CentOS docs - Dec 2006 - Request permission to edit/create new entries for FreeNX and YUMEX

Hi people

I will like to ask for the permission to rewrite the current FreeNX article. The
current article is lacking in the information on how to add accounts to the
nxserver on centos. I think it will be very difficult for linux newbies to
understand how to read that article. I am a newbie too so I can understand the
frustration when you can't find an appropriate HowTo article.

Addtional to that I wish to write some really basic stuff like installing YUMEX
to centos... providing an easier interface for newbie to install new packages.

Regards
Kaiyang a.k.a FreeNet

20061222



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On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 18:04 -0800, Andy Tay wrote:
> Hi people
> 
> I will like to ask for the permission to rewrite the current FreeNX
> article. The current article is lacking in the information on how to
> add accounts to the nxserver on centos. I think it will be very
> difficult for linux newbies to understand how to read that article. I
> am a newbie too so I can understand the frustration when you can't
> find an appropriate HowTo article.
I am not sure what you mean.

What accounts do you want to add for freenx? With that setup, anyone
with ssh access can login to the machine on FreeNX.
> 
> Addtional to that I wish to write some really basic stuff like
> installing YUMEX to centos... providing an easier interface for newbie
> to install new packages.
> 
> Regards
> Kaiyang a.k.a FreeNet
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Hi johnny

First of all with ref: http://wiki.centos.org/FreeNX?highlight=%28freenx%29

There isn't any portion teaching how to add users into the nxserver...
although it may be a very small, maybe to some... it's a insignificant
additional, I can assure that it will be a very important piece of extra
information for linux-newbies. I am one.

In the first place, isn't wiki a site that allows continuous updates of
article so that it can keep up with the versions or to-date information?

Kaiyang



----- Original Message ----
From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>
To: CentOS-Docs <centos-docs at centos.org>
Sent: Friday, 22 December 2006 6:44:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Centos-docs] Request permission to edit/create new entries for
FreeNX and YUMEX

On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 18:04 -0800, Andy Tay wrote:
> Hi people
> 
> I will like to ask for the permission to rewrite the current FreeNX
> article. The current article is lacking in the information on how to
> add accounts to the nxserver on centos. I think it will be very
> difficult for linux newbies to understand how to read that article. I
> am a newbie too so I can understand the frustration when you can't
> find an appropriate HowTo article.
I am not sure what you mean.

What accounts do you want to add for freenx? With that setup, anyone
with ssh access can login to the machine on FreeNX.
> 
> Addtional to that I wish to write some really basic stuff like
> installing YUMEX to centos... providing an easier interface for newbie
> to install new packages.
> 
> Regards
> Kaiyang a.k.a FreeNet

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Hi,
> There isn't any portion teaching how to add users into the nxserver...
> although it may be a very small, maybe to some... it's a insignificant
> additional, I can assure that it will be a very important piece of extra
> information for linux-newbies. I am one.
FreeNX uses SSH under the hood (as Johnny pointed out), so nothing out of
the ordinary is going on besides normal user management.

Besides that it is better to come up with a patch for a page if you would
like to see a page changed. Few open source projects will just hand out
account privileges to strangers without first seeing some material.
> In the first place, isn't wiki a site that allows continuous updates of
> article so that it can keep up with the versions or to-date information?
Yes, but some protections are set up, as documented in the Wiki:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowToContribute

With kind regards,
Daniel de Kok

Hi.
Ok get what you mean... If the key thing is about having someone unknown to
touch the wiki it will be a risk that the article will be messed up.

Then I suggest I'll just do it on a office word document and convert it to
html format... Then maybe I'll just send it somewhere for vetting. Before
it's posted...

Ok just to get it right. The article will be "HowTO setup a FreeNX
server". Don't you find something is missing out there on the wiki
page? I am not able to contribute anything that is "out of the
ordinary", or capable of contributing any of that... What I am suggesting
is the add user to nxserver?

Please just treat me as a linux hobbyist  and not some IT professional or linux
server admin that is more capable of writing the "out of the
ordinary".

Thanks
Kaiyang

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Sent: Saturday, 23 December 2006 4:43:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Centos-docs] Request permission to edit/create new entries  for
FreeNX and YUMEX

Hi,
> There isn't any portion teaching how to add users into the nxserver...
> although it may be a very small, maybe to some... it's a insignificant
> additional, I can assure that it will be a very important piece of extra
> information for linux-newbies. I am one.
FreeNX uses SSH under the hood (as Johnny pointed out), so nothing out of
the ordinary is going on besides normal user management.

Besides that it is better to come up with a patch for a page if you would
like to see a page changed. Few open source projects will just hand out
account privileges to strangers without first seeing some material.
> In the first place, isn't wiki a site that allows continuous updates of
> article so that it can keep up with the versions or to-date information?
Yes, but some protections are set up, as documented in the Wiki:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowToContribute

With kind regards,
Daniel de Kok

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