<quote who="David">
> <GRIPE>
> Can anyone explain why doc writers assume the reader already knows
> the answer to the question? I had no idea what snmpd was, so I did
> <man snmpd>. I am absolutely none the wiser. <less /etc/snmpd/snmpd.conf>
> didn't help either. Whatever it is, it's installed by default by RH 7.1
>
> It has occurred to me that IT people need to do a basic HUMAN
> communication course before being allowed to touch a computer.
> </GRIPE>
man pages are for *reference*, not for detailed documentation. You should
be able to find detailed documentation in -doc packages, or in
/usr/share/doc.
man pages are meant for, "hmm, what's that switch?" rather than, "hmm, what
the bollocks is this?"
- Jeff
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