On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 03:18:23PM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Scott Robbins wrote: > >> >> Oh - and how to install and use freenx/NX for remote access. > >> > > > > > And then, you can give them one of the more important Linux lessons. > > Let them install FreeNX, go to the website and see the completely > > outdated docmentation. Learning how horrible so much of the > > documentation is, is probably an important part of being a Linux > > administrator. FreeNX, fortunately, has a CentOS wiki article, so let > > them google for it. > > > > Not even being sarcastic here. Lack of good docoumentation is probably > > one of the biggest challenges facing the Linux user or administrator. > > Hey, you're being easy on them. Have them install and configure openLDAP, > and find the documentation.... Heh--well, since I've written my own page on it, it's gotten better. RH didn't help by making some undocumented changes, but once again, the CentOS folks got it documented. I suspect LDAP documentation is one reason Active Directory became so popular. (Feed the troll, I'm hungry.) :) (Although the part about LDAP documentation is not trolling, I think it's pretty much an accepted thing. The Active Directory part was, of course, a troll.) -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6