No problem, Brian. Maybe I'll meet you in person next time? I do hope there will be a next time! <grin> PS: The www.linux-speakup.org site is now back on line. It was briefly down yesterday. Brian Olesen writes: > Hi Janina, > Oh, how I'd love to have been there when you last were in Denmark. > Thanks so much for this. Now there's lots' of nice work for me to begin > with just in this single message. *gg* > > Best regards > Brian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 6:57 PM > Subject: Re: New Linux user and several questions! > > > Welcome to Linux. > > Brian Olesen writes: > >HejSamuel, > >Brian Olesen, le Fri 08 Jul 2005 17:51:07 +0200, a écrit : > >>How can I get into Linux? > >>Where do I start? > > > >Well, what do you want to do ? :) > >Regards, > > > >In the beginning I just need to act as an administrator of the Linux > >server > >I have here. There fore I probably need some basic skills of the command > >line tools and commands of Linux / Unix? > >How do you creat a user, > useradd > > > > how do you setup the ftp server > Edit /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf as appropriate. > > > service vsftpd start > > to turn it on for your currently running session. > > chkconfig --level 35 vsftpd on > > To enable it to start automatically on boot. > > Do: > > chkconfig --list |more > > for a list of services manageable through the service and chkconfig > commands. > > > You should setup up yum and update your installation. It's only been a > month, but already there are over a gig of updates to Fedora 4 packages. > That's normal, by the way. Linux is a much more dynamic environment than > the proprietary OS environment. > > Remember the man command, it is your eternal friend. > > Use the "Now What" pointers we provide in our Installation HOWTO for the > Speakup Modified Fedora Distribution: > > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/fedora/HOWTO_INSTALL.html > > > PS: Kernels for the Speakup Modified Fedora 4 should become available > within a week. Installation iso images are probably also not far away. > > > >and such things. > >I have some sort of interface on the system called Webmin 1.210. > > > >I think I can do thousands of cool things with that, but I'm afraid to do > >something wrong, so I'd prefer to start out with some command line stuff > >and slowly making progress. > > > >Best regards > >Brian > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to > http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list