RE: [cobalt-developers] [NT] Cobalt Administrative

["Peter Masloch" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> New Topic
> 
> Hi Gang:) I'm fairly new to hosting on a Raq4i. I bailed on
> the Celeron w/Webmin  as it was not very intuitive. The
> Administrative controls are great by comparison. I can do more
> then ever. But they lack more in-depth instruction to advance.
> That's why I joined the list.
> 
> It's so refreshing in the rare cases when I find sites offering
> basic guidance that also anticipate and predict questions.
> This stuff is far to complex and ever evolving for the
> instruction of "music theory". I just want to memorize what
> keys to play to "play that song".
> 
> Sometimes I find and read sites for hours to learn what could
> of been told in a single sentence. It's very frustrating. I like the
> "To Do This -Do This" solutions. Then offer a brief "why this is so"
> or go off on a MIT rant of complexities for those who want to drown
> into it. I added a Date/Date to my site today and it was "Miller Time"
> and time to give my eyes a break form this screen.
> 
> Anywho, it's not a perfect world. Cobalt's PDF Manual is too much
> useless complex info and the little (?) question marks in the control
> panel offer to little in the form of a "one liner".
> 
> So.....If any can suggest any clear, clean cut "Cobalt for Dummies"
> sites, I'd be most appreciated. Also, control panel 
> aside...Does anyone
> know sites that explain file storage, perhaps w/charts and what
> "goes on" where? Like "Var", Spool, Lib etc... I need to set 
> up another
> site with a Mysql database on this same server. (Because 
> there is room)
> and don't want it to effect my current site. Is Pkgmaster the 
> solution?
> Or can databases be easily separated without 3rd. party 
> software as they
> seem to conflict with patch updates.
> 
> I'd love to compile a list of practical sites on programming 
> for us who
> are building "half in the dark" because we don't have 10 
> years to learn
> "everything". Just what's needed to operate till some coin is coming
> in to hire the pros! Programmers want major bucks to expand
> and maintain our site and launch the others. I gotta do some 
> myself. Or
> even just spoon feeding so we can learn to the basics so the complex
> becomes easier. "Jump start instructions".
> More then little, less then overwhelming...
> 
> internal server file layout for dummies
> chmod for dummies
> security for dummies
> databases for dummies
> server clocks for dummies (cron?)
> Stuff like that...
> 
> Site suggestions most welcome. Thanx:)
> 
> -John

Since Cobalt is using linux i would recommend doing some
reading about linux. You can find good written how-to and
other docs in the linux documentation project.
http://www.tldp.org/