OK, I was going to make a sarcastic comment, but now I'm winded...
Somewhere between "Romeo Must Die," a crazed iguana, and this wonderful
message board, the last thing I seem to remember was that you mentioned
something about a HOW-TO.
Oh, that's right, my point was...
<sorry>
--Greg
> actually, configuring samba was pretty simple.. i did that today in 30
> mints.. under KDE, go to documentation and HOWTOs and read howto on
samba..
>
> I had to add 2 lines to some file and configure samba shares thru linux
> conf and running /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart and that was it!
>
> btw, do you guys know that once u run samba server, it shows up in other
NT
> boxes as Windoze NT 4.2 server ;)).. wonder where the 4.2 came from ;)
>
> -sarang
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> >
> > > My /etc/resolv.conf is :
> > >
> > > domain wanadoo.es # my dear ISP Supplyer
> > > search LINUX # my dear Linux Server Pentium III 128 Mb
> >
> > Did you type this in *yourself*?
> >
> > /etc/resolve.conf should contain the IP addresses of your ISPs DNS
servers,
> > or the IP address of the localhost if your running your own. You can't
> > resolve domain names by USING domain or host names.
> >
> > > and I've /etc/ppp/options (to connect to my ISP) well configured too.
> > > (mmmhh : not detailed here ... )
> >
> > Good parenthetical comment?
> >
> > > Putting conditions on other folks offers of help???
> > > ....[If you agree it : nobody is obliged to answer ... (:-D) ]
> > > ....[My conditions have many logic reasons to be]
> >
> > Your reasons may have good intentions, but the fact remains that the
HOW-TOs
> > are EXTREMELY well written, in most cases, and have far more information
> > than is is possible to convey through an e-mail message; withouth, of
> > course, PARAPHRASING THE TEXT.
> >
> > > Try 'man ipchains' for example...
> > > ....[No, thanks; I don't want to read 'man', by now; I prefer to hear]
> > > ....[To me Howto is Nothing "per se"; is like to read the yellow
pages]
> > > ....[We need more than a 'Howto' and a 'man' like these now]
> > > ....[MSDN, O'Reilly books, Multimedia, Encarta are some docs.
examples]
> > > ....[But this is another history ...maybe based in methodology, not in
> > > pieces]
> > > ....[Your explanation is 10^10 times better than the Howto & Man]
> >
> > Follow me here:
> > 1. Didn't Mike simply RE-TYPE the HOW-TO?
> > 2. I understand the 'man' pages can be confusing, that's why there's
HOW-TO
> > documents.
> > 3. I don't see how reading an e-mail is so very much different from
reading
> > the HOW-TO in the first place, don't you have to READ the E-MAIL?
> > 4. If you're citing O'Reilly (and I'm not sure why you've included
MSDN!!!!)
> > you're agreeing to the validity of WRITTEN documentation on the subject.
How
> > is this different from, and again, READING the HOW-TOs?
> >
> > Yes, there is a great deal of explanation one can give about a topic
covered
> > the man pages and HOW-TO documentation, but a recantation of the
information
> > is not a discussion...not is it an explanation. If you have read up on
the,
> > at least some of the documentation, and have difficulties with the
subject
> > matter, indiciate the portions you have a need to understand more
closely,
> > and people can help you through the topic.
> >
> > An introduction to the topic, either through e-mail, or the existing
> > documentation differs not at all. And, you're asking a lot of people to
have
> > them recite the information, albeit in written form, when it already
lives
> > on the CD that came with your distribution.
> >
> > > An important question is "how to" (!) start this excellent file.
> > > And where ? ; at the begin ? starting "hand made" ?
> > > In the section "Startup services" ?
> > > Any suggestions ...?
> >
> > Here, I can only ask: Ehrrr... What?
> >
> > Terribly sorry if I sound perturbed, but the level of involvement you
expect
> > is only exceeded by the involvement many people have spent writing the
> > material for which we all provide links.
> >
> > --Greg
> >
> >
> >
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