[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> With attitudes like that newcomers to linux are greatly discouraged
> from learning.
ahhh... thats debateable. IME what it does is have the qerrant do a little reserch
beforehand.
Actually, I found it to be the real beauty of Linux -the non existent handholding.
You want to learn it, you'll learn it and if your lucky someone may help you. If your
question shows little work, then its ignored. For me it was a growth thing forcing me
to do a little reserch first.
> After all, *WHY* would you want to continue working
> with something that you're lost in if your questions are either
> ignored or you get flamed for asking?
I think you know as well as I do that flaming is really non existent on this list and
all of us are interested in sharing what weve learned- intern learning ourselfs.
>
> So, the original poster was clueless regarding system security in
> linux. He didn't read EVERY howto file in exsistance. He doesn't
> understand the init process on his new system.
No. The fellow alleged to be shown his prompt while in IRC. Alot of people here
(including myself) assisted him. Only to find out he dosent have a root pw AND dosent
care!
wtf!
>
> I suppose YOU were BORN knowlegable?
not a chance
>
> I've personally asked some rather (in perfect 20-20 hindsight) silly
> questions only to be pointed to the appropriate howto file (which I
> read and realized my blunder), but if I were flamed I would've just
> ended up killing off my partition and put a different OS on it in it's
> place where I could get at least friendly support. I've also been
> ignored in certain alleged support areas ranging from mailing lists
> to IRC. Where I was ignored or flamed I merely discarded that
> distro and tried another.
The difference is... thats not what happened in this instance
> Just remember when a question SEEMS especially lame or lazy to
> you: The only stupid question is the one that is never asked.
ummm debateable.
Obiviously Its my problem. Had I ignored the post from the beginning, I wouldnt have
taken it semi-personally---THe fact that the guy diddnt really care- but neverthe
less took the groups & my time to post what seemed to be a ligitmate question...
which generated alot of responces... which then generated more of the original type
of question ie: how do I secure my system indicating to me the previous answers where
either overlooked or discarded.
Live & learn
rob
Linux Home page http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm
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