Steve Huff wrote: > > On Apr 7, 2006, at 8:54 AM, Chris Peikert wrote: > >> While downloading almost all the guilds I came across a SELINUX Guide. >> Whats that for? > dude. seriously. > > http://www.google.com/search?q=selinux > > i'm not trying to be mean to you, but: when you have a question, your > first impulse should *not* be to email the list. if you're starting out > with Linux (and it sounds like you are), you'll have a LOT of questions, > and if you post them all to the list, you will soon exhaust people's > goodwill and stop getting answers. and some of those questions will be > hard ones, and you won't be able to figure them out just by Googling, > but you'll have pissed off the list, and so you'll be out of luck. > > have you read ESR's "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way"? > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > it was posted to the list recently, and i'd recommend you read it and > start doing what it says. :) > > alternately, you could buy support from Red Hat. > > -steve it's replies like this that give Linux the bad, haughty name it has in the non-technical community. The following responses warning against asking question lest you get ignored defeat the community approach Linux should have. -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape" CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician) Linux user #322099 Machines: 206822 256638 276825 http://counter.li.org/