Re: [CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-13 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Vladislav Rastrusny wrote: I would like to contribute for Tips Tricks section with a small automated script to install webmin repository data and webmin itself from here: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=20223forum=38post_id=76546#forumpost76546 Okay, go ahead with

[CentOS-docs] Typo on TipsAndTricks/VncHeadlessInstall wiki page

2009-05-13 Thread Timothy Lee
Dear all, On the TipsAndTricks/VncHeadlessInstall wiki page, the first sentence under Download ISO section should be changed from: The first thing you will need is once if the ISO's from the CentOS mirrors. to: The first thing you will need is one of the ISO's from the CentOS

Re: [CentOS-docs] Typo on TipsAndTricks/VncHeadlessInstall wiki page

2009-05-13 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Timothy Lee wrote: The first thing you will need is one of the ISO's from the CentOS While I was at it, I corrected all ISO's in that text. http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif! Ralph pgpMv2fDr4EPV.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS-docs

Re: [CentOS-docs] Typo on TipsAndTricks/VncHeadlessInstall wiki page

2009-05-13 Thread Ned Slider
Timothy Lee wrote: Dear all, On the TipsAndTricks/VncHeadlessInstall wiki page, the first sentence under Download ISO section should be changed from: The first thing you will need is once if the ISO's from the CentOS mirrors. to: The first thing you will need is one of

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-13 Thread Vladislav Rastrusny
Created a draft. Any comments? Also how Do I create textual links to wiki pages? [[TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo WebMinRepo Description]] and [[TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo|WebMinRepo Description]] don't work. 2009/5/13 Ralph Angenendt ra+cen...@br-online.de: Ralph Angenendt wrote:

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-13 Thread Phil Schaffner
Vladislav Rastrusny wrote: Created a draft. Any comments? Please don't top-post. Would also be good to do a new post with a descriptive title like: Subject: Draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page That would better capture attention than one buried in a long thread. Will have a look at

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-13 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Vladislav Rastrusny wrote: Created a draft. Any comments? Also how Do I create textual links to wiki pages? [[TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo WebMinRepo Description]] and [[TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo|WebMinRepo Description]] don't work. What exactly are you trying to do? Ralph

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Phil Schaffner
Ed Heron wrote: ... I think so. I use rsync to synchronize samba shares and web sites between servers so I've gotten used to using it for other things. It also looks more like a copy, which might be easier to understand for those less familiar. I was considering adding the tar option.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-13 Thread Phil Schaffner
Ralph Angenendt wrote: Vladislav Rastrusny wrote: ... And also I would like to contribute automated RPM forge repository installation script: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=20222forum=38post_id=76525#forumpost76525 after it will be checked by forum users and found

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Scott Robbins
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 08:20:07AM -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: Ed Heron wrote: ... Thanks. Writing documentation is always a balancing act between not putting enough detail in because it seems intuitive to the person who does it every day and putting too much in with the effect of it

[CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Phil Schaffner
Apropos http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo Suggested changes (mostly nit-picky :-) ... Change: Webmin is a web-based interface ... to: [http://www.webmin.com/index.html WebMin] is a web-based interface

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Scott Robbins
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 09:02:00AM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote: Often, I find the difference between BSD docs and Linux docs, the difference between something written for the busy sysadmin and something written for the hobbyist who has all day to go searching around for the missing pieces.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
Phil Schaffner wrote: Apropos http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo Suggested changes (mostly nit-picky :-) ... Just brief look at the page, can do with some grammar checks I think. Also, 1) Have we

Re: [CentOS-docs] OT: Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Phil Schaffner
Scott Robbins wrote: ... Again, it was a generalization--there are plenty of excellent Linux man pages and obscure BSD man pages. ... and virtually all of them are better than MS pages that all too frequently end up by advising the admin looking for answers: Ask your administrator. :-P Phil

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Phil Schaffner
Karanbir Singh wrote: Phil Schaffner wrote: Apropos http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo Suggested changes (mostly nit-picky :-) ... Just brief look at the page, can do with some grammar checks I

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
Phil Schaffner wrote: The best way to do that is probably to get the release version of the page linked in and announce it on the forum. Sounds good. [Aside: Should there be some kind of release announcement system/list for Wiki articles and other documentation?] A 'whats new' section in

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Karanbir Singh wrote: Phil Schaffner wrote: [Aside: Should there be some kind of release announcement system/list for Wiki articles and other documentation?] A 'whats new' section in a block, on the right side of the home-page, perhaps push the screenshot up, and put this box in under

Re: [CentOS-docs] OT: Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Scott Robbins
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 09:26:39AM -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: Scott Robbins wrote: ... Again, it was a generalization--there are plenty of excellent Linux man pages and obscure BSD man pages. ... and virtually all of them are better than MS pages that all too frequently end up by

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Ralph Angenendt wrote: Karanbir Singh wrote: Phil Schaffner wrote: [Aside: Should there be some kind of release announcement system/list for Wiki articles and other documentation?] A 'whats new' section in a block, on the right side of the home-page, perhaps push the screenshot up,

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
Ralph Angenendt wrote: Check http://wiki.centos.org/RalphAngenendt/recent Looks good to me, I wonder if its possible to somehow only list pages which have some criteria. So as to not list pages that are considered 'under construction' or temp pages that people might create in their

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Karanbir Singh wrote: Ralph Angenendt wrote: Check http://wiki.centos.org/RalphAngenendt/recent Looks good to me, I wonder if its possible to somehow only list pages which have some criteria. So as to not list pages that are considered 'under construction' The macro does not read the

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Vladislav Rastrusny
Applied your fixes, thanks a lot! 2009/5/13 Phil Schaffner philip.r.schaff...@nasa.gov: Apropos http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo Suggested changes (mostly nit-picky :-) ... Change: Webmin is a

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Ed Heron
From: Phil Schaffner, Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:20 AM It just works. I habitually use rsync for incremental updates across directories or systems, but tar is often more robust for this type of job, just because of things like needing to remember to use -H. Both rsync and cpio will work if

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Ed Heron wrote: From: Phil Schaffner, Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:20 AM It just works. I habitually use rsync for incremental updates across directories or systems, but tar is often more robust for this type of job, just because of things like needing to remember to use -H. Both rsync

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Ed Heron
From: Ralph Angenendt, Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:42 AM What happens when you set --xattrs in rsync, too? Their manual page does not mention SELinux, though. That's the X that I added to the rsync command. It does not successfully copy SELinux attributes. That's why I had to set the relabel

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-13 Thread JohnS
On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 11:29 -0400, R P Herrold wrote: On Tue, 12 May 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote: Okay. I'm waiting for comments here - php as a scripting language? Strange :) not at all -- have used it for years; did a LUG presentation as well. It can live well in the inittab and

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-13 Thread JohnS
On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 15:28 +0400, Vladislav Rastrusny wrote: I hate Webmin period. I like the scripted install though. Period? What period? Education period? :) I think that depends on the admin. Some like GUI tools, some don't. If I can do something faster with GUI, I'll do that with GUI.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments on draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page

2009-05-13 Thread Marcus Moeller
Dear Ralph. Also I wonder why you don't just offer a signed RPM package with the repo description or alternatively just a repo file for download. Maybe you could get in contact with Jamie Cameron to do so. Implicitly the CentOS project watched and approves the content in the wiki (compare