Permission Denied

[midwaymonkey]

Hello , im new to the forum!

Im starting to go trough handbook but i got a problem that i cant acces /etc/ttys
Because it denies permission!\

I Also noticed that i had big difference in first log on

FreeBSD/i386 (pc3.example.org) (ttyv0)

(From Handbook)

But for me (pc3.example.org) was simply empty , im wondering maybe that causing problem!

FreeBSD/amd64 ( ) (ttyv0)

login:

 

[fonz]

i[sic] cant[sic] acces[sic] /etc/ttys
Because it denies permission!\[sic]

You do need to do this as root, the superuser (or administrator in Microsoft terminology). Normal users indeed can't edit that file.

But for me (pc3.example.org) was simply empty ,
[snip]
FreeBSD/amd64 ( ) (ttyv0)

login:

No, not having a hostname (which is what that is) set has nothing to do with it.

Fonz