Benjamin Scott wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> > Does any real[1] sysadmin actually *use* linuxconf?
>
> No, real sysadmins have automated everything in Perl, so that they can just
> spend the whole day playing xtank, of course. ;-) Example:
>
> # ... read mail message body into $_ ...
> if (m/more disk space/) {
> rmtree($user_home_dir);
> }
>
> Seriously, configuration front-ends like linuxconf exist more-or-less so
> that people who don't know how to do things can do them anyway. Again, in
> theory, this isn't always bad. Configuring sendmail, for example, is not for
> the faint-of-heart, but for the common cases, a nice front-end should be quite
> possible. Unfortunately, linuxconf seems to be perpetually out-of-date. In
> the case of Red Hat 6.2, the macro files it builds the sendmail.cf file from
> are actively broken. I would rather Red Hat had not shipped linuxconf at all.
>
> > I personnally haven't found a situation where using linuxconf has been
> > faster or more efficient than just editing the appropriate file.
>
> Difficult if one does not know what the appropriate file is. Or what to
> edit. Or *how* to edit, for that matter.
>
> > I also believe that linuxconf may be a great thing for novices and
> > neophytes.
>
> I think it *could* be. However, I also suspect the rapidly-changing nature
> of Open Source Software may preclude a tool like linuxconf from every being
> truly useful.
>
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man this thing has gone way out over its thread. linuxconf is good for newbies
and people trying to learn and dont know the system structure and where files are
located. so it is a means to suffice the real deal. anyway can we get somewhere
else on this ?
thanks.
-D
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