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From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Tue 14 Jan 2003 - 00:36:34 GMT


On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 06:07:21PM -0600, Eje Gustafsson wrote:
> >> for gpm and modutils I see, and agree, for man I have
> >> to object ... why should this be useless in a vserver?
> AS> I bet vserver is sort of a remote controlled thing and it's
> AS> easier to read manuals on the local machine.
>
> Now that depends on who you are and what your using it for.
> I have numerous clients and people that host with us that the
> server/vserver that is located at our location is their ONLY *nix
> system they have access to PERIOD.
> I guess if I wanted to be evil I'd remove the man pages and charge
> them a set fee every time they asked me for help to do something they
> could found in man but then I wouldn't have many clients after a short
> while.

*smile*
needless to say, that the man pages 'should' reflect
the installed utilities, which probably will differ
on local an vserver machine ;)

best,
Herbert

>
> / Eje
>
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