On 3 Apr, Simon J Mudd wrote:
> Robert Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> > Yes, that's true, but are you going to support that? The text-based
>> > interface for linuxconf is ok, but the graphical one is kinda weak, and
>> > the whole thing takes complete control of your system.
>>
>> We are supporting Linuxconf - I expect you will see the first fruits
>> of this in the next version of Red Hat Linux (whenever that occurs
>> :-). I also expect that Linuxconf will manage only a few things at
>> first...
>
> Roberto, linuxconf is a good idea, and for a fresh install a very good
> tool. However, PLEASE try and make linuxconf modular, so that only
> selected parts of the application can be enabled and used.
>
> I've installed it and tried to use it twice now, but my system (which
> has been upgraded from 3.0.3 --> 5.0) gets completely misfigured when
> it attempts to "put things in order".
>
> I admit that I've hacked my PC quite heavily, but the upgrades to 5.0
> have been painless. However entering linuxconf makes it try to do a
> few odd things which left me with a non-working system. I'd rather be
> given time to find (i) what it doesn't like, and (ii) make changes to
> keep it happy than for it to decide for me what it thinks is best.
>
> Having said that from what I've seen linuxconf seems like an ideal
> tool once some of the wrinkles are ironed out.
>
> Simon
>
I used linuxconf and had it set up everything it could and then, after
it was done I did an rpm -e on it and hand edited stuff from there. It
did a really good job setting up my sendmail masquerade! I've been
really happy with it (after I remover it). I think that once there's a
*release* version it will be an awesome tool!
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