Hello David, Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 5:58:40 PM, you wrote:
DT> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- DT> Hash: SHA1 DT> ABrady wrote: >>> Dumb newbie question, but what do people use in place of linuxconf? >>> This isn't installed, by default, for my RH7.1 system. >> >>Commandline. Linuxconf is available in 7.1. But, it's still dangerous to >>some config files and permissions get changed sometimes. I thought it >>was over that in 7.1 and after. Then someone else stated problems they >>were having, and later it happened to me again. DT> Indeed. The point we, the smartasses, were making is that Linuxconf DT> is a good idea that just happens to be a bad idea. With all due DT> respect to its author, who undertook an incredibly ambitious task, DT> it's just too flaky in practice. Further -- and though I freely admit DT> that this is a philosophical matter and not a technical one, I know DT> that many here share the sentiment -- tools like Linuxconf teach you DT> little or nothing about the system, and that's not helpful to you in DT> the long run. DT> I hasten to add that one genuinely good use for front ends like that DT> is to watch what they do to the actual configuration files, and learn DT> from it. (Learning to configure fetchmail is a whole lot easier when DT> you see how fetchmailconf builds a .fetchmailrc, for instance.) I just DT> don't think Linuxconf is the best tool for that. DT> So may we counter your question with one of our own: with what DT> configuration, specifically, would you like assistance? DT> - -d I vote that we bury linuxconf. -- Best regards, Badger mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
