[ale] SuSeLinux8.0 and Apache1.3 versus SuSeLinux 8.1 and Apache 2.0

Greg runman at speedfactory.net
Sat Mar 29 06:30:25 EST 2003


Linux Administration A Beginner's Guide (second edtion) McGRaw Hill Press
by Steve Shah  Includes RH 7 on disk - but since Unix has not changed much
in years it is still great.  For reference on commands: the O'Reilly
nutshell books (either Linux or Unix) are great.  Also Learning the Bash
Shell by Newham and Rosenblatt also put out by O'Reilly.

Greg Canter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Dow Hurst
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 6:34 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] SuSeLinux8.0 and Apache1.3 versus SuSeLinux 8.1 and
> Apache 2.0
>
>
> Julian,
> During the install you were asked to provide a root password for your
> root account.  Also, you were asked to make a user account.  If you are
> logged in as a user and not root, then the hardware that doesn't seem to
> work probably does but you haven't given the magic formulae to access
> them.  The magic is that you might be needing to "mount" a floppy's file
> system to your "filesystem tree".  Maybe if you would send another email
> to the list with this info, we could help you with specifics.
>
> Do you understand the Unix filesystem layout of /, /usr,/tmp,/usr/bin,
> and so on?  If not, we will need to explain it to you.
>
> Are you logged in as root or as a user such as jstarr?  If as root, I
> would not advise doing that since it is easy to damage your system.
>
> Do you know any unix commands such as "df -k", "netstat -rn", or "ls -l"
> and how to understand the output or is that meaningless to you right now?
>
> Access to the CD and burner functions is usually transparent under SuSE
> 8.1 if it is setup properly.  You will probably need to access the
> burner as a simulated SCSI device such as /dev/scd0 instead of
> /dev/cdrom.  I use SuSE 8.1 at home and will be happy to help you out in
> getting started.  It is always a good idea to get a good newbie starter
> book on Unix or Linux.  I am sure someone on the list can recommend a
> good book.  I can't think of one off the top of my head right now.  Hey
> ALEr's, is "Unix in a Nutshell" a good starter book?
> Dow
>
>
> J Starr wrote:
>
> >Hi there y'all,
> >                   anyone with any opinion on the subject line I
> would be pleased to hear from.
> >
> >I have bought the 8.1 package but have not tried to upgrade
> because the important part of 8.0/1.3 is working exremely well,
> and I have heard bad thing about 2.0
> >
> >I have the former setup on a machine and it is presently serving
> up pages flawlessly from 5 websites right now.
> >
> >But still the Linux is a disaster. The floppy and the DVD and
> the burner wont work so I cant back up my config files.The CD-rom
> is working although the machine seems to be confused as to which
> drive is which. The printer will print a test page ok, but thats
> it.... try to print anything else and it just does..well nothing!
> >
> >I have little positive experience with Linux and chose it for my
> server because of the price.
> >
> >Looking for a volunteer to help. I am in Duluth GA
> >
> >Julian Starr
> >
> >
> >
>
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