Newbie Notes

2006-06-16 Thread Mike Hill
Yesterday, I asked for help on a brand new Debian Sarge install. I still do not know much about fixing things, but I am getting better at doing an install. My last install was done while traveling, so I did not have network access. Since the net was not active, my ethernet was not configured. I

Re: Newbie Notes

2006-06-16 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Mike Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060616 14:34]: All seems well, and I then used VIM to edit /etc/sudoers and added my user to enable SUDO commands. Your might want to use visudo instead of editing the sudoers file direclty. visudo will use your standard editor and perform some sanity

Re: Newbie Notes

2006-06-16 Thread Angelina Carlton
Mike Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I then used apt-get to do an update, upgrade -u, and install gaim. Thanks for those who responded and helped me get this far. What other important first steps should I take? Do I need a firewall? Remember I am new, so if you make a suggestion, please keep