Wow, I get busy for a few weeks and come back to AO and find a very well written post like this one and it makes me wonder what else I have missed.

MsMittens, that is one damn fine Unix post you have there.

My .02 if I may... To all the newbies, get to know man -k, it is a lot of fun and it sure makes looking up what you want to know really easy. Kind of like a 1970's version of `Ask Jeeves'

usage:

[you@youruberlinuxbox:~]$ man -k samba /*or whatever you feel like looking up */

Once again MsMittens, I am impressed.