[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux beginner list?

[Rev. wRy]

Wayne Dahl wrote:

 > What was confusing me was that, from a
> shell command line, I would log in from my normal account to an su, 
> which requires the same password as root.  I was under the impression 
> that logging in as su would be the same as a root login.  Glint would 
> not even start when I was logged in as su.  I logged in as root to issue 
> a shutdown command and thought I would give a try to running an rpm that 
> way and it went just fine.  

Perhaps this is a specific problem to the outdated distro you are using?

I su to root whenever I install packages on some of my remote machines, 
and never have a problem.  *shrug*

 > The two M$ machines are networked together on a
> peer-to-peer network and I haven't gotten to the point yet where I can 
> see any of the files on that network from the Linux machine.  Will get 
> there sooner or later.

http://www.samba.org

You'll learn to love it. :)

> Sooo...my next question is...can you recommend a good email list for 
> beginners?  

Well, it's not a list, but

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/

helped me out more than once, as did the various newsgroups.  Above all, 
google will be your friend.

> Having read some of your posts, it's obvious to me that I'm 
> in way above my head here right now.  That doesn't mean I'll leave, it 
> just means I don't want to bother you folks with what you would probably 
> consider painfully elementary questions.

You'd be surprised, I think, on what exactly is considered painfully 
elementary - every person on this list is at a different level, and it's 
  sometimes good to hear things repeated (read: I forget stuff if I 
don't use that particular skill often).

So stay, and ask away!

> Wayne

Ry