Meeting Date and Subj

[Gregory J. Neumann]

Mine, too!  3/10 is best for me, and I like the idea of the lecture 
on permissions.  That would be a good place for my daughte to start.  
She had a great time and wants to come back to learn, as well as kick 
our butts at Quake some more! ;-)

JJ, Mandrake 8.1 now resides as a boot option on the "family" 
computer.  Installation has an "expert" mode!  YAY!  And the resizing 
software works very well!  Do you need the copies back?

-Greg

> you have my vote
> 
> Robert Meyer wrote:
> 
> >Comments/answers weaved in through text...
> >
> >--- "S. Lawton " <green_man at bluefrognet.net> wrote:
> >
> >>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 ?
> >>
> >
> >If there is interest, I could do a whole lecture on these topics. 
> >They are really key to understanding how Unix/Linux deals with files
> >and how to track down permissions problems.  This will take at least
> >two hours to get through with sufficient coverage to make the rest
> >easier.  It would be nice to be able to hook a machine up to a
> >projector to make this stuff visible for the whole group.