On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 22:26, Michael Kalus wrote: > Yes and no. > > The main problem I see with things like Webmin is that they remove the > "user" from the real system. If they don't have Webmin available later when > something is wrong they might not be able to fix the problem. > > Granted, I grew up on Command Line and even though I have (and use) Webmin I > rather still have people go back to the command line, also in the line of > work in the past when I had Junior SysAdmins who relied way too much on the > GUI instead of figuring out how to do it on the CLI. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Michael
It does have it's purposes. If you're administering a number of machines and you already know what you're doing, it saves time and energy. If you're a "noob" it IS rather "dumbing" as it's always better for "noobs" to get a firm understanding from the "ground up". For those in a hurry to get something up and running NOW, it's also great. I utilise it for clients when I don't want to travel - on the other hand, when I want to travel and be onsite, then I do everything by hand - which, of course, justifies the "paid by the hour" bit. It is rather magical in some senses as you can, for instance, add a printer to a server or a workstation remotely - the users ALL OF A SUDDEN have this new printer up and running and printing after only a few minutes of time...or, utilising it to blow out crap from the outbound SENDMAIL queue...or utilising it to add a user to a particular workstation on at a site... (Yet another tool to prove to the M$'ers that linux ain't quite as hard to maintain or administer as the FUD says it is...) -- Fri Jun 6 08:40:00 EST 2003 08:40:00 up 1 day, 9:33, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.17, 0.21 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * I don't have any solution but I certainly admire the problem. -- Ashleigh Brilliant -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
