Re: Linux for Beginners

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> From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
>
>
>
> Bob Bachman wrote:
>
> > From: Bob Bachman <bobach@...>
> >
> > I have been struggling to learn enough Linux to setup EMC. This is not a
> > learning
> > curve - more like a long uphill climb!!
> >
> > I have installed RH 5.2 on a dedicated machine but don't seem to be able to
> > get
> > an isp connection to work. Need the connection to download RTLinux and EMC.
> > Also
> > don't have a clue of how to install patches, compiling, etc. The quest
> > continues.
>
> Yes, the network is one of the difficult things. I got enough networking
> going to connect my machines. I have the modem on a Windows 95
> PC, so I do all my net surfing and downloading on that. Once I have the
> .tar or .tgz files on the Windows machine, it only takes 5 seconds (literally)
> to send the complete EMC file to the Linux machine with an FTP
> utility.

That may actually be a relatively safe way of handling the situation.
Getting PPP up and configured on Linux (or any Unix) system is not
altogether obvious. With the side effect that you may end up with
an insecure system attached to the Internet. For some reason, systems
as shipped are almost never configured to be secure. At the very
least, you might find your system hijacked to relay pornographic spam
if sendmail is running and improperly configured. Or worse yet, _you_
might not find out about it. At least until your system logs fill up
all available disk space.

> For help with almost any aspect of setting up Linux, but especially network
> and video hardware/software, the how-to and mini-how-to files
> (which are on the RedHat CD, as well as on the net) are essential.
> I would NEVER have gotten networking up without those guides
> open in front of me.
>
> Jon

Also check out
http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ldp/HOWTO/


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