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anybody tried it?

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:1487, old post ID:12565

I haven't. Do you plan to try?

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:1487, old post ID:12566

Never heard of it...

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:1487, old post ID:12567

i'm thinking of either gentoo, or freebsd. they are both supposed to be hard as hell to install.
i was leaning more towards gentoo because it'll run TSC.

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:1487, old post ID:12568

red i think you'd like gentoo, it's supposed to be the most customizable linux, since you have to build it from scratch.

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fishyfool wrote: red i think you'd like gentoo, it's supposed to be the most customizable linux, since you have to build it from scratch.

cool something to try later. I want to know how to use linux first before I start customizing it though. I have red hat 8.0 and play with it once in a while and like it so far. There's just so much to learn, but I know once I know how to do stuff it will be easy.

The main things I want to learn are how to make a web host server (user accounts, domains, dns etc...) and then I also want to learn how to setup a login server, sort of like novell where you have clients, you enter your user name and log on to the server and have access to your own files. I want to do this in linux, and when I get real good at it, I'll convince the school to "hire" me so I can fix up our network.

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:1487, old post ID:12570

red, that stuff is simple... It's called creating a user. That user is then confined to /home/usersname (with some permissions enforced)

But also, I hear gentoo is totally customizable, but that also means compiling (emerging) every single piece of software (?) you want/have. It gets very monotinous when you can stay with debian, mandrake,redhat or suse.

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wldkos wrote: red, that stuff is simple... It's called creating a user. That user is then confined to /home/usersname (with some permissions enforced)

Yes, that's for local users, but I'm talking about remote logins. So I have the linux server, and all the win2k machines can access the linux box files depending on what user they are logged in as, that's what I meant. Not everyone using the linux box as in sitting in front of it. So there's more to just creating accounts. I don't think Red Hat can act as a login server just like that, I probably need some other software, maybe "netware for linux" or something.

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:1487, old post ID:12589

Unless I am misunderstanding you... You can just ]#useradd wldkos

and then that creates a user called wldkos with a directory of /home/wldkos

then you ]#passwd wldkos and set it to something easy and then make sure they change it themselves. A good thing to do is passwd --help and see the syntax for how long a password can live for;)

after a user is created, they , if permitted have access to your shares and computer, based on what you allow them.

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:1487, old post ID:12628

Yeah I did not realize I had to make a linux user to make a samba user, but I have it all under control now. I just need to figure out how to set my own shares and permissions, can't figure that one out. I also want to have quotas etc etc... then when I actually own a printer, I want to make a "Credit" system to give users a certain ammount they can print. Not sure if I can do that in samba though, might need something more advanced. I want to do a setup just like my school, and posibbly present it to the board and try to convince them to switch to it.

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