DITTO!!! In the 'bad old days' of computing, everything was based on a text file. It forces one to really understand what is behind the changes. I for one do not subscribe to the 'dumbing down' of operating systems and certain application via lots of window forms.... If it were easy, any primate could do it, and thats the point...its not always 'that easy'...nor should it be. -John
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Krist van Besien <krist.vanbes...@gmail.com > wrote: > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Mohammed obaidan <blue4...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Since Apache is used on more UNIX machines than Windows machines, it > > seems that the audience here are Linux users and are willing to edit > > the file by a text editor without any helping tool. > > I find the fact that apache is configured by editing a simple text > file one of its biggest advantages. Edits in text files are easily > versioned. It is easy to roll back changes. It is easy to document. If > I want something repeated on a different server that someone else > admins I can jsut write a short message like: "add the folliwing lines > at the end of httpd.conf". Having to walk someone through a gui is > really a pain... > > Krist > -- > krist.vanbes...@gmail.com > kr...@vanbesien.org > Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland > -- > A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. > Q: What's wrong with top-posting? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >
