On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:47:13 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In the example in this thread, 'let's get a samba server up and > > running as fast as possible so I can share my files', where does the > > concept of defining security policies, user access, domains, etc, etc, > > etc come in given your approach. > > Any usable/useful GUI tool ought to ask you for those details. > > > Sure, rely on default settings if you will, but who's to say that they > > weren't written by an axe murderer? > > You get your distro from an axe murderer? Ooops ;) Well, neither you nor I know (s)he isn't. > > > Or would it be a safer approach to read up, take time, understand the > > strengehs, weaknesses, basic concepts, etc, then set it all up? > > Actually, I'd set it up with the GUI tools as far as possible first, > then dig in. > > But wait a minute - we were talking about setting up some disk sharing > between two machines on the home LAN? Setting up a server for the rest > of the internet is quite a bit different. I may well have misread the original post. I thought there was an internet involved in this network, as it was posted from there. > > > It's like the classic example of the person who got apache up and > > running on his xp desktop, opened port 80 on his router, and laid his > > whole pc bare. Click, click, click, done. > > Not really a good example. Achieving a configuration with a GUI tool, or > as you prefer with $EDITOR, is different to understanding what sort of > configuration you ought to have in the first place. Whether you > used webmin, $EDITOR, or whatnot to set up your apache is sort of who > cares if you decided to give 5 billion people access. > > Volker No, I'm using extremes to try and get my point across.
