From a4767875cb9cf8c3add2c12c6f385ba1125e8afa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Warren Block Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:24:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update motd, clarifying the information and adding pointers to other resources. MFC after: 3 days --- etc/motd | 30 +++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/motd b/etc/motd index 50ce29d4b344..e616d517e0a5 100644 --- a/etc/motd +++ b/etc/motd @@ -1,25 +1,21 @@ FreeBSD ?.?.? (UNKNOWN) -Welcome to FreeBSD! +Welcome to FreeBSD! Handy technical support resources: -Before seeking technical support, please use the following resources: +Security advisories and errata: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/ +Handbook: https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/ +FAQ: https://www.FreeBSD.org/faq/ +Mailing list: https://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions/ +Forums: https://forums.FreeBSD.org/ -o Security advisories and updated errata information for all releases are - at http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/ - always consult the ERRATA section - for your release first as it's updated frequently. +Documents installed with the system are in the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd/ +directory, or can be installed later with: pkg install en-freebsd-doc +For other languages, replace "en" with a language code like de or fr. -o The Handbook and FAQ documents are at http://www.FreeBSD.org/ and, - along with the mailing lists, can be searched by going to - http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/. If the doc package has been installed - (or fetched via pkg install lang-freebsd-doc, where lang is the - 2-letter language code, e.g. en), they are also available formatted - in /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd. +Show the version of FreeBSD installed: uname -a +Please include that output and any error messages when posting questions. -If you still have a question or problem, please take the output of -`uname -a', along with any relevant error messages, and email it -as a question to the questions@FreeBSD.org mailing list. If you are -unfamiliar with FreeBSD's directory layout, please refer to the hier(7) -manual page. If you are not familiar with manual pages, type `man man'. +Introduction to manual pages: man man +FreeBSD directory layout: man hier Edit /etc/motd to change this login announcement. -