03-02-2007
Conceptually Linux and Unix are the same. The main difference I see is that Linux has evolved into an attempt to replace Windows on the desktop that also works quite well as a server and Unix generally isn't a replacement for a desktop.
So Linux has a bunch of User type stuff. mp3 players, graphics programs, cute window managers (which I like, don't get me wrong) and people who are converting from Windows to Linux. So things like wireless card drivers, graphic drivers, and device like USB stuff are important.
Unix (as in Solaris, AIX, HP-UX) is more a server side os, used for web servers, e-mail, and other servers. While they are used as workstations, they're more likely used for scientific or high-end graphics processing than as a replacement for Windows to do web browsing or reading of e-mail.
If you're downloading Linux, you can find anything you want over here:
http://distrowatch.com/
You can retrieve a Live CD which is Linux on a bootable CD or DVD so it doesn't mess with your current installation or you can download an image you can use to install on your system. Ubuntu seems to be a pretty good distribution nowadays.
Since you're downloading Linux, I'd hunt for a beginning Linux book since examples and such will be available on your installation.
Carl
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
ntfs-3g.usermap
NTFS-3G.USERMAP(8) System Manager's Manual NTFS-3G.USERMAP(8)
NAME
ntfs-3g.usermap - NTFS Building a User Mapping File
SYNOPSIS
ntfs-3g.usermap windows-system-device [other-ntfs-device...]
Where windows-system-device is the device containing the Windows system whose users are to be mapped to current Linux system.
And other-ntfs-device is another device containing files which are to be accessed both by the Windows mentioned above and current Linux
system.
the ntfs-3g.usermap command must be started as root, and the designated devices must not be mounted.
Typing ntfs-3g.usermap with no args will display a summary of command arguments.
DESCRIPTION
ntfs-3g.usermap creates the file defining the mapping of Windows accounts to Linux logins for users who owns files which should be visible
from both Windows and Linux.
It relies on existing files which were created on Windows, trying to locate significant files and asking which Linux user or group should
own them. When a Linux owner or group is requested, the reply may be :
- the uid or gid (numeric or symbolic) of Linux owner or group of the file.
In that situation, no more file with the same Windows owner will be selected.
- or no answer, when not able to define the owner or group.
In that situation another file owned by the same Windows user or group may be selected later so that a mapping can be defined.
The mappings for standard Windows users, such as "Administrator" or "All Users" are defined implicitly. As a consequence a user mapping
should never be defined as Linux root.
When there are no more significant files, ntfs-3g.usermap create the mapping file into the file UserMapping in the current directory. This
file has to be moved to the hidden directory .NTFS-3G in the root of all the NTFS file systems to be shared between Windows and Linux. This
requires the file system to be mounted, but the created file will not be taken into account if not present at mount time, which means the
file system has to be unmounted and mounted again for the new mapping file to be taken into account.
OPTIONS
No option is defined for ntfs-3g.usermap.
EXAMPLES
Map the users defined on the Windows system present on /dev/sda1 :
ntfs-3g.usermap /dev/sda1
A detailed example, with screen displays is available on http://pagesperso-orange.fr/b.andre/usermap.html
EXIT CODES
ntfs-3g.usermap exits with a value of 0 when no error was detected, and with a value of 1 when an error was detected.
KNOWN ISSUES
Please see
http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/
for common questions and known issues. If you would find a new one in the latest release of the software then please send an email
describing it in detail. You can contact the development team on the ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net address.
AUTHORS
ntfs-3g.secaudit has been developed by Jean-Pierre Andre.
THANKS
Several people made heroic efforts, often over five or more years which resulted the ntfs-3g driver. Most importantly they are Anton Alta-
parmakov, Richard Russon, Szabolcs Szakacsits, Yura Pakhuchiy, Yuval Fledel, and the author of the groundbreaking FUSE filesystem develop-
ment framework, Miklos Szeredi.
SEE ALSO
ntfsprogs(8), attr(5), getfattr(1)
ntfs-3g.usermap 1.1.2 February 2010 NTFS-3G.USERMAP(8)