On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 11:41:42PM -0600, Nitebirdz wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:19:54AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > So, with all of that said, what can I expect in the way of differences. > > I have already confirmed with him that any and all GUI tools will NOT be > > used for any labs. (i.e. all installation and configuration will be > > text-only, with config files to be edited by hand) I know, for example, > > that the default document path in RH systems is /usr/doc while in Debian > > it's /usr/share/doc. What other things like this should I look out for? > > Can I still expect all config files to be in /etc, does RH use > > /etc/init.d/ and friends, etc. Any and all tips are welcome. TIA. > > > > As far as I know, both Red Hat and Fedora also install documentation under > "/usr/share/doc" by default. The init scripts are also under "/etc/init.d", > and they use System V initialization just like most other major Linux > distributions with the exception of Slackware. They also recently adopted > "alternatives", as of RH 9 or so, I seem to remember. Heck, you can even > use "apt" with all the releases starting with RH 8 or so... or use "yum" > or "up2date" if you prefer. > > So, differences? It's an RPM-based distro. Yes, you can use "apt" > these
AFAIK fedora is not exactly RPM based anymore. They adopted an apt-like system (don't know where it is located between original RPM and APT). > days, but still the underlying technology is RPM. So, you'd better get at > least a little bit familiar with RPM: basics about packaging it, what a > spec file is and how to rebuild from source. They still use "httpd" to > refer to Apache everywhere, including in the name of the init script. As > you can imagine the layout of the config files is different too, so I'd > definitely suggest taking a look under "/etc" directory, especially the > "/etc/sysconfig" directory. I cannot think of anything else right now, > but I'm pretty sure other people will fill in. > > ---------------- > Nitebirdz > http://www.sacredchaos.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
