Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
I have just posted the text only version of my Debian Etch Installation Report to the wiki. It's available here:
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Debian_Etch_Installation_Report
I have taken lots of screenshots and I'll post them tomorrow. The installer has a handy facility for taking screenshots if you're curious.
Also, I found a MAJOR security bug with respect to the sudo integration. I enabled it and found that root login with a blank password was possible. I haven't tried updating the system yet. If the bug persists, I'll report it.
Thans to Vihan, I got the Etch DVDs and installed them the same night. Since I never login as root, I did not check it then but now I tried to login as root w/o passwd but it does not login. Do you still face this problem?
A warning to all those planning to install etch as production. Don't do it for desktops. The GUI is quite buggy while the command line part is good and can be used. My Open-Office does a disco dance whenever I open an existing text file. Its tool buttons keep doing the disappearing act randomly. The Kde Control Center had only two links for 'Network' and 'Peripherials'. The Lost and Found has a full collection of package links.
Here are two links that help in file sharing, printer sharing and samba through command line for Debian. http://www.debiantutorials.org/content/view/110/1/ http://www.nixser.com/2006/08/22/file-sharing-on-debian/