[NTLUG:Discuss] linux newbie manual

[micky hotmail]

yes, definately doing security later.
...on a new note, would it better not to post this project on this
newsgroup?  If someone pointed me in the right direction (or if someone
wanted to do it for me, which would be great, since i'm low on time for the
next month), we could create a list just for this newbie documentation
project.
I need to contact www.linuxnewbie.org to see if they would want to help
contribute to this project (and vice-versa).
-Micky
----- Original Message -----
From: <kbrannen at gte.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] linux newbie manual


> Cameron Moore wrote:
>
> ...
> >
> > The next logical question is: So what do I use?  Well, that depends.  If
> > you need a word processor, you could look into using OpenOffice[2].  I
> > personally don't like OpenOffice because it's relatively bloated if all
> > you want to do is view documents.  Based on my own personal experience
> > creating documentation for an open-source project[3], I would use LaTeX.
> > From LaTex sources, you can generate a PDF, PostScript, HTML, or some
> > other file format.  It is really quite powerful, but you forfeit
> > ease-of-use for flexibility (comparied to a WYSIWYG editor).  I haven't
> > used it, but there is a WYSISYG editor for LaTeX called Lyx[4].  Might
> > want to give it a go.
> ...
> > [4] http://www.lyx.org/
> >
>
>
> I'll definitely second (and third!) Lyx as an publishing tool.  I've used
it
> to create a 15 page document before, then "publish" it in several formats,
> including HTML.
>
> A quick overview of the networking page shows:
>
> ---quote---
> [inetd secion] Any time you change any networking configuration file, you
must
> restart the daemon.  The inetd daemon is restarted by issuing the command
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/inetd restart. ...
> ---quote---
>
> True, however you might also want to point out that you can cause the
daemon
> to reread it's configuration file (inetd.conf) by sending the inetd
process a
> HUP signal.  [Side note since you said you were going to cover xinetd in
the
> future; to force xinetd to reread its config file, you must send it the
USR1
> signal.  It took me a while find that out...grrrr...]
>
> In the ftp section, you might want to point out there are multiple ftp
> packages available, with an overview of pros/cons of each.  Or warnings to
> stay away from certain packages if at all possible. :-)
>
> There is a lot of good stuff in there, good job!  I can tell you aren't
done
> yet, but formatting will be a major job...good luck!
>
> I don't see anything about security.  An oversight or is that in the part
> that's not written yet?  Security is a major part of networking.  I'm
talking
> about stuff like:  turning off services you don't need, not installing
some
> packages, checking logs, not allowing "easy" passwords, etc.  I saw the
> section on firewalls, but I guess I'm talking about overall security.
>
> I'll try to read more later.  Good job and good luck!
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
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