[RHCE] notes for tonight
S. William Schulz
rhce@trilug.org
19 Mar 2003 18:05:41 -0500
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On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 18:02, John F Davis wrote:
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> bummer for me. I don't have open office, ms word or anything else like that
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> On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 17:39, John F Davis wrote:
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> StarWriter... the older OpenOffice word processor. It opens fine in OO
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<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>Configuration and
Administration</B></U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none"><FONT SIZE=3D3><B>Je=
remy
Portzer, 3/19/2003</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none"><FONT SIZE=3D3><B>je=
remyp@pobox.com</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>Reconfiguring
Installed Options</B></U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Not sure exactly what this means, but
here are some options:</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> redhat-config-* tools (GUI/TUI tools)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> redhat-config-packages, up2date, and
RPM for package management</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> Use "dateconfig" to set date
options: timezone, whether system clock is set to UTC or not
(dicussion?), NTP configuration</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>Networking, Sound
and User Authorization configuration</B></U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><U>Networking configuration</U></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> /etc/sysconfig/network : HOSTNAME,
GATEWAY</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> /etc/hosts /etc/resolv.conf</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0,
eth1, etc:</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> BOOTPROTO=3D{dhcp,static,none}</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> IPADDR, NETMASK, NETWORK, BROADCAST</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> ONBOOT=3D{yes,no}</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">service network restart, ifup ethN,
ifdown ethN, ifconfig a, ifconfig ethN {up,down}</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">"netconfig" sets all this for
you, or redhat-config-network (use the latter for wireless)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><U>Sound configuration</U></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> Don't know too much, but sndconfig for
older cards, redhat-config-soundcard for newer ones. May need to
fiddle with /etc/modules.conf (sndconfig should do this for you
however). =20
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><U>User Authorization</U></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> authconfig allows you to set NIS,
LDAP, hesiod by adjusting /etc/pam.d/system-auth which is referenced
by other PAM modules, which are used by all login features. Doesn't
deal with home directories or other things you might need for
networks (see NFS, automounter, etc.)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>File Systems and
/etc/fstab</B></U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">May need to make adjustments so users
can mount things, but generally users should have permissions based
on console ownership, to mount the floppy disk. Or use mtools "mdir
a:", "mcopy filename a:filename" etc. Floppies and
windows hard drives usually use "vfat" filesystem (not fat
or msdos). NTFS drives aren't really supported (read-only mode is
okay but might not be in kernel). Mount command can be shortened if
information is already in /etc/fstab, otherwise specify fs type,
device, and mountpoint:</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"> mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Always unmount before ejecting, though
the "eject" command for CDROMs will do this for you ("eject
/dev/cdrom" or "eject /mnt/cdrom")</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">/etc/mtab has a list of mounted
filesystems in the same format as fstab, do not edit.</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Ext3 filesystems are basically just
ext2 filesystems with a hidden journal file. You can upgrade ext2 to
ext3 by using "tune2fs" to create a journal and then
remounting as ext3. Be sure to always mount as ext3 from then on,
though if something goes wrong it can still be used as ext2.</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>RPM Package Manager</B=
></U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: medium"><U>Query commands</U><=
/P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">rpm -qa | grep packagename (good for
pattern matches)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">rpm -qi packagename (info page)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">rpm -ql packagename (list files in
package)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">rpm -qi --changelog packagename | less</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">rpm -qilp packagefile.i386.rpm (or just
-qlp, -qip, etc)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t{ARCH}\n' |grep
i686 (handy since arch doesn't normally show)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: medium"><U>Install/upgrade
commands</U></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">rpm -Uvh packagefile.i386.rpm (also -i
for install only)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
rpm -Fvh *.i386.rpm Freshen -- upgrade all packages from current
directory where a previously installed version exists</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
rpm -e packagname Erase (uninstall)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
rpm -Uvh --oldpackage oldversion.i386.rpm</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
DO NOT IGNORE DEPENDENCIES. DO not use --nodeps, --force, etc.=20
Instead use tools like up2date to calculate deps for you.</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
<BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; =
font-weight: medium">
<U>Misc other commands</U></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
rpm -qf /path/to/filename Lists what package owns a file</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
rpm -V Verify mode, see man page for meaning of output</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
Also there are --whatprovides, --whatrequires, etc, functions. Or
install the "rpmdb-redhat" package to get the
--redhatprovides functions.</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
<BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
redhat-config-packages -- helps you install packages from the Cds.=20
Also you can right-click on a package in the GUI file manager to
install it.</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
rpmbuild --rebuild packagename.src.rpm -- On a basic system you need
to be root and packages will go in /usr/src/redhat/, but you really
should setup a build area in your home directory. See Tanner's RPM
building notes for more info.</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>Printing</B></U></FONT=
></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Use redhat-config-printer or
"printconf" in older versions. In RHL 8
redhat-config-printer only configures LPRng, for CUPS you'll need to
use the web interface (updated in Phoebe beta). Works in both GUI or
TUI.=20
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; page-break-before: always"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Remember to apply changes and restart
LPD before sending test pages. Use Unix/LPD printer queues for
things like Linksys print servers, and Jetdirect queues for HP
laserjets with Ethernet cards. Samba printer queues rely on an
already working samba configuration. If text output it
stair-stepped, enable the LF to CRLF translation checkbox. Checking
<A HREF=3D"http://www.linuxprinting.org/">http://www.linuxprinting.org/</A>
for the recommended driver (filter) for your printer if you're not
sure.</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Print most files with "lpr"
command, also try "lpr -Pqueuename" for non-default printer
queues. Use "lpq" to list things in the queue, "lprm"
to get rid of a stuck job.</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>Virtual Consoles</B></=
U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">alt-f1 through f-6 are text consoles.=20
F7 is first X console (if you start additional X sessions/servers,
they go on F8 etc). From X use ctrl-alt-f1 to get back to 1<SUP>st</SUP>
text console. Use the "open" command to open programs on a
given console. =20
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>Administering User
Accounts and Groups</B></U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">useradd/groupadd/groupmod/usermod/gpas=
swd
for dealing with users & groups</P>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">passwd to reset passwords,
/etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/gshadow hold info; useful
commands are: id, whoami, groups</P>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-users</P>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Understand user/group/other
permissions, chown, chmod</P>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">SetGID permission in conjunction
with group ownership and umask 002 makes nice group file setup.</P>
</UL>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>cron and anacron</B></=
U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">/etc/cron.daily, hourly, weekly, etc</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">User crontab files - use "crontab
-u <username> -e" to edit, or just "crontab -e"</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">See "man 5 crontab" for the
format</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Output normally goes to the user, or to
root. Be sure to check root's mailbox or make it forward somewhere.=20
(I recommend "pine" for quick checking of local mailboxes
but it's not installed by default.)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Anacron automatically runs cronjobs
that are missed when a computer was off. It delays things so that
everything doesn't happen at once. For example the nightly
"updatedb" job (updates the database for the "locate"
command) seems to run about an hour after I turn my laptop on,
usually in the middle of a bzflag game ("sudo killall -updatedb"
is what I do to stop it).</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; page-break-before: always"><FONT SIZE=3D4><=
U><B>locate
and tmpwatch</B></U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Locate is handy for quickly finding
files. "slocate", the version of locate included in Red
Hat Linux, is supposed to keep track of which files are accessible,
so it will only show matches that are available to each user. =20
Sometimes locate seems to miss certain things though, so use find for
more in-depth searches. Also see "type" and "file"
commands ("which" is an older command if you don't have a
shell that supports "type").</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>System Logging</B></U>=
</FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Catchall for logs is
/var/log/messages. Read religiously. Other log files go in
/var/log:</P>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">"secure" deals with
login failures and such</P>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">boot.log contains some of the
information that flashes by on the screen when you boot up, also see
"dmesg" which prints latest kernel messages (these should
all go to /var/log/messages too)</P>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">wtmp is a binary log file for the
"last" program (shows people who logged in recently)</P>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">cron tells you what's been run by
cron</P>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">xferlog is for transfers with FTP</P>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">/var/log/httpd contains all
your Apache logs</P>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">If installed, "logwatch"
will email root with things it finds out of place.</P>
</UL>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Logrotate automatically rotates logs
when run by cron, usual configuration is to rotate once a week. See
/etc/logrotate.d/ and /etc/logrotate.conf and man pages for
logrotate. If you add programs that don't put an entry in logrotate.d
you should do so manually, to keep logfiles from growing. You might
want to change the Apache setup so it doesn't throw away your logs
after a month if you want long-term stats.</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>GUI Administration
Tools</B></U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-bind-1.8.1-18.noarch.rpm=20
(cover this in network services class</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-date-1.5.2-10.noarch.rpm (sim=
ilar
to dateconfig)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-httpd-1.0.1-13.noarch.rpm (co=
ver
this in network services class</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-keyboard-1.0.1-1.noarch.rpm
(adjust keyboard mappings)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-kickstart-2.3.3-3.noarch.rpm =
(graphical
KS configurator)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-language-1.0.1-6.noarch.rpm (=
adjust
language settings)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-mouse-1.0.1-2.noarch.rpm (mou=
se
settings, some overlap with redhat-config-xfree86)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-network-1.1.20-1.noarch.rpm</=
P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">(This is one of
the more advanced tools and is also referred to as "neat" .
Support for multiple profiles, wireless connections, etc.)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-nfs-1.0.1-3.noarch.rpm (cover
this in network services class)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-packages-1.0.1-1.noarch.rpm
(see RPM section above)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-printer-0.4.24-1.i386.rpm (se=
e
printer section)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-printer-gui-0.4.24-1.i386.rpm=
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
redhat-config-proc-0.18-1.i386.rpm (modifies system tunable
paremeters in /etc/sysctl.conf)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-rootpassword-1.0.1-1.noarch.r=
pm
(name gives it away)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-securitylevel-1.0.1-1.noarch.=
rpm (basic
iptables firewall tool)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-services-0.8.2-1.noarch.rpm (=
nice
tool, adjusts running services)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-soundcard-1.0.1-2.noarch.rpm =
(configures
more recent sound cards)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-config-users-1.1.1-2.noarch.rpm (gra=
phical
user/group editor)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.3cm; text-indent: -1.3cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">
redhat-config-xfree86-0.6.7-1.noarch.rpm</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.3cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">X config tool for
modern X servers, if you have problems you may need to rever to the
old Xconfigurator, but it normally works</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-logviewer-0.8.3-2.noarch.rpm =20
(basic log viewer program, pretty kewl)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-switchmail-0.5.14-1.noarch.rpm (swit=
ch
between sendmail* and postfix)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">redhat-switch-printer-0.5.12-1.noarch.rpm
(switch between LPRng* and CUPS)</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">* =3D default</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>The Update Agent</B></=
U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Run up2date by itself to register
with RHN. Follow prompts, etc. Gets latest packages and installs
deps. Has an automatic/nightly mode but documentation on that seems
to be scarce. Packages that are downloaded are stored in
/var/spool/up2date .</P>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">"up2date packagename"
will update/install that given package from RHN.</P>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">You should always check for
updates when you instlal new packages from the CD, which is why the
"up2date packagename" method is handy.</P>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Requires registration, only get
one system for free, must fill out survey, etc.</P>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Can also download updates from FTP
servers.</P>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Subscribe to redhat-watch-list for
notification of availability, or set RHN prefs to get email.</P>
</UL>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=3D4><U><B>Documentation and
Help Sources</B></U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
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<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">man pages; use "man -k
keyword" if you don't know page name (limited usefuleness)</P>
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<P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Use "man <num> section"
for other sections of man pages, like "man 1 crontab" vs.
"man 5 crontab" etc.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Documentation CD, which is mostly
the manuals.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Red Hat manuals at
<A HREF=3D"http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/">http://www.redhat.co=
m/docs/manuals/linux/</A></P>
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<P STYLE=3D"margin-left: 1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">I heartily
recommend these manuals. They would make an excellent textbook for
this RHCE study course. Remember the object is to learn the "Red
Hat way"</P>
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<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">/usr/share/doc/package-name/ --
all the original READMEs and such from the packages</P>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">info pages, basic info viewer is
annoying but I recommend "pinfo" (not usually installed by
default but is available on the CD or via up2date) Pinfo also does
man pages. Info pages especially handy for GNU tools where the man
pages are depracated.</P>
<LI><P STYLE=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm">Google! TriLUG! (HOWTOs
aren't often the "Red Hat way" so avoid for purposes of
RHCE study)</P>
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