Re: NIS or automounter problem

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Re: NIS or automounter problem
	2007-01-24 09:25:08
On 1/24/07, Hugo Simon gmx.de> wrote: > > It surprises me that people can find this list but can't find the > > redhat-list which seems to me to be at least as well advertised and > > more appropriate. IMO this list might as well be merged with that list > > if people really don't want a list with RHN as its focus. The noise > > ratio on this list is currently very high. > > I am very sorry I asked a question in this list. Seems I don't understand > what this list is for. Your response is typical for many many Linux lists. As it says in the email header this list is for "Discussions about Red Hat Network" and honestly what that means doesn't seem clear to a lot of people. > There seems much Linux gurus and if someone asks a "stupid" question he got > flamed. I will in future better call Redhat support and keep you alone with > your list so you are not so stressed by my "stupid of topic" questions. Please don't take comments made about this question being off topic as any more than that. No one is flaming you for asking an off topic question and no one is calling your question stupid. But if off topic questions are always answered here without any comment about them being off topic no one will ever learn, will they? Would you think it would be fine to start a thread on this list about how much you like Firefly? I hope you can agree that that would not be appropriate as this list is clearly about Red Hat stuff. But it isn't just about any old Red Hat stuff, it is about Red Hat *Network* stuff. So most questions on this list are in fact off topic, which makes people who want to keep up on issues related to Red Hat Network frustrated from time to time. John _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list rhn-usersredhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users
Re: NIS or automounter problem
	2007-01-24 16:13:28
> any more than that. No one is flaming you for asking an off topic > question and no one is calling your question stupid. But if off topic > questions are always answered here without any comment about them > being off topic no one will ever learn, will they? It's the kind of telling me about being off-topic. The one who complained, didn't address me directly like saying: "sorry, your question ist off-topic here, please ask in the list xxx" No, he complains another one who answered my questions. Like "Ey, why do you answer off-topic questions here. This is an attack against one nice gui who liked to help. And for me it is not very helpful. I don't know where to ask even now. I had a server crash and hoped for quick help. Ok, maybe I am off-topic, I am sorry for that. But why some people react like I am bad guy instead of pointing me in the right direction. Ok, maybe I over reacted a bit. But for me it is very frustrating. I tried many Linux Lists, even a Linux Newbies List in the past. And even there you get flamed if you asks something which is documentated somewhere in the thousand man pages. Again, if someone complains about my fault being off-topic or so, it is about _how_ he does this. He can say this nice and friendly and all is ok. And if points the questioner in the right direction it is better, yes it is indeed helpful. BTW.: Someone says this list should be for paying RHN users. I _am_ such guy, but I think not for long. :-( _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list rhn-usersredhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users