Hello! I'm a Linux student about to go through my finals and a project.
I'm having issues trying to configure certain packages to work right, so I
was hoping maybe some of you could point me in the right direction.

Here is a laundry list of packages, what I primarily need is an extremely
easy to understand and follow procedure, or a webpage that has one. In case
you're wondering, my book starts on step 10 instead of step 1, so I have
been ignoring it.

1. Configuring NIS - specifically what it means when my procedure says the
following:

Set NIS domain name:
master# domainname internal
master# ypdomainname internal

I tried typing in "master# my_domain_name internal" but it didn't work, and
neither did "my_domain_name internal."

2. My book says this exact thing:

Create the shadow.byname map by removing the comment symbol , *, from the
file name, shadow.byname in the /var/yp/Makefile configuarion file.

But there is no "commented out" line in that file.

3. Compiling a kernel: I downloaded the right file for compiling, but
something isn't working right.

As per my books procedure (I hate my book) it says for me to change the
directory of the file to /usr/src, which I did. It then says for my to type
the following command "make xconfig".....but nothing happens. Any ideas?

Any thing would be greatly appreciated.

Nick

dixie61@bellsouth.net wrote:

> Hello!**I'm*a*Linux*student*about*to*go*through*my *finals*and*a*project.

... isnt part of doing homework, "trying to
figure out what's rwong and fix it" ?
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