Andreas Jellinghaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > about the unix/nt comparisson: > with nt one thing is easy possible: delegate some task to someone who > is not a skilled administrator.
And see him go crazy trying to fix something, e.g. installing NT on drives with >1024 cylinders after a crash. Get alife. If you have a problem with NT it gets difficult and you don't even have logfiles that are as detailed as with linux. > think of the user manager for domains: it's pretty easy to add > and delete users, if you did some preperation like creating template users. > it takes few time to show someone how to do everything. As long as everything works your fine with an unexpirience admin. > would be nice if this was possible also for unix. adduser is nice > but not compareable to the gui tool. (adduser + userdel + less /etc/passwd > + passwd + some other tools would be comparable. There are tools out there using dialog, whiptail, gdialog or tcl/tk to do all that stuff. > of course these gui tools are not as powerfull, and are not scriptable. > but they do there job: give 20% functionality, enough for 80% of the job. > and it requires not very much knowledge to use them. > > developing similiar tools can be a task for the linux/bsd/unix community. > it also helps newby users a lot. The problem is finding them as a user needing them. :) Nearly every tool has been programmed for unix. May the Source be with you. Goswin