Re: first install

[Greg Thomas <getbsd_(_at_)_sbcglobal_(_dot_)_net>]

On Tuesday, Jan 28, 2003, at 14:17 US/Pacific, Mat Harris wrote:

> right, i got an ftp install dones from the packages i moved onto the 
> laptop.
>
> i now need to work out things like the equivalent to "service foo 
> restart"
> and the porting you spoke of. I don't have a /usr/ports. is that 
> something I
> have to install individually?
>
> only other thing is the keyboard is really bugging me:
>
> *no autocompletion
> *backspace not working in vi
> *home and end keys not working in vi
> *up and down to scroll shell history not working
>
> probably more i've not found. this is a tought learn even from a linux
> background

There is a wonderful thing that is the OpenBSD FAQ.  In particular:

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#rootshell

I use ksh and it's met all my long since retired bash needs.

I'm sure you'll also find a wealth of other material in the FAQ to help 
you along the way to a much more secure and easy to admin OS.

Greg