#freesoftware #slackware #gnulinux This is a basic tutorial on setting up Slackware gnulinux and the live-update wiki entry can be found here.
- slackware
- Jonathan Haack
- Haack’s Networking
- netcmnd@jonathanhaack.com
Install os, then add non-root user
adduser
Follow the prompts then join wheel group, then add these by using up arrow
wheel,floppy,audio,video,cdrom,plugdev,power,netdev,lp,scanner
Set up WPA2 network:
nano /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Make it look like this:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
scan_ssid=0
ssid=”your_essid”
proto=WPA2
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-EAP
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk=your_64_hex_characters_long_key
}
To get your psk key, run:
wpa_passphrase ssid ‘passphrase’
Then, edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf as follows:
IFNAME[1]=”ath0″
IPADDR[1]=””
NETMASK[1]=””
USE_DHCP[1]=”yes”
DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=”” [leave blank if using more than one SSID]
WLAN_WPA[1]=”wpa_supplicant”
WLAN_WPADRIVER[1]=”wext”
Once everything is configured, restart the interface as follows – if everything connects, and you get the nickname error, just ignore it as it will go away on reboot:
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan0_restart
Now that you are online, let’s set up sudoer access:
nano /etc/sudoers
Then, add this directly below the root user line that is similar to this:
username ALL=(ALL) ALL
Now, how to update packages:
nano /etc/slackpkg/mirrors
Uncomment one of the mirrors from USA – use http – once that is done (I use osul):
slackpkg update gpg
slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg clean-system