Various Issue #41, September 1997 Our experts answer your technical questions. The .plan File What are the .plan and .project files read by the finger command and what should they contain? —Chris MasonSlackware 2.0.29 In the good old days before the Web, there were no home pages. Instead, if I wanted to find out more about someone, I would “finger” ...

Jeff Tranter Issue #41, September 1997 Linux and ham radio share a common spirit of cooperation, experimentation and do-it-yourself attitude. These two interests come together in packet radio. In my teens I spent many enjoyable hours tinkering with radio equipment and communicating with other “hams” around the world through the medium of amateur radio. Moving away to attend a university ...

Thor Sigvaldason Issue #41, September 1997 Part 3 shows us the means to give our game simulator a more professional appearance and to add a few goodies. In the first two articles of this series, we learned how to install XForms and began building an application (a game theory simulator). In this final article, we spruce up our program and ...

B. Scott Burkett Issue #41, September 1997 One company’s experience using Linux as the operating system of choice for their training classes. The proliferation of the Linux operating system has done much to stimulate the interests and activities of hobbyists around the globe. Many developers and users are taking advantage of this freely available, 32-bit wonder, as a viable home ...

Various Issue #40, August 1997 Our experts answer your technical questions. Trouble With crontab I’m having trouble using the crontab file. This is the first time I have tried it and have not been able to get it working. The daemon crond is running. In my crontab file I have the following line: 30 6 * * * /home/Talon/automail automail ...

James T. Dennis Issue #40, August 1997 Interview with Sameer Parekh of Stronghold. Jim Dennis, “The Answer Guy” columnist for Linux Gazette, recently interviewed Sameer Parekh for Linux Journal. Sameer Parekh is the founder of C2Net Software Inc., http://www.c2.net/, the company that imports the Stronghold web server. Mr. Parekh has been active on the Internet since 1990, especially in areas ...

Robb Shecter Issue #40, August 1997 How one university uses PGP and digital signatures to make its network secure. PGP and public-key cryptography are used all the time for encrypting e-mail and other kinds of messages. They can also be used in other interesting ways. This article describes two other uses for PGP and digital signatures that can help make ...

Thor Sigvaldason Issue #40, August 1997 We learn to write an application with XForms by simulating a game with 2 players and 2 actions. Last month we began this series on XForms by explaining how to install the forms library and include file. We also took a stab at programming with XForms by writing a couple of simple programs. In ...

Various Issue #39, July 1997 Our experts answer your technical questions. Changing Finger Information How can I change the “user’s name” in my finger information to a different name? For instance, how could I change my name from “Dave” to “David” ? What commands would I need to use? —David Innes You can change that information (and more) using chfn ...

Belinda Frasier Issue #39, July 1997 A report from Germany on the world’s largest computer fair. CeBIT is the world’s largest computer fair, bringing together vendors and attendees from many different countries. If you picture landscaped fairgrounds with 27 halls for vendors and even more auxiliary buildings with stores and restaurants and then add 650,000 people to the picture, all ...