Re: Securing it properly
"Jacob S." <stormspotter@6texans.net> writes:
> On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 00:12:32 -0600
> "David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b@dd-b.net> wrote:
>> The apt-get tool, from what little I've seen so far, is quite nice. I
>> didn't find dependencies especially hard to manage in RedHat, though,
>> and apt-get seems to sacrifice the *really really useful* rpm -ql and
>> rpm -qf capabilities (asking for all the files in a package, and
>> asking for what package a file came from). At least I haven't found
>> how to do it yet.
>
> dpkg -L <package_name> - lists the files installed by 'package_name'
>
> dpkg -S <file_name> - lists the package(s) that contain files matching
> the 'file_name' you entered.
>
> "man dpkg" for some more really helpful tools. It's not part of apt, but
> still uses Debian's great package management system. Both dpkg and apt
> have their own distinct and wonderful uses in my arsenal of tools.
Excellent, thanks. I'd been thinking of there being only one tool!
oops.
>> As I say, despite having some troubles on the initial learning curve,
>> I'm still favorably inclined and expect to eventually convert my
>> systems to Debian.
>
> The fastest way I've found to learn Debian is to install it on your
> desktop machine and force yourself to use it, instead of resorting to
> whatever other OS may be installed to dual-boot. :-)
I've never actually had any dual-boot system. And I can't seriously
consider any of the Unix systems for my desktop; they don't support
color management or photoshop.
Oops. that's not true, I *could* consider a Mac, which is now a Unix
system. But not willing to pay the price in hardware and rebuying all
the software.
And I can't really throw myself in at the deep end by converting a
server without experimenting; too many people and organizations are
dependent on these servers (the web server is pushing out more than 2
gigabytes per *day* of stuff).
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