[NTLUG:Discuss] Three unrelated questions

[Leroy Tennison]

Burton Strauss wrote:

>1) UID0 - you could change the name and the OS wouldn't care.  Which is not
>to say that various software doesn't have 'root' hardcoded in it.
>
>2) FC1 is approximately RH10.  Had RedHat kept RH, that's more or less what
>would have been released as either 10 or 9.1 - nobody really knows for sure.
>FC2, 3 and 4 represent quarterly updates to FedoraCore.  So they're either
>the .1, .2, etc or maybe the next .0 - there can be a lot of changes.
>
>FC2 added SELinux but it was baulky.  FC3 adds a usable version of SELinux.
>You also have changes in the core graphic components X.org vs. XFree86, KDE
>and Gnome releases, etc. 
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>So FC4 is either RH10.2, 10.3 or maybe 11 - it's hard to say.  
>
>3) Sorry, one way or another the remote servers have to authenticate
>themselves and that requires the password or other (domain) credentials,
>just like a remote real Windows server.  Grab a copy of "Samba 3 by
>Example".
>
>-----Burton
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf
>Of Leroy Tennison
>Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:51 PM
>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Three unrelated questions
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>Getting failures sending to the mailing list (just saw Chris' message) so
>I'm going to try an "all or nothing" approach.
>
>1) What makes the user 'root' special?  Is it because the kernel treates UID
>zero or the name 'root' differently?  If not, what is it?  I'm part "just
>curious" and part wanting to know what would happened if I renamed root.
>
>2) What are the significant differences between FC3 or FC4 and Red Hat 9?  I
>just did an FC3 install and, taking a quick look, didn't see much different.
>What am I missing?
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>3) Anyone know of a way using Samba client on a Linux PC to get "network
>mappings" to remote SMB servers without having to supply the password for
>each one (no convenience) or store it in clear text in a local file (bad
>security)?
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Thanks for the answers, I appreciate it.  Do you know what makes 'root' 
special (regardless of it's name?)