Re: [Sheflug] Linux Servers 101

["Ian Wright" <nospam [at] iw63.freeserve.co.uk>]

Stephen,

Wow!, thanks for that.  Even on first reading some of the mist is beginning
to clear but I think I am going to be spending quite a few hours now
understanding what you have said and looking up references - I'm already
hunting for the Paracetamol tablets ;o}

As I'm still very much a beginner at linux and quite rusty on DOS level
programming, I am constantly having to go through the HOW-TO's etc. and
quickly get confused as to what I have read or not - one of the problems of
advancing years I guess! However, the biggest difficulty I am finding is
knowing where to look and this is one of the biggest criticisms I would have
of linux and its programmers - the naming of programs is both confusing and
unhelpful and doesn't give you any clue as to their purpose.  I know I
shouldn't really get upset at this as, for the last 20 years at work, I used
a computerised building management system which I had set up and programmed
and, on that, I deliberately called programs by esoteric names and mnemonics
to confuse the nosey ones amongst the other staff and my bosses!  In this
situation it worked very effectively in preserving my job until I was ready
to quit and retire but, in the world of linux where programs are put in the
public domain, more descriptive names would be a great help.

Thanks again for the very useful explanation, I'll try to understand most of
it without coming back with daft questions!

Ian

--
Ian W. Wright
Sheffield  UK


----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen J. Turnbull <turnbull [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
To: Sheflug <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>
Sent: 30 May 2000 09:01
Subject: [Sheflug] Linux Servers 101


> Short (ho ho ho!) answers first.
>
> >>>>> "Ian" == Ian Wright <Ian [at] iw63.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>
>     Ian> I'm not sure I need 'commercial' level security.  [...]  My


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