On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Butler, Katrina (New) wrote:
> Thank you all for you quick replies yesterday. It is good to know there is
> help out there and quick help at that. I could never get that response
> regarding a Microsoft problem!
Exactly. And it you got really stuck you could have read the source. Note
you do not need to know how to program well to read the source, sometimes
just the comments reveal an answer to a problem.
> well I went to class with my research in hand and the teacher (who really
> should have been doing the research) decided to just to forget about doing
> it at all.
Thats a great attitude to be teaching, sheesh.
> So we started on configuring Samba. Which like everything else
> in our class didnt work and we are all in the dark (being part of the Bill
> Gates cult) as to what the purpose of doing it and what Samba is even used
> for.
If he did not know what Samba was for why try too even install it.
Lets start with "Samba: An Introduction" at
http://au1.samba.org/samba/docs/SambaIntro.html
Details on "Installing Samba on a Unix System"
http://au1.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/htmldocs/using_samba/ch02_01.html
The easiest way to install Samba is from a package designed for your Linux
distribution.
There is also a HOWTO on it
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/LDP/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html
It really is not this hard. In fact with a Debian system its easier than
on Windows because you generally don't even have to know where to download
the program from, it does it for you.
If you want to know about product X, lets say Samba, this is what I would
do :
1. Find website for product (via freshmeat or google.com)
2. Read about product and decide if it meets your needs.
3. Read the installation instructions and maybe the FAQ
4. Choose an install method based on what is available.
4a. Maybe an redhat system : rpm -U package.rpm
4b. Maybe a debian system : apt-get install package
4.c Maybe just a tarball : tar xzvf package.tar; cd package;
./configure; make; make install;
5. Modify any configuration scripts needed. This would be described in the
install instructions you read earlier.
6. Enjoy.
> So I will do some more research on the Linux pages I was suggested to
> have a look at yesterday and see if I can make any sense of it all.
Yes, read the HOWTOs, they are mostly very good and give you what you need
to know or enough hints to be able to find it out.
> Have you or any of the othe SLUG people ever thought of teaching linux at
> TAFE. I am currently doing a PC Network Support Diploma. Im in my last
> year and in the last couple of years there has been a shortage of network
> teachers in general that have any idea what they are doing and an even
> bigger shortage of Linux teachers.
Yes this is a social problem due to supply and demand. Anyone with the
skills is busy working and generally has no need for the small amout of
money that TAFE would pay them for the hours that they would be working at
night. Not a nice thing I know but its reality.
Maybe you should come along to the install fest and watch some machines
being built. A great way to learn is to just look over someones shoulder
for a few hours and see how they do things.
Rodos
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