Re: [Linux-decnet-user] Duffer's guide

[Patrick C. <pa...@ty...>]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 02:06:33PM +0100, Paul Sherwin wrote:
> At 13:17 25/07/02 +0100, Patrick Caulfield wrote:
> >On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 12:30:41PM +0100, Nick Holder wrote:
> >> I don't suppose anyone has made a duffers walkthrough guide to DECnet on
> >> Linux?? (and need a duffer to try it on)
> >
> >Part of the problem with a duffers guide is that is is very distribution
> >dependant. So the installation on RedHat varies considerably from Debian
> (where
> >DECnet is part of the distribution).
> >
> >You're right - a newbies HOWTO is very much needed, and I suppose a Red
> Hat one
> >would probably be the most commonly useful.
> 
> Can I second this request? I'm reasonably knowledgeable about VMS, DECnet
> and Linux, but I go for months (sometimes years) without using DECNet under
> Linux, then when I need to use it I've forgotton how everything works...
> Also, the kernel code and dnprogs have changed quite a bit over the last
> couple of years and it would be useful to know what works with what.

OK, here's the offer. If anyone using DECnet on a distribution can tell me what
it was they needed to do to get it working and in which config files, I'll
consolidate them all into a single HOWTO.

Debian I can manage cos I wrote all that stuff anyway (plus, it's trivial!) - I
have some idea of RedHat 7 and SuSE 7 (though only the SuSE box is a real
machine rather than a VMware session) but any extra tidbits people have will be
appreciated.

Send them to me or the list and I'll make a start when I get back from summer
school early August.

Personally I'd rather spend the time coding but this seems to be something that
is really needed so I'm happy to help. If I get no responses then there will be
no HOWTO - this a community project :-)

patrick