[wellylug] Quote for setting up file server wanted

[Enkidu]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:32:53 +1300, you wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 03:16, Sam Cannell wrote:
>> While that may work for many packages, there are those that do require
>> manual steps to be taken during the upgrade.
>> 
>> PostgreSQL is one - often the database format changes between releases,
>> and the new version _will not_ run unless you either convert all your
>> old databases or drop them all and run initdb again.  The Debian
>> postgres package installer will not do this for you automatically.
>> 
>> And when a new version of Samba is installed, how does the user know
>> whether they want to replace the smb.conf on their hard disk with the
>> package maintainer's version?  Unless they have significant Linux
>> experience, they're not going to know the difference between a situation
>> when they generally do want to replace configuration files (like
>> /etc/pam.d/login), and when they will almost definitely want to keep
>> their version, for example squid.conf.  Sure, most upgrades don't
>> require any manual intervention at all, but there are some that do.
>> 
>> Don't get me wrong - I think it'd be great if many more people had
>> experience using Linux.  But pushing someone in the deep end by
>> installing a production Linux server that they have no possible way of
>> maintaining adequately is *not* the right way to do it.
>
>But that is exactly what I have found in many businesses runnning MS
>software anyway.  Most small businesses don't have the resources to pay
>for a full time IT administrator. They end upwith problems because some
>one within the organistion stuffs things up by trying to maintain the
>system themselves when they don't have a clue.
>
>A Linux server is no harder to maintain then a windows server, and is
>probably more straight forward once you know how.
>
While I can imagine a Windows system without scripts, I can't imagine
a Linux system without any. The big advantage with Windows is that you
can go onto a Windows system anywhere in the world with the confidence
that you can manage it *immediately*. To *some extent* that's not true
of Linux systems. There are so many ways to set up a Linux system, and
that means that walking into a new shop, it may take you a few days to
get up to speed with all the peculiarities of an unknown setup. IMO,
of course.

Cheers,

Cliff
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