Written by Jan-Willem Regeer and last updated on 01/07/2004 - [ freebsd ]

This guide will let you know how to manage FreeBSD accounts using pw, a critical application which can manipulate a lot of things that have to do with the /etc/passwd file and /etc/groups file. It can also set certain things like how long the account can be active, until what date it is active and other cool things. The easiest way to learn how to use pw is to play with it on a test install.

Written by configure and last updated on 11/03/2004 - [ freebsd | openbsd | netbsd | macosx ]

Right then, vi. "Oh no! vi! That's command based, can't use that!" Oh come on, it's not that difficult! Really... First, I shall explain a little about vi. vi (now mostly vim) is one of the oldest text editors for *nix. It can be found on many systems, both UNIX and Linux, and is usually the default editor. vim (VI iMproved) is beginning to take over from the older vi, but essentially, they function the same way.