Ravi Kumar Tenneti rearranged electrons thusly:
> I am dealing with computers since last 5 years. I am
> very confident of
good for you
> Apache Web Server -including Virtual hosting
> Samba Server (Connecting Window$ machines also)
8<
See the howtos at linuxdocs.org (and for several distros, it is not "rpm -ivh"
;) The "readme" or "install" files in the code's source tree would definitely
help, as well ;)
> Mail Server
For several of these, you have to understand other concepts - TCP/IP,
networking, DNS and such. The linuxdocs howtos will have links to other howtos
... also search for the "SAG" (systems administrators guide) howto (which is
available as an rpm on mandrake)
> documented also. But will the same work for the newer
> versions also(like Redhat 7.0)? Any one good book for the above both as a
mostly
> ready reckoner and
> with in depth coverage of the above topics.
any good book on unix / linux should conver these.
> Recently I had installed e-Desktop open Linux from
> Caldera and was really
> surprised to see how easy it is as far as
> configuration of any thing is
> considered mainly due to their superior Control Panel
Actually, control panels are good for desktops - but they are a danger on
servers - too many security holes, lots of junk packages loaded etc etc.
Tarballs are far better for the job.
> virtually control everything. The same is not
> available in Rdhat Linux 6.2
Redhat 6.2 has linuxconf, mandrake has drakconf, ...
> or less) but i feel that e-Desktop Linux's Control
> Panel is the best & may
> be RHL 7.0 's Control Panel has been improved to match
> Caldera's. Am I
I suppose so. Not that RH 7 is any kind of improvement over rh6 - too many
bugs
> Finally to become a professional in Linux do you think
> knowledge of
> programming language like "C" is a must and knowledge
> of shell programming
yes - you dont _need_ it if you stick to linuxconf and such - but it helps.
> also necessary? I am not interested in doing any
> programming whether it is
> in C or Shell programming. If it is necessary to what
> extent?
How necessary is (say) learning to change a spark plug on your bike?
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