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 It is also a good habit to create a regular user account for working, using "su" to obtain root privileges as needed. To create a regular user account which is part of the administrative "wheel" group: It is also a good habit to create a regular user account for working, using "su" to obtain root privileges as needed. To create a regular user account which is part of the administrative "wheel" group:
  
-  useradd -m -G wheel &lt;username&gt;+  useradd -m -G wheel <username>
  
 Then immediately set its password with: Then immediately set its password with:
  
-  passwd &lt;username&gt;+  passwd <username>
  
 This user will be in the "wheel" group and will be able to perform administrative tasks by runing "su" to obtain superuser privileges using the root password. This user will be in the "wheel" group and will be able to perform administrative tasks by runing "su" to obtain superuser privileges using the root password.
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 ==== Networking ==== ==== Networking ====
  
-Look at the first line of your control panel at vps.sdf.org and note YOUR_IP (e.g. 192.94.73.255) and YOUR_HOSTNAME (e.g. netbsd99).+Look at the first line of your control panel at vps.sdf.org and note YOUR_HOSTNAME (e.g. netbsd99), EXTERNAL_IP (e.g. 192.94.73.nnn), and INTERNAL_IP (e.g. 
 +10.1.0.nnn): 
 + 
 +<code> 
 +VPS Maintenance Shell for netbsd99 (192.94.73.nnn / 10.1.0.nnn) 
 +                          --------  -------------   ---------- 
 +                          ^         ^               ^ 
 +                          |         |               | 
 +                          |         EXTERNAL_IP     INTERNAL_IP 
 +                          | 
 +                          YOUR_HOSTNAME 
 +</code>
  
 Start your server, and log in via the console. (default=root:root) Start your server, and log in via the console. (default=root:root)
  
-Open /etc/rc.conf in an editor and, replacing the text YOUR_HOSTNAME and YOUR_IP with your own actual host name and IP number, add:+Open /etc/rc.conf in an editor and replace the text YOUR_HOSTNAME,EXTERNAL_IP and INTERNAL_IP with your own actual host name and IP number, add:
  
   hostname=YOUR_HOSTNAME.sdf.org   hostname=YOUR_HOSTNAME.sdf.org
   defaultroute=192.94.73.1   defaultroute=192.94.73.1
   auto_ifconfig=yes   auto_ifconfig=yes
-  ifconfig_xennet0="inet YOUR_IP netmask 0xffffff00" +  ifconfig_xennet0="inet EXTERNAL_IP netmask 0xffffff00" 
 +  ifconfig_xennet1="inet INTERNAL_IP netmask 0xffffff00" 
 +  
 Then put this in /etc/resolv.conf: Then put this in /etc/resolv.conf:
  
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 Add this to /etc/hosts: Add this to /etc/hosts:
  
-  YOUR_IP  YOUR_HOSTNAME.sdf.org YOUR_HOSTNAME+  EXTERNAL_IP  YOUR_HOSTNAME.sdf.org YOUR_HOSTNAME
  
 Run/Type: Run/Type:
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 To set this up on boot, execute the steps above and then: To set this up on boot, execute the steps above and then:
  
-  echo "nfs_client=YES" &gt;&gt; /etc/rc.conf +  echo "nfs_client=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf 
-  echo "rpcbind=YES" &gt;&gt; /etc/rc.conf +  echo "rpcbind=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf 
-  echo "10.1.0.1 vps" &gt;&gt; /etc/hosts +  echo "10.1.0.1 vps" >> /etc/hosts 
-  echo "vps:/images/pkg_neb501 /images/pkg_neb501 nfs ro" &gt;&gt; /etc/fstab +  echo "vps:/images/pkg_neb501 /images/pkg_neb501 nfs ro" >> /etc/fstab 
-  echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin" &gt;&gt; /etc/profile+  echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin" >> /etc/profile
  
 Note that you cannot use both this pre-built pkgsrc and pre-built packages from netbsd.org. It may be possible to set the system up so you can, however this is best left to the experienced NetBSD administrator. Note that you cannot use both this pre-built pkgsrc and pre-built packages from netbsd.org. It may be possible to set the system up so you can, however this is best left to the experienced NetBSD administrator.
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   for set in games xbase xcomp xetc xfont xserver ; do \   for set in games xbase xcomp xetc xfont xserver ; do \
-    tar tzf /usr/INSTALL/$set.tgz | sed -e 's/^\.//' &gt;&gt; /tmp/purgelist ; \+    tar tzf /usr/INSTALL/$set.tgz | sed -e 's/^\.//' >> /tmp/purgelist ; \
   done   done