Re: [RDD] last steps of Rivendell 3 install

2020-05-15 Thread Simon Frech
Dear Todd, Thank you very much for this detailed explanation. It makes sense now! You are a good teacher! I opened terminal, logged in as root using su - then entered the mysql -u root -p entered the “mylousypassword” and was greeted with Welcome to the MariaDB monitor, etc. Server version: 5.

Re: [RDD] last steps of Rivendell 3 install

2020-05-15 Thread Todd Baker
Dear Simon, Let me answer your root question. There is a user root in the Linux system. There is also a user root in the MySQL system. The user root is considered SuperUser and by default has all privileges (in both systems). They are however two separate entities in that one does not have t

Re: [RDD] Samba Shares for Importing

2020-05-15 Thread drew Roberts
Chris... On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 6:21 AM Sojo Gold wrote: > Hi, > > I built Rivendell on an 160Gb SSD, for learning and testing, two questions > are: > >1. What is the better choice, an additional internal Library HDD or >just one single huge HDD for Linux and Library. > > I like /var/sn

Re: [RDD] Samba Shares for Importing

2020-05-15 Thread Sojo Gold
Hi, Thanks guys but I have found my problem myself... Seems I needed to understand a little more about Linux user accounts, Samba shares and Rivendell. Not trying to teach Granny to suck eggs... but for other noobs to Rivendell, and/or Linux this is what I found. Make sure you use the same use