Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page xi 1st hack attribution |
Michael Vince should be attributed to hack #66, not #64 as listed. |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 5 "Silencing Auto-Complete" 2nd paragraph |
a prompt missing. |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 6 example after 3rd paragraph |
The setting of prompt is defined in the example as follows: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 15 2nd paragraph from bottom |
The command: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 23 2nd paragraph from the bottom |
set autologout = (30 15) |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 24 See Also of Hack #7 |
The second line of See Also looks: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 27 5th line from the bottom |
The example to remove files from trash should not be: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 31 2nd line from the bottom |
The next two files work hand in hand and customize the behavior of man mail. |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 34 2nd and 1st paragraphs from the bottom |
The FILES=1 and FILES=2 in each paragraph should be FILES1 and FILES2 respectively |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 45 "Multitasking with Screen" |
-s should be -S. |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 76 Note |
"Even though nbtstat ? indicates..." |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 79 last word, first line in the paragraph before |
daily_clean_tmps: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 80 The last line of page 80 |
.... see (ex)1 |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 84 about half way down the page |
Change: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 109 |
The 2 syslogd lines in "Setting Up the Logging Server" should read: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 114 example after 1st paragraph |
The 5th line of this output example is: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 136 1st - 2nd line from the bottom |
We briefly saw this file in "Customize the Default Boot Menu" [Hack #24] when we ... |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 139 1st paragraph of section "/etc/login.conf" |
I read: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 174 1st paragraph of section "Spoofing on NetBSD" |
It says that Dheeraj Reddy's ifconfig patch is available from |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 174 3rd line from the bottom of the page |
The example command of applying patch is shown as follows: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 178 1st - 2nd line of "shome" section of the example code |
It reads: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 185 6th paragraph |
I read: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 203 fourth line |
instead of |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 213 last paragraph |
Change the last paragraph and listing on p. 213 to: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 240 2nd paragraph of Hack #58 |
I read: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 246 last paragraph |
# /usr/local/ports/security/snort |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 248 4th paragraph |
/usr/local/etc/apache/httpd-conf |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 258 last paragraph |
(make sure the directory /etc/cgd exists and is mode 600): |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 261 4th item of "See Also" in Hack #60 |
It reads: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 266 last paragraph |
Both paths in the last paragraph should be changed. it should be: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 270 3rd paragraph |
I read: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 280 Example Usage |
The script list my three Ethernet cards, rl0, xl0 and rl0 |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 284 4th code block (3rd full code block) |
/.quickpatch.pl |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 290 last line |
The last line introduces |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 308 1st paragraph of section "Using the Live Filesystem" |
The introduced ftp path: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 313 1st - 2nd line |
The introduced URL for Netcat web site |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 341 |
fastest-cvsup should be fastest_cvsup |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 343 n the script under echo "Updating docs" |
"cd /usr/ports" should be "cd /usr/doc" |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 348-349 cvs checkout command |
Please remove the -l from the "cvs checkout" command on pages 348-349. |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 352 2nd paragraph and more in this page |
The four file names ".ctm-status" in this page should be replaced with ".ctm_status". |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 376 2nd paragraph, last line |
SH. NAME |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 390 4th paragraph |
The word "psuedoterminal" should be "pseudoterminal". |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 392 2nd paragraph |
According to the output of lastcom above this 2nd paragraph, |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 396 last example |
% grep -wi 't...k...r' /usr/share/dict/words/ |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 400 6th paragraph |
The following URL is introduced to download Latte Diablo JRE 1.3.1: |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 405 2nd paragraph |
"tail -f -b=1m ports.tar.gz | tar -zvxf ports.tar.gz" |
Anonymous | May 17, 2013 |