On Monday 14 August 2006 8:55 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Do you honestly think that all that 5+ click schmozzle with the mouse and > menu entries and firing up an editor ( yet more mousing ) is simpler than a > simple 32 keystroke unix incantation?
No I don't but..... > ( he doesn't have to understand it, > he just has to do it. ...he does understand it better in a GUI. > If the mail agent were in Linux he'd be able to cut > and paste the command, but the modem isn't working so he cannot. He's got > to type the 31 + ENTER characters ) > > I'm genuinely curious. Thinking about it a bit more, you are right that if he "just did it" it would be quicker (but he would not know what he did) Alan, just for your info.. echo noauth >> /etc/ppp/options means put a line with noauth into the file /etc/ppp/options Unix can be quite simple sometimes, especially if you get a grasp of some commands.
