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On Monday, 18 December 2017 09:49:41 GMT Adam Carter wrote: |
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> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> |
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> wrote: |
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> > Hello list, |
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> > I've been running Linux systems since 1994, calling my private LAN mynet |
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> > (bowdlerised). Now I come to install neth server on one machine, it |
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> > insists that I tell it a domain name with at least two dots in it. |
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> That's dumb, and may be an omen on what the rest of it is like. |
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Yes, I've been forming a similar impression while wrestling with the |
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installation. I found I couldn't even touch the partitioning setup without |
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causing it to fail - and so I couldn't see what it was going to do; I just |
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had to give it the whole disk to play with, with no others present like USB. |
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The progress bar stayed static throughout each installation phase, switching |
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back and forth at the end of each phase. Then, the initial config has to be |
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done in a browser on another box, after signing in to the web page as root. |
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The docs don't say that. |
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I'd been encouraged to try Neth by a score of 9/10 in a certain magazine |
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known to one of our contributors here. |
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> You can add dotted hostnames to your mynet zone file. |
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That's a good idea, but it doesn't matter any more: I've evicted Neth and |
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reverted to good ol' Gentoo. Coincidentally, I'd recently also ended my |
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subscription to the magazine. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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