      home
   nameserver  207.228.35.42
   nameserver  207.228.37.195

7. Switch to a blinking screen cursor:

   1. Switch the cursor mode now:

      # vidcontrol -c blink

   2. Edit /etc/rc.conf to make the change permanent:

      allscreens_flags="-c blink"

8. Edit /etc/gettytab for custom login screen:

   default:\
    :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=\e[H\e[J\e[7m ...58 spaces... \e[0m  P A N D O R A  \e[7m    \e[0m\r\n%s %r (%t)\r\n\n\n:sp#1200: (all one line)

   where '\e' = ^[ (27d).

   This results in a logon screen that looks similar to this:

   

9. Edit /etc/motd:

   (2 blank lines)
   Pandora welcomes you to the wonderful world of UNIX computing.
   (blank line)
   \e[1mAbandon all Hope, ye who Enter Here...\e[0m

   where `\e' = ^[ (27d).

   Once you log in, the screen looks similar to this: