Hi Bill,
At 03:07 PM 5/20/98 +0800, you wrote:
>why am i an idiot?... well we have redhat linux on a pentium as our server
>at the school i work at. i told the boss i'd learn a bit about our server
>so we could at least troubleshoot if necessary. ok... i bought a copy of
>linux for dummies and red hat linux unleashed on the confident assumption I
>could "work it out" *hangs head in shame*....oh dear.
I will not comment about your assessment of yourself :-)
>I can log on and log off... that's it.
>
>Is there a command that allows me to see the contents of the directory on
>our server. That way I could at least nut out what I'm working with. I am
>not even sure what version we are running.
ls will do it. 'ls' is the list directory command.
>Anyone got advice for the overconfident fool (other than slit wrists, jump
>in lake, etc)?
Make lots of use of 'man'. Try 'man -k directory' to see if it brings up
anything. Try 'man man' to see what man does.
>I would load red hat linux into another computer and play with that but we
>have macs...
Bummer :-)
>sadly yours
>
>bill
Just where in Australia are you Bill? South Australia or Western Australia?
Regards
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