You know what makes me mad about Linux is that what works on one operating system will not work on another. Take for tonight as an example. I have a new backup server running Fedora Core 4 that I am configuring that will have a mirror setup of the server that this domain runs under.
I have never setup a Mirror on my own, and have been having fun getting it ready until tonight. Well I was ready to do a rsync and found a great tutorial on it. All goes well till I get to the point of running rsync on the mirror box. I run the rsync command with all the variables, it connects with the master box, the master box gives the response it should, I enter the password for the user and bam “Permission Denied”
Ok I think what the heck did I do wrong, so I cross check passwords, triple check passwords look at dir/user permissions everything is perfect and guess what. It still is flipping me the bird.
Linux will never ever ever ever ever ever grow out of being a geek operating system! So what to do? Well tomorrow I will call my buddy who is a guru and say what did I do wrong. Invariably he will spend about a hour on it, and we will find out that something stupid prevented it to work.
It is times like these at 8:10pm Hawaiian Standard Time that I hate Linux.
Todd,
If you are going to do something that mission critical you should practice, practice, practice. Grab an old box, install Linux, and use it at least one day a week (a full day!!). I am talking about use it as if it was your Windows box or your Mac.
ET
Internet Pimp
“Linux will never ever ever ever ever ever grow out of being a geek operating system! ”
Chuckle. I’ve been there many times. That’s late-night frustration talking
I have moments like this when I just want to trash the whole thing and go back to Windows, but then I simmer down. Been running Linux exclusively for 2 years now and loving most minutes of it.
Yeah, Linux can be a pain in the butt. But remember, most non-Geeks will never run rsync, or most of the millions of applications available for linux. They’ll stick to a web browser, email, and their digital camera.
Being partial to FreeBSD, it seems to me at times that linux is really strange…but after I figure out how it works, it never breaks. I can’t say the same for the windows boxes I’m responsible for…
My guess is that you misspelled something…
Even on a desktop Linux will never be successful. I work in IT and I’m fairly good with computers. I tried Linux a few times. The last time was 3 weeks ago. I installed Ubuntu on a laptop and I could not get the wireless card to work. I spent a few hours searching the net, downloading drivers, updates, running stuff in the shell and I got it working. But – none that I know would put up with this. So I’ll stick to my Mac and I’ll recommend it to anyone who asks me for advise.