On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 03:24, Henry T Wijaya wrote: > Hi (again, unashamedly), > > 'few' quick questions. > > 1) Under WinXX, you can share a particular partition or directory. How > do I do that under Linux, esp when the rest of the pc's are running w2k? > Do I have to set it up via samba?
You can do it with either samba, ftp or NFS (and others) > > 2) Under WinXX, there's such a thing call "WORKGROUP", and that allows > anyone to view the shared partitions/directories. How do I do that under > Linux? Samba again? To Set up the share, look in the smb.conf for the WORKGROUP option and change it to what you want. To view it, try Nautilus or LinNeighbourhood. > > 3) Using command-line under bash, one can basically "trace", TAB, and a > list of matching executables are shown, provided of course in the > executables are in your path. I had added /usr/sbin in my .bash_profile, > yet "trace" TAB doesn't shows up any matching executables. What's going on? > Should work, are you sure you've set your path correctly? > 4) What's the name of the program that spits out random quotes whenever > one logins? Fortune > > 5) How do I know if the nic is operating @ 10 or 100mbps? I've used > 'ifconfig', seems like the nic is operating @ 10mbps, since > RX bytes:10546363 (10.0 Mb). If that's the case, how do I change it to > 100mbps? My nic does support 100mbps. :) Not as easy as all that in linux. The figure you're looking at is the total received traffic (RX bytes) which just happened to be 10Mb. Check your logs for the details of the speed of the NIC, or do some speed checks. If its not detected (IIRC) you'll have to some kernel magic (possibiliy patch) to ensure it comes up correctly. > > 6) In my home directory, I've an executable 'dnetc', and would like to > make a directory named 'dnetc' too, but mkdir complains > > /home/henry > [henry@nsw henry]$ mkdir dnetc > mkdir: `dnetc' exists but is not a directory > [henry@nsw henry]$ > > So how do I accomplish creating a directory when there's a file with an > exact name of the intended directory? You don't. You can't have files/directories in the same directory named the same. > > 7) man ls states that the -A option will list everything except those . & .. > > yet... > > [henry@nsw BitchX]$ ls -A ~ > .bash_history > .bash_logout > .bash_profile > .bashrc > bookmarks.html > Nice to see its working properly.... whats the problem? > ... > > 8) How do I copy from a terminal and paste it onto any window program? > Copying & Pasting is fine if I were to do it from a window to a window, > using the normal CTRL + C, CTRL + V, respectively. If you're talking xterms, highlight by dragging the mouse (with button 1 pressed) over the text. To paste, press button 3. > > Hope that doesn't take up too much of your time... > Not a problem, though can I suggest looking through the SLUG archives (and google) for a speedier response to your questions. Greeno -- Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel : +61-(0)2-9500-9996 Mobile : +61-(0)4-2521-9996 GnuPG Key : 1024D/B5657C8B Key fingerprint = 9ED8 59CC C161 B857 462E 51E6 7DFB 465B B565 7C8B -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
