[olug] Linux, Networks and NFS/NIS

[dthacker9 at cox.net]

Sez the guy in Dallas rebuilding the box tomorrow...
RH does some "customization" of certain (gcc?) libraries that are wreaking havoc with some Perl modules that we depend on for connectivity to various DB's.  

PS. Jay, the wireless internet in the room is great, but bring a PS/2 mouse.  The laptop only has one USB port. :)

DT

> 
> From: "Mac Petras" <mac at petrasweb.com>
> Date: 2003/06/28 Sat PM 10:39:51 EDT
> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Linux, Networks and NFS/NIS
> 
> > Bill Brush wrote:
> > > I don't know if it would help you but we have probably half a dozen
> > > "production" Linux boxes here and we've never had a traffic problem
> traced
> > > back to them.
> >
> > Ditto here. Do you really need NFS or NIS at all? If not just remove
> > them from the equation. She can't resist if there's nothing to resist.
> > -grin-
> >
> > We've had a lot of production Linux since 2000 (and a mail server for
> > years before that, installed and maintained by our then ISP). On the
> > distro front, RedHat 9.0 has recently torked our admins over to
> > Slackware. Other than that it's been smooth sailing on Linux & Perl,
> > saving us hundreds of thousands of dollars in software licensing.
> >
> > j
> 
> Just out of curiosity, what about RH9 "torked" your admins?
> Not that we have much (if any choice) since it's the "official"
> distro used by our parent company......but I'd be interested
> in any issues......
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