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- From: twod@socrates.demon.co.uk (Ian A Parkin)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!socrates.demon.co.uk!twod
- Subject: Re: Question and Observations
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- Organization: Realizing Relentlessly
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:51:05 +0000
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- Please no flames.
-
- This is purely something that came to mind when reading some of the comments
- in this thread.
-
- I installed 0.98 SLS the other week and am still experiencing 'permission
- problems' ( plus some others - X ) but as a relative newcomer to eunuch system
- administration I see these as a blessing in disguise. It gives me the chance to
- play with a eunuch system configuration. By doing this you learn certain
- rules / things :
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- - Always backup before you make ANY changes;
-
- - When I said always backup I mean ALWAYS BACKUP;
-
- - Think about what you are doing, and do you really want to do it. Will
- it achieve what you want ?;
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- - What are you going to do if things go horribly wrong ?;
-
- - The power, and possible misuses of a root login;
-
- - Learn how to restore, and apply the backups you have made - permissions &
- setuids especially;
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- - Exactly what goes into a system administration job.
-
- These are all important points - to my mind at least.
-
- Moral ( Brady Bunch Punchline ) : OK SLS is not yet perfect but it's damn good.
- So please do not critise, just use, enjoy, and learn.
-
- Anyway thanks for your time, hope this is not diversifying the thread too much.
-
- Respect to the laudable efforts of **everyone** involved with linux at **all**
- levels.
-
- It's free, it's fun, and lets all have fun with it, but lets be careful out
- there !!
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