On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:02:37 +0200
Per olof Ljungmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi debianites,
>
> I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get
> going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not
> installed software), things like the network, users, loggi
Per olof Ljungmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> s. keeling wrote:
> > Per olof Ljungmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> Where except on the local machine can I find Debian man pages?
> >> http://manpages.debian.net/
> >> is not very informative I'm afraid...
> >[snip]
> And, if the online manpages does n
Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> Hi debianites,
>
> I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get
> going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not
> installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc.
> [...]
You may find answers to some of your prob
s. keeling wrote:
Per olof Ljungmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Where except on the local machine can I find Debian man pages?
http://manpages.debian.net/
is not very informative I'm afraid...
FWIW, I've always considered a *nix box which doesn't have manpages
installed, a clumsily installed *nix
Per olof Ljungmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Where except on the local machine can I find Debian man pages?
> http://manpages.debian.net/
> is not very informative I'm afraid...
FWIW, I've always considered a *nix box which doesn't have manpages
installed, a clumsily installed *nix box.
New
Wayne Topa wrote:
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It would have been better if I had not had a type there. :-(
No problem, I had one too -
Welcome to the Debian Community.
Thank you. I'm sure it will work out well, especially considering all
the helpful hands that are here!
Per olof
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On Thursday 09 August 2007 14:02, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> Hi debianites,
>
> I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get
> going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not
> installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc.
>
> Coming from B
On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 17:26 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Looking in /etc, I see /etc/network/iface, is it here I fix that?
>
> I don't see any such file. There is /etc/network/interfaces however.
>
> > man iface
> > man network
>
> try "man interfaces" ;-)
>
>
> Stefan
>
>
I pre
Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> Wayne Topa wrote:
> >Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> >>Hi debianites,
> >>
<>
> >>This is Linux debian 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP, command line only (server
> >>enviroment).
> >
> >Rather then try to g
> Looking in /etc, I see /etc/network/iface, is it here I fix that?
I don't see any such file. There is /etc/network/interfaces however.
> man iface
> man network
try "man interfaces" ;-)
Stefan
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On 22:49 Thu 09 Aug , Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
Wayne Topa wrote:
Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
bash: apr-cache: command not found
^^^
Typo - should be apt-cache. Probably worth reading up on Debian basics,
maybe run "apt-ge
On 22:49 Thu 09 Aug , Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> Wayne Topa wrote:
>> Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
>
> bash: apr-cache: command not found
^^^
Typo - should be apt-cache. Probably worth reading up on Debian basics,
maybe run "apt-get install apt-howto
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:49:15PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
>> Rather then try to give you things to do, and as you are a beginner,
>> install the debian-reference package. Most, if not all, of your
>> questions are answered there.
>> apr-cache search debian-reference(pick your language)
Wayne Topa wrote:
Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
Hi debianites,
I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get
going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not
installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc.
Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> Hi debianites,
>
> I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get
> going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not
> installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc.
>
> Comin
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
Jeff D wrote:
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
Hi debianites,
I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get going.
Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not installed
software), things like the n
Jeff D wrote:
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
Hi debianites,
I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get
going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not
installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc.
Coming from BSD wh
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
Hi debianites,
I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get going.
Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not installed software),
things like the network, users, logging etc.
Coming from BSD where a lot of th
Hi debianites,
I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get
going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not
installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc.
Coming from BSD where a lot of things are in .conf files under /etc I
have a pro
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 02:33:47PM +0100, Mitja Podreka wrote:
> hello
>
> As I'm very new in system administrating and not an old Debian user
> either, I would like to ask you for some suggestions about system
> administration.
> I have six identical networked computers running Debian. All the
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 02:33:47PM +0100, Mitja Podreka wrote:
> hello
>
> As I'm very new in system administrating and not an old Debian user
> either, I would like to ask you for some suggestions about system
> administration.
> I have six identical networked computers running Debian. All the
hello
As I'm very new in system administrating and not an old Debian user
either, I would like to ask you for some suggestions about system
administration.
I have six identical networked computers running Debian. All the
computers are new and powerful enough to run all the necessary applicatio
Hi David, I work at Western university and we added a user shutdown. We
told it when you log in to execute shutdown -h now and that is it. That
might be the easiest way to do it. A little time consuming but other then
that not the headaches that you could get if the system were to go down.
If y
If she has access to the system, just tell her to do a ctrl-all-del, and
then when the machine reboots turn it off during the memory check.
Shaya
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>> Why not just tell her to use Control-Alt-Delete to shut down the system?
>> Debian will perform an orderly shutdown and reboot the machine, at which
>> time it can be safely powered off.
>>
>> No magic necessary.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> I am running a Debian system right now as a web development staging server.
> At
> present, it is only on a local network, but could conceivably become a gateway
> to the Internet as well. So for the time being, it is basically a two-user
> system (me and my wife).
>
> What would be the best way to enable her to run the shutdown command, without
> creating a giant security hole which might bite me in the @*% should this
> machine ever become a gateway? My thoughts up to this point:
>
> 1) Creating a group consisting of my wife and myself, and doing a setu
On Fri, 15 Aug 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What would be the best way to enable her to run the shutdown command, without
> creating a giant security hole which might bite me in the @*% should this
> machine ever become a gateway? My thoughts up to this point:
Why don't you use sudo? It allo
Why not just tell her to use Control-Alt-Delete to shut down the system?
Debian will perform an orderly shutdown and reboot the machine, at which
time it can be safely powered off.
No magic necessary.
Regards,
Jeff
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I am running a Debian system right now as a web development staging server. At
present, it is only on a local network, but could conceivably become a gateway
to the Internet as well. So for the time being, it is basically a two-user
system (me and my wife).
I am teaching my wife to do web develo
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