Keith writes: > I am trying to get access rights to the Apache www folder, but I > cannot. How can I give my user write access to this folder? Apache > server installed and working succesfully (on localhost) Add a www group; put your username into it; chown the directory to the www group; give the www group read, write and access (execute on directories) to the directory: addgroup www adduser username www chown -R root:www /usr/local/www chmod -R g+rwX /usr/local/www The addgroup and adduser commands might not work with your Linux distro. They work on Debian. Alternatively, simply chown the directory to your username: chown -R username:username /usr/local/www > How can I get the 'suspend' command installed? I think I'm gonna need > an installfest help with this one. Try installing the "apmd" package. If it's not a laptop, I wouldn't worry about it. > How can I have it stop trying to connnect to a DHCP server on bootup > if it doesn't find one in say, 10 seconds, or else have a menu on > wether or not to load it right away? Again, probable installfest > problem. See "man 5 dhclient.conf". You need to add "timeout" line to /etc/dhclient.conf: timeout 10; This assumes you are running ISC's dhclient version 2. If you are using a different DHCP client, then see the documentation for it. > Next: I want to get a MSQL database up and running (for a web-based > intranet helpdesk system) mSQL is not free. You should look at MySQL or PostgreSQL. I recommend MySQL, as it is easier to setup and use. The documentation is also easier to read. -- David Phillips <david at acz.org> http://david.acz.org/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list