Meeting Date and Subj

[S. Lawton]

My vote goes for the 10th. 
St. Pat's is right out due to the parking and builing access issue, 
and Palm Sunday would seem to be a big family commitment day 
for many. 
My current research project, and a topic I would like to hear about, 
that probably ties in well with the NIS/NFS lecture I'm EXTREMELY 
 sorry I missed, but life is what happens while you're making other 
plans: 

How are UIDs and GIDs generated and changed, and what are they 
used for ?
Exactly what the permissions actually mean ?
How are directory and file permissions changed ?
Can a file or directory's ownership be changed ?

For example, in linux: 
	you have a file in an MSDOS partition called whatever.doc
To view the document, is that a Read priv or Xcute priv ?
To actually edit it and change its contents, Write priv or Xcute priv ?

[Word is to Kword as wheelbarrow is to pickup truck :-)]

To do the above, would it require mtools or wine ?
Is wine invoked as an application, like Kword ?
As a shell ?
Or is wine run like a daemon, lurking in the background, just 
showing up when needed ?

Boot Loaders would seem to be a possible topic also. 
I didn't realize that LiLo was a legacy "has been".
It was the default on my MAN 8.1 install, so that's what I've got in. 
LiLo, MiLo and Grub - but how does J Lo fit in ???  :-)

I have put the sound problem on the back burner for a little while 
because I'm so frustrated I can't stand it. I need to take a second 
look at it, and maybe attack it from a different angle. 

Here's some general questions - 
Is there a linux utility program like Disk Defragmenter to compact 
files and collect free space at the end of a logical drive ?

Is there a linux utility program like ScanDisk to pefrorm R/W 
testing and physically check for bad clusters on a drive ?

Is there a program that allows linux to read MaxiDisk formatted 
1.72 MB floppies ?

If they exist, what are their rpm titles ?
Scott 

Where do You Want To Go Today?
-because you can only go ONE place, 
and it WILL TAKE all day.