This applies to Slackware.
Q: How does startx know to start kde?
A: The /usr/X11/bin/startx script calls xinit (/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit ?) The shell script /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc contains a call to startkde (/opt/kde/bin/startkde ?). Note that there are other windows managers in the same directory.
Q: How do I start and stop services?
A: For interactive start-stop go to /etc/rc.d Execute a script with a start or stop argument.
Generally, an executable script will be executed at startup to start those services.
Q: How do I install additional Linux apps.
A(partial): [http://www.codecoffee.com/tipsforlinux/articles/27.html]()
Q: What is an .rc file?
A: rc is an abbreviation of runcom, which is a script file containing startup instructions for an application
Other important files:
- /etc/inittab
- /etc/fstab
General information:
Here is a good explanation of configure, make, make install
Starting Samba
1) edit the configuration file 2) start samba 3) add users
1) su
cd /etc/samba
cp smb.conf-sample smb.conf
jed smb.conf
add to the bottom of the file
[lgrove]
path = /home/lgrove
valid users = lgrove
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765
2) /etc/rc.d/rc.samba start
3) smbpasswd -a lgrove