RE: Resource usage

[Mark Haney]

Title: RE: Resource usage

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>Do you want an idiot running your server? 

Well actually, no I don't want him even touching the box.  I got it
tweaked to the point of being silly.  I do agree the GUI is overkill,
and I'd love just to remove it, but he says he wants it.  Being that
he signs my paychecks, I can do little to argue.  That being said, he
can do very little with the box since I changed the root password and
haven't told him what it is.  He can look, but he can't change.  It's
the closest I can come to getting what I want while still thinking he
gets his way.

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Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:35 PM
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Subject: RE: Resource usage




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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:18 AM
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>Subject: RE: Resource usage
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>>If this machine is a server, why not use a web based tool for
>>accessing it - such as Webmin? Easier all the way around,
>>accessible from another computer on your network instead of sitting
>>in front of the server...?
>
>Good question, actually, I thought about it, but my boss gets all
>freaked about security.  Webmin is a great tool, and I've used it in
>the past, but I'm not really sure I want to set it up for what
>little he might actually do.  I'm just going to SSH into the box to
>do what I need, which will hopefully be very little.

I think you will find that X takes up quite a bit of memory.  The
cheapest solution may be to upgrade the memory on this system.

Why would your boss want to add users to a webserver?  Realistically,
what is he going to touch if he doesn't know much about Linux
CLI/webservers?

I believe that Microsoft's TCO claim boils down to "Any idiot can
admin
an NT machine, you just click here and there"... This begs the
question:
Do you want an idiot running your server?  I suggest you show your
boss
what to do using the CLI ... Actually, it just occurred to me that
editing a file might be a lot easier, for a novice, in X.

- -Alan


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