Dave Wreski wrote:
>
> > Could you provide some more information on Linuxconf? I'm specifically
> > interested in whether Linuxconf can be used in a non-graphical
> > environment (on a system without X installed), whether it can be used
> > non-interactively (from scripts), and whether it has any support for
> > remote/distributed management.
>
> Yes, I only recently checked out linuxconf, and it has all of the things
> you mention. The only drawback is that it completely takes control of
> your system, by taking control of execution of all the init files.
This can be turned off but you have to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. All
tolled, not a really satisfactory solution. Linuxconf also does some
other undesirable things to a system -- such as replacing passwd with a
pointer to linuxconf!
> There is remote management capability, as well as a nice dialog-based text
> interface. As a matter of fact, the text mode interface is nicer than the
> X-based one.
As far as I am convened, you could drop the X-based one. It is easier
to just use localhost:98 from Netscape:-)
> It seems to be able to do quite a bit, including sendmail configuration,
> including masquerading, DNS, PPP/SLIP, adding/deleting users, etc..
>
> The only thing I haven't been able to figure out (after only playing for
> an hour) is why it brings up a window at the end of booting, where you
> must press 'Ok' to continue, preventing unattended booting..
This can be avoided by editing /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit as mentioned above.
Giving linuxconf this control over the boot process should, IMO, be an
install time option or a toggle.
> > I work for an ISP. We've got several boxes that share a lot of
> > configuration information (password files, server configuration files,
> > etc.). The idea of a robust, full-featured configuration system is very
> > appealing, but I'm concerned whether folks in situations such as mine will
> > be able to take advantage of it. I'm also concerned that, if Linuxconf
> > is *not* designed to handle such a situation, whether its integration into
> > the operating system would actually *disrupt* operation of our systems.
>
> I'm not sure if it has the ability to distribute information, if that's
> what you mean. I'm also not sure if you can find exactly which files it
> modifies, to create a tarball to do a mass-distribution..
I would prefer web based versions of the existing RedHat graphical tools
to linuxconf. Of course, over a network, any X-Workstation can run the
control-panel tools, but a web-based version would be nice for slower
dial-up links
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