Linux

Since I always use some GUIs, I don't really remember anymore how to connect to a Windows machine via the command line. smbclient -L windowshost shows you the shares that are available. Often, you you cannot browse them without a login/password for that windows machine, therefore you need to type smbclient -L windowshost -U username And occasionally the netbios name doesn't work either and you need to replace it by the IP address.

In order to install source rpms *.src.rpm you need to rebuild the package (as root): rpmbuild --rebuild package.src.rpm This results in a binary rpm. On Suse 9.2 the newly created binary rpm can be found in /usr/src/packages/RPMS. You can install it as usual: rpm -ivh package.rpm

scpm is something like the Location Manager for Mac OS X. You need to be root to execute most of its commands: /sbin/scpm list Lists all available profiles. /sbin/scpm switch "profilename" Switches to the specified profile. /sbin/scpm add "newprofilename" Adds a new profile based on the present systems settings. The files subject to change are located in /var/lib/scpm/profiles/"profilename"/file and /var/lib/scpm/profiles/"profilename"/service. But you shouldn't modify them manually.