Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 17:24 +0200, Pierre THIERRY wrote: > Scribit Michelle Konzack dies 27/03/2007 hora 16:54: > > > "What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be > > > put on a server?" > > Realy good question... > >...since I have NO monitors attached to my arround 16

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-28 Thread Pierre THIERRY
Scribit Michelle Konzack dies 27/03/2007 hora 16:54: > > "What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be > > put on a server?" > Realy good question... >...since I have NO monitors attached to my arround 160 Servers! That's a shame. There are some slick rackable displays,

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-13 12:51:48, schrieb Tarek Soliman: > "What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on > a server?" Realy good question... ...since I have NO monitors attached to my arround 160 Servers! Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadmini

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-13 12:51:48, schrieb Tarek Soliman: > "What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on > a server?" ROTFL - Please forward this question to RedHat or Novell Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network D

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-17 Thread s. keeling
Atis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [snip] > > > >00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script > > > > > > > >for 6:00 AM on the last day of each month > > > > when you have multiple commands on a line with && between them, it > > Damn, so this is just a cheat, as the actual command i

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-16 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 01:16:46AM +0200, Atis wrote: > [snip] > >> >00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script > >> > > >> >for 6:00 AM on the last day of each month > > [snip] > >when you have multiple commands on a line with && between them, it > >executes them sequentially

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 12:24:21PM +0800, li sh wrote: > 2007/3/16, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> > >00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script > > >> > >for 6:00 AM on the last day of each month > Little tips, every month's 28 is enough. isnt it . >

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread li sh
sorry,28,29,30,31 :( 2007/3/16, li sh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 2007/3/16, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script > > > >for 6:00 AM on the last day of each month Little tips, every month's 28 is enough. isnt it . ---

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread li sh
2007/3/16, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script > > >for 6:00 AM on the last day of each month Little tips, every month's 28 is enough. isnt it . --- lish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread s. keeling
Daniel Graham Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thursday 15 March 2007 14:28, you wrote: > > If a server is a machine, then you can do so, but you probably don't want > > to since it consumes system resources for tasks that are not core to the > > server. > > How so? If it's not being put to usef

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
On 3/15/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 06:26:25PM -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > > > >Ok so the min hour thing is wrong on the crontab. It should be something > >like this: > > > >00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Atis
[snip] > >00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script > > > >for 6:00 AM on the last day of each month [snip] when you have multiple commands on a line with && between them, it executes them sequentially as long as none of them fail, IOW so long as they return 0. the [ ... ]

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 06:26:25PM -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > > > >Ok so the min hour thing is wrong on the crontab. It should be something > >like this: > > > >00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script > > > >for 6:00 AM on the last day of each month > > >

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
Ok so the min hour thing is wrong on the crontab. It should be something like this: 00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script for 6:00 AM on the last day of each month I didn't know it was possible to put this kind of thing (the output of a command) in crontab. I search

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Tarek Soliman
> > > > On of my favorite: > > Q: How does the correct crontab entry looks like to run a script only on > > the last day of every month? > > Very very interesting! > > * * * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script > > It is basically a command that runs everyday checking if tomor

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Tarek Soliman
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:36:12PM -0400, Bernd Prager wrote: > > Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about > > Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can > > get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answers and the more > > confident I will b

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Daniel Graham Palmer wrote: [snip]. I don't believe in "rules" but instead "sensible explanations". People have this Slashdot mentality where their solution is *the right way(TM)* whereby they instantly chastise anyone that thinks differently. Frankly, if you're going to emp

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Daniel Graham Palmer
On Thursday 15 March 2007 14:28, you wrote: > If a server is an application, then you can't put a window manager on it. Hence the speech marks around the noun server. > If a server is a machine, then you can do so, but you probably don't want > to since it consumes system resources for tasks tha

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Daniel Graham Palmer
On Thursday 15 March 2007 14:28, you wrote: > If a server is an application, then you can't put a window manager on it. Hence the speech marks around the noun server. > If a server is a machine, then you can do so, but you probably don't want > to since it consumes system resources for tasks tha

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Bernd Prager
> Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about > Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can > get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answers and the more > confident I will be. > > Please also post tricky and troubleshooting questions. On of m

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tarek Soliman wrote: > I apoligize, the question was not serious. The correct answer is none. > My intention was to make a joke or two. (and see how many people fall > for it) Thanks for the clarification. I guess I'm actually learning something :-)

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Daniel Palmer wrote: Why not put a windowmanager on a "server" ... to me a server is an application not a machine. If a server is an application, then you can't put a window manager on it. If a server is a machine, then you can do so, but you probably don't want to

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Daniel Palmer
Tarek Soliman wrote: "What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on a server?" OK, my newbie answer: That's a trick question, right? Isn't the correct answer "none" ? That was a serious question on my part: what is the correct answer to Tarek's questi

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Tarek Soliman
> >>>"What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on > >>>a server?" > > > > > > OK, my newbie answer: That's a trick question, right? Isn't the correct > > answer "none" ? > > That was a serious question on my part: what is the correct answer to > Tarek's question? I wa

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-14 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim Hyslop wrote: > Tarek Soliman wrote: > >>>"What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on >>>a server?" > > > OK, my newbie answer: That's a trick question, right? Isn't the correct > answer "none" ? That was a serious

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2007-03-14 Thread Mathias Brodala
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Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-14 Thread Atis
On 3/14/07, Tarek Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q) In the CLI, how do you rm (remove) a file that begins with a hyphen ? > > A) rm -- --oops > Wasn't there a similar horror story where a program would save a directory as .* or *. or whatever, and then rm -R .* would expand to .. among othe

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-14 Thread Tarek Soliman
> Q) In the CLI, how do you rm (remove) a file that begins with a hyphen ? > > A) rm -- --oops > Wasn't there a similar horror story where a program would save a directory as .* or *. or whatever, and then rm -R .* would expand to .. among other things, nuking the parent folder too? -- Tarek

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-14 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Mike McClain wrote: On 3/5/07, Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answers and the more confi

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/14/07 00:05, Mike McClain wrote: > On 3/5/07, Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about >> Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can >> get a big list of q

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Mike McClain
On 3/5/07, Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about >Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can >get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answers and the more >confident I will be. > >Please also post trick

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/13/07 19:09, Pete wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 01:43:35AM +0200, Atis wrote: >> On 3/5/07, Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about >>> Debian? May be with short answers but th

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 01:43:35AM +0200, Atis wrote: > On 3/5/07, Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about > >Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can > >get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answer

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:51:17AM +0800, Bob wrote: > > If choice is our greatest asset (which it is) it's also the greatest > hindrance to GNU/Linux adoption on the corporate desktop. > > Can you see an elegant way out of this paradox? > I can see where choice can be perceived as a hinrance t

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Bob
Tarek Soliman wrote: Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answers and the more confident I will be. Please also post tricky and troubleshooting questio

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Pete
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 01:43:35AM +0200, Atis wrote: > On 3/5/07, Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about > >Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can > >get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answer

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Atis
On 3/5/07, Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answers and the more confident I will be. Please also post tricky an

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Tarek Soliman
> > So I ask: Is debian the only distro that sows the seed of CLI? I'm > > talking about having a "server" type computer, not a desktop. > > Slackware. > Really? A slackware server in a corporate environment? Interesting -- Tarek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/13/07 16:09, Tarek Soliman wrote: >> Tarek Soliman wrote: >>> "What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on >>> a server?" >> OK, my newbie answer: That's a trick question, right? Isn't the correct >> answer "none" ? >>

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread David A. Parker
Tarek Soliman wrote: Tarek Soliman wrote: "What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on a server?" OK, my newbie answer: That's a trick question, right? Isn't the correct answer "none" ? I was gonna say "Tell that to Redhat and ORACLE UNBREAKABLE LINUX" but I real

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Tarek Soliman
> Tarek Soliman wrote: > > "What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on > > a server?" > > OK, my newbie answer: That's a trick question, right? Isn't the correct > answer "none" ? > I was gonna say "Tell that to Redhat and ORACLE UNBREAKABLE LINUX" but I realized I d

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:39:42 -0400 Jim Hyslop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > "What are four lowercase letters that are not legal flag arguments to > > the Berkeley UNIX version of 'ls'?" > Four letters... hmmm... do they spell a naughty word? :-) e, j, y, and z (for FSF / GNU ls)? Just ba

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tarek Soliman wrote: > "What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on > a server?" OK, my newbie answer: That's a trick question, right? Isn't the correct answer "none" ? > "What are four lowercase letters that are not legal

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Tarek Soliman
> > Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about > Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can > get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answers and the more > confident I will be. > > Please also post tricky and troubleshooting questions. >