Re: [tlug] CLI admin how-to ideas?

[David Santinoli <u235@example.com>]

On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 05:43:51PM +0900, Jonathan Byrne wrote:

> Perhaps what is needed is a sort of "Command Line Administration FAQ/Howto
> for Linux Newbies."  One that assumes your only available tools are
> BASH, vi, and man pages (nothing against emacs here, but vi is commonly
> the only editor found on a rescue disk, and perhaps even most emacs users
> might agree that even if you don't like vi, you should know at least
> the basics of vi just in case).
> 
> I don't know of any document like this, but if anyone has seen one,
> please throw me a URL.

cat /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/* > CLI-Administration-HOWTO  [1]

Seriously: it's quite hard for me to imagine a monolithic, generic
"administration HOWTO". Maybe trimming down the concept a bit would help.

On the other hand, all HOWTOs I know of make extensive (I'd say exclusive)
reference to the CLI.

Ciao
 David

[1] Sure, the mini/ subdir could be there too. YMMV.