On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 03:13:29PM -0500, Christian Lavoie wrote:
> The short story:
> 
> 1) I cannot use sysconfig, I need to do it all manually. What has to be done? 
> (Available tools: A text editor.)

unpack the *.tgz files
cd dev
./MAKEDEV all
cd ../etc
vi rc.conf
vi fstab
#if not_in_rc_conf
vi myname
vi mygate
vi ifconfig.foo
#endif

I think I didn't forget anything.


> 
> 2) I need to add a user manually to a system. All I have access to is a text 
> editor. Not a fully working NetBSD system, just a linux nfs-server that hosts 
> the root for a diskless NetBSD, and I need to add a user on that NetBSD 
> system -- that NetBSD system is diskless, keyboardless and partially 
> monitorless.

Hum, not easy on a linux box, you need a working pwd_mkdb.
Can't you teack .rhosts/inetd, or sshd.conf to allow root login and to
the work from the diskless NetBSD ?
If you don't want to allow root access without passwd, setup a RSA key with
ssh.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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