Re: [RELEASE] host-setup(1): a dialog(1)-based utility for configuring FreeBSD

2011-02-11 Thread Bruce Cran
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:56:42 +0100
Damien Fleuriot m...@my.gd wrote:

 The list strips non-text attachments so there isn't much to see at
 the moment though...

It wasn't supposed to be attached - try
http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/host-setup.txt :)

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Re: [RELEASE] host-setup(1): a dialog(1)-based utility for configuring FreeBSD

2011-02-11 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 349, Issue 8, Message: 15
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:53:53 -0800 Devin Teske dte...@vicor.com wrote:
  Hi All,
  
  I'd like to announce the release of a new script. A script that I've
  developed for our field engineers that I'd like to share with the rest
  of the world.
  
  http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/host-setup.txt
  
  host-setup(1) is a dialog(1)-based utility (written in sh(1)) designed
  to make configuring FreeBSD more efficient.

Nice, if only as great bedtime reading so far; I've already learned some 
new techniques.  I expect to steal lots of it wholesale (acknowledged :)

cheers, Ian
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Re: [RELEASE] host-setup(1): a dialog(1)-based utility for configuring FreeBSD

2011-02-11 Thread Devin Teske
On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 08:56 +0100, Damien Fleuriot wrote:

 Hi Devin,
 
 
 Thanks for sharing your work.
 
 The list strips non-text attachments so there isn't much to see at the moment 
 though...


Thanks Damien.

Here's a link to the pic I posted online in-tandem with the post to the
list(s).

http://www.twitpic.com/3yhye7
--
Devin



 
 
 ---
 Fleuriot Damien
 
 On 11 Feb 2011, at 04:53, Devin Teske dte...@vicor.com wrote:
 
  Hi All,
  
  I'd like to announce the release of a new script. A script that I've
  developed for our field engineers that I'd like to share with the rest
  of the world.
  
  http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/host-setup.txt
  
  host-setup(1) is a dialog(1)-based utility (written in sh(1)) designed
  to make configuring FreeBSD more efficient.
  
  We have this script configured to be run as root's initial login
  immediately after first-boot. The field engineer uses our custom
  installer to install RELENG_8, and after the machine presents a login
  prompt, they login with the pre-configured root password. After which
  they are presented with this dialog (image attached:
  host-setup.pub.png).
  
  The dialogs should all be intuitive, and I hope that you like my work.
  I've worked very hard to make this utility smooth, robust,
  fault-tolerant and even enjoyable to use. Not only that, but it helps
  prevents mistakes that could arise in doing these steps by-hand (like
  forgetting to unmount active NFS-mounts before executing route flush).
  
  Please give it a try and let me know what you think.
  --
  Devin
  
  P.S. This is not a trivial script. ``More nuclear reactor than bike
  shed'' ^_^
  
  P.P.S. Should be backward compatible to RELENG_4.
  
  P.P.S. I know the screenshot says host-setup.pub -- that's only
  because our in-house-only version has more functionality than the one
  I'm releasing to the general public today (no functionality that anyone
  in the public audience would ever care about though).
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Re: [RELEASE] host-setup(1): a dialog(1)-based utility for configuring FreeBSD

2011-02-11 Thread Damien Fleuriot
Hi Devin,


Thanks for sharing your work.

The list strips non-text attachments so there isn't much to see at the moment 
though...


---
Fleuriot Damien

On 11 Feb 2011, at 04:53, Devin Teske dte...@vicor.com wrote:

 Hi All,
 
 I'd like to announce the release of a new script. A script that I've
 developed for our field engineers that I'd like to share with the rest
 of the world.
 
 http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/host-setup.txt
 
 host-setup(1) is a dialog(1)-based utility (written in sh(1)) designed
 to make configuring FreeBSD more efficient.
 
 We have this script configured to be run as root's initial login
 immediately after first-boot. The field engineer uses our custom
 installer to install RELENG_8, and after the machine presents a login
 prompt, they login with the pre-configured root password. After which
 they are presented with this dialog (image attached:
 host-setup.pub.png).
 
 The dialogs should all be intuitive, and I hope that you like my work.
 I've worked very hard to make this utility smooth, robust,
 fault-tolerant and even enjoyable to use. Not only that, but it helps
 prevents mistakes that could arise in doing these steps by-hand (like
 forgetting to unmount active NFS-mounts before executing route flush).
 
 Please give it a try and let me know what you think.
 --
 Devin
 
 P.S. This is not a trivial script. ``More nuclear reactor than bike
 shed'' ^_^
 
 P.P.S. Should be backward compatible to RELENG_4.
 
 P.P.S. I know the screenshot says host-setup.pub -- that's only
 because our in-house-only version has more functionality than the one
 I'm releasing to the general public today (no functionality that anyone
 in the public audience would ever care about though).
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Re: [RELEASE] host-setup(1): a dialog(1)-based utility for configuring FreeBSD

2011-02-11 Thread Ian Smith
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Eitan Adler wrote:

  Nice Script!
  I intend to steal parts of it for my own use.

It's great when you can plunder without robbing anyone :)

   P.S. Maybe I ought to expand it to IPv6 considering that the IPv4
   address space has [reportedly] finally ran out (is that true?).
  
  
  All the available IPs were allocated to the RIRs. AFIK the RIRs have
  not had to deny anyone for insufficiency yet - but it will happen
  soon.

Yes Devin, best not leave it till August!

For those wanting a near-obsessively detailed analysis of IPv4 depletion 
stats and predictions over many years, hard to go past Geoff Huston's:

http://www.potaroo.net - blog
http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2010-10/when.html - explanatory column Oct '10
http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html - the modelling as of today

cheers, Ian

(Sorry, missed the cc to hackers@, adding questions@ back in the loop)
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