Re: rants and rambles

[Stephen D Reindl <sreindl@apci.net>]

Thanks Tim. Short, sweet and what I meant to say.

Steve

On Saturday 27 April 2002 10:50 am, you wrote:
> Could that argument also be used by someone who programs in assembly
> rather than C, C++, Python, etc?
>
> I rather like Webmin. I also think that easier GUI tools will bring
> Linux to the masses. To each his own. We are all brothers.
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamon Terrell <JamonTerrell@charter.net>
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:38:22 -0500
> Subject: Re: rants and rambles
>
> > I have this whole theory about why 99.9% of people who use windows
> > will never understand
> > anything about how things work(it applies very well to webmin also).
> > It's very similar to
> > how you cannot learn how to drive a car by watching someone else
> > drive it.
> >
> > -Jamon Terrell
> >
> > 4/26/2002 7:47:29 PM, Nate Reindl <reindlnr@apci.net> wrote:
> > >Stephen D Reindl <sreindl@apci.net> shamlessly rambles:
> > >> Playing this morning I learned several things.
> > >>
> > >> lpd will not work when you rename localhost to something other
> >
> > than
> >
> > >> localhost. Seems basic but when it can't find a localhost IP it
> >
> > won't print.
> >
> > >> Lesson learned?  Don't do that! I couldn't get my jetdirect to
> >
> > work. I wonder
> >
> > >> why? All is fine now. I can print to my network printer now!
> >
> > YeeHaa!
> >
> > >> Webmin is a wonderful tool. I know all you command line only dorks
> >
> > are gonna
> >
> > >> kringe, but I don't care. If I play with it enough I'll finally
> >
> > gain an
> >
> > >> understanding of the file and directory structure and maybe my
> >
> > feeble mind
> >
> > >> will actually recall the locations and contents of all the
> >
> > different config
> >
> > >> files. It's all there at my fingertips. All I need is a table
> >
> > capable browser
> >
> > >> and the URL http://localhost:10000 and the root password and I'm
> >
> > in, even
> >
> > >> from my normal user account. I think it's kinda cool, so there.
> >
> > Found a few
> >
> > >> things that I didn't know were there. OBTW, Webmin will not
> >
> > install correctly
> >
> > >> when localhost isn't there either, hmmmm wonder why? Duh?!
> > >
> > >There's a file in /etc called 'hosts'.  Windows has the exact same
> >
> > conventions
> >
> > >buried somewhere in \win(nt|dows)\system or \win(nt|dows)\system32.
> >
> > Change
> >
> > >your hostname and add yourself in there with the changed hostname.
> >
> > _*DO_NOT*_
> >
> > >remove the localhost entry!  I think the stock /etc/hosts in RH >
> >
> > 6.2 tells one
> >
> > >not to with the result of Bad Things happening Real Soon After.
> >
> > Just change
> >
> > >your hostname the way you happened to do it (trivial), and do what I
> >
> > said
> >
> > >above.  'Nuff said here.
> > >
> > >I'm stepping in on Webmin; likewise, I'm defying my father's rules.
> >
> > I loathe
> >
> > >pretty web-based config interfaces to the point to where I won't use
> >
> > most of
> >
> > >them.  I like using commandline stuff or web based interfaces I
> >
> > write myself,
> >
> > >damnit.  It's still there at your fingertips in the commandline; you
> >
> > just have
> >
> > >to remember some real nasty commands and arguments however. :D
> > >
> > ></rant,_or_is_it?>
> > >
> > >I suggest you all pull my plug before I advance even further and go
> >
> > full out on
> >
> > >my Webmin rant.
> > >
> > >Ich glaube, daß ihr sollt mein Netzstecker ziehen, vor ich vorrücke
> >
> > weiter über
> >
> > >meinem Webmin Wortschwall.  Spaß, ja?
> > >
> > >--
> > >Nate Reindl  <<  OTHS Web Mastah  <<  Resident Luser at Large
> > > '---> email:  alles gehen nach reindlnr bei apci dot net
> > >==
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> >
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