At 5/14/2002 11:59 AM -0500, you wrote: >I have two separate questions. How do you know where to turn on/off services >like ftp and ipchains? I know there is stuff in /etc/rc.d/ i just don't know >how to tell what is what in there.
It's much easier than you'd think. The "chkconfig" and "service" commands are your friends (as long as you are root, of course). For example: # service ipchains start # service ipchains stop # chkconfig --list # chkconfig --level 2345 wu-ftpd on and other variations. >I want to install some rpm's but i don't know where i should get them from. * Your Red Hat CD's * ftp://ftp.redhat.com ftp://updates.redhat.com * www.rpmfind.net www.freshrpms.net >Is it common practice to install rpm's from the cd or do people tend to >download them from a website? Both. Just make sure the website is someone you can trust. >Can they be installed directly from a remote site? # rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/i386/yadda.rpm >I am familiar with freebsd and I usually install remotely. # man rpm -- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
