[techtalk] last straw (was directory that is writable...)

[stephanie1200 at netscape.net]

> So, what are they supposed to RTF?  A brand-newbie often just doesn't
> know where the M is.  

Very true.  Your suggestions are on point.  And when I am lost in the fog 
(several times a day), nothing beats www.google.com!  Also, it took me a long 
time to find out that some files, as well as commands, have their own man 
pages.  when it doubt, man it, or web search for it b/c the man page may not 
be installed or in your path, and if the windex db has been built (with the 
command catman by the way) you can use man -k or apropos to search for all 
the pages with <string> in them.  for example:

man -k rpc  gives you all kinds of stuff:::

f4rpcgen (1)         - an RPC protocol compiler
getrpcent, getrpcbyname, getrpcbynumber (3) - get RPC entry
getrpcport (3)       - get RPC port number
grpck (8)            - verify integrity of group files
pmap_dump (8)        - print a list of all registered RPC programs
pmap_set (8)         - set the list of registered RPC programs
portmap (8)          -  DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
pwconv, pwunconv, grpconv, grpunconv (8) - convert to and from shadow 
passwords 
and groups.
rpc (3)              - library routines for remote procedure calls
rpc (5)              - rpc program number data base
rpc.mountd (8)       - NFS mount daemon
rpc.nfsd (8)         - NFS server process
rpc.rusersd (8)      - logged in users server
rpc.statd (8)        - NSM status monitor
rpc.yppasswdd (8)    - NIS password update daemon
rpc.ypxfrd (8)       - NIS map transfer server
rquotad, rpc.rquotad (8) - remote quota server
rstatd, rpc.rstatd (8) - kernel statistics server

etc. etc. etc.

> I also think it's important to do research.
> Knowing where to look and what to look for (as well as when you're not
> going to find it) is a valuable skill, but like any other skill, it
> must be learned.  I'd been trying to help people learn how to research
> in the techtalk faq, with stuff like how to find documentation, how to
> read manpages, how to ask questions, etc.  

A noble endeavor indeed!! =)

> The sourceforge project
> page is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxchix-faqs/. I
> encourage you (and anyone else) to contribute.

good idea... i'll put it on the to-do- list =) which is long =(  but that's 
well worthwhile =)

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