On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Henry T Wijaya wrote:
> 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?
Samba, yes.
> 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?
Got it in one.
> 4) What's the name of the program that spits out random quotes whenever
> one logins?
fortune. You may or may not have it installed.
> 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. :)
No, the RX bytes: line indicates how much data has come into the
interface. It doesn't indicate the speed. AFAIK, you can't find out the
speed from the Linux box. You need to look at your switch and see what it
tells you the port status is.
> 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?
Simple put, you can't. Because directorys _are_ files. They're just
special types of files. Change the case of one character in the name -
call your directory Dnetc instead of dnetc - and it'll wortk.
> 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.
Install GPM {general Purpose Mouse} and use your mouse.
DaZZa
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