[NTLUG:Discuss] linux newbie manual

[brian@pongonova.net]

Micky--

Do you have plans on releasing this document under a free license?  Or
will distribution be restricted by some sort of proprietary license?
Reason I ask is that I would be glad to help proofread it if the
document wasn't encumbered with any type of license/copyright
restrictions.  Othewise, if I'm going to help you proofread a document
that will retain commercial restrictions on distribution, derivation,
etc., I'd expect to be compensated accordingly.

The only reason I bring this up is I noticed the site you're hosting
the document on is a corporate training site.

  --Brian

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 05:14:12PM -0600, micky hotmail wrote:
> 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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