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Subject: Re: Unknow /var/log/message entry
From: Steve Borho <steve@borho.myip.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:50:03 -0500


On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 09:43:39AM -0400, Eddie E. Serrano-Miranda wrote:
> Thanks, people, for your help. I feel like a pure newbie. I only checked the
> docs in /usr/doc/sysklogd-1.3.31/, and not the man pages
> *AAAAARRRGGGGG*. I'm going to stick a note beside the monitor with the
> following:

No worries, we're all newbies here.

> In case of configuration, trouble, strange behavior or unknown events, do:
> 1. Check documentation.
> 2. Read man pages (all of them, those include in the "See also" section).
> 3. Look for a FAQ.
> 4  Do a search in searchlinux.com.
> 5. If options 1-4 don't yield any info, ask in the mailing list.

Very good advice.  It took me months to figure that out.  This should be
pasted on the outside of the box when you buy Linux at CompUSA.

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