Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-16 Thread Florian La Roche
On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 11:45:42AM -0500, Coffin Michael C wrote: > Hi Holger, > > True to some respect - my reason for asking is I need to automate the > "cloning" of Linux images and to that extent I don't want to reinvent the > wheel if the wheel has already been invented. The problem, as you

Re: AW: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Rick Troth
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Holger Baxmann wrote: > As long as you only install (distribution specific) rpm's - all things > should be fine. But that's not enough some times later. ... I find that it is (so far, until someone breaks things) not too difficult to create RPMs that work on any popular

Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Rob van der Heij
> True to some respect - my reason for asking is I need to automate the > "cloning" of Linux images and to that extent I don't want to reinvent I was going to take the fact that I don't receive the posts currently as a indication to stay out of that discussion, but not when you bring up the point

Re: AW: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Alan Cox
> So RedHat and SuSE and the rest have added unique value, > and they have re-written a bazillion init scripts. > But while it lasts we can have portable init scripts. You'll be pleased to know making sure init scripts can be portable is one of the things the Linux standard base is doing.

Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Post, Mark K
Mike, It comes in a text-only version as well. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Coffin Michael C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat Hi Mark, I use linuxconf on my Intel based RH's, but i

Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Florian La Roche
On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 11:40:32AM -0500, Coffin Michael C wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Very helpful - thanks for the pointer. :) Also "/usr/sbin/setup" and "redhat-config-*" might be helpful. linuxconf should not be used anymore on newer Red Hat Linux releases... cu, Florian La Roche

Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Coffin Michael C
nt: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: RC.CONFIG for RedHat Greeaaatt! Now we have really implemented the linux world in this mailing list: The old discussion where to place the the config. There is no solution anyway: unix is here a little byte ugly (not t

Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Coffin Michael C
iginal Message- From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat > frequently blows up) and we're not exporting any graphic desktops = > from > our Linux 390 RH system. Im which c

Re: AW: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Paul C. Williamson
ag, 15. Januar 2002 16:44 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: RC.CONFIG for RedHat > > > Hi Folks, > > One of the things I've really come to like about the SuSE > distribution is rc.config - one place where you can store all > of your settings and then le

Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Alan Cox
> frequently blows up) and we're not exporting any graphic desktops = > from > our Linux 390 RH system. Im which case you may find the documentation under /usr/share/doc/initscripts/* useful.

Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Alan Cox
> (and is included in the distribution). The "Distributions" RedBook talks > about some of the features of linuxconf. Parts of the network configuration > section are shown in the book's figures. Its probably the most useful for network based admin. The PC folks on Red Hat now tend to use Nauti

AW: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Holger Baxmann
x > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im > Auftrag von Coffin Michael C > Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Januar 2002 16:44 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: RC.CONFIG for RedHat > > > Hi Folks, > > One of the things

Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Coffin Michael C
ion Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C.  20224 Voice: (202) 927-4188   FAX:  (202) 622-6726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RC.CONFIG

Re: RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Post, Mark K
res. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Coffin Michael C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RC.CONFIG for RedHat Hi Folks, One of the things I've really come to like about the SuSE distribution is rc.config - one place where you c

RC.CONFIG for RedHat

2002-01-15 Thread Coffin Michael C
Hi Folks, One of the things I've really come to like about the SuSE distribution is rc.config - one place where you can store all of your settings and then let SuSEconfig update your system accordingly. Does RedHat have anything similar, or is it necessary to update all of your network (and othe