Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Monte Milanuk wrote: > On 12/17/2012 08:03 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote: >> >> >> I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides >> installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, >> service management/configuration (DNS, mail, etc) and fir

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Monte Milanuk
On 12/17/2012 08:03 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote: I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, service management/configuration (DNS, mail, etc) and firewall configuration. It a bit like Webmin or AIX's SMIT (YAST has a T

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 dec 12, 16:17:56, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? Kids, don't try this at home: dpkg-reconfigure --all Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-co

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Montag, 17. Dezember 2012 schrieb Muhammad Yousuf Khan: > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? > > Thanks You might want to try "webmin" and/or "usermin". But it is no more in the debian repositories. I guess, no debian-developer took a look at it for years. They said at that time

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:36:33 -0800 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:21 AM, John Hasler > wrote: > > --Dave writes: > >> I have to find myself asking the question, "Why on Earth would the > >> maintainers not keep such a valuable package available?" > > > >

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:21 AM, John Hasler wrote: > --Dave writes: >> I have to find myself asking the question, "Why on Earth would the >> maintainers not keep such a valuable package available?" > > And

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread John Hasler
--Dave writes: > I have to find myself asking the question, "Why on Earth would the > maintainers not keep such a valuable package available?" -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread David Guntner
David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Kelly Clowers grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> Aptitude is nice, but it only does one fraction of what YAST does. >> >> I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides >> installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, >> se

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread David Guntner
Kelly Clowers grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Aptitude is nice, but it only does one fraction of what YAST does. > > I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides > installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, > service management/configuration (DNS, mail, etc) an

RE: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Mark Allums
Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Davide Mirtillo wrote: >> Il 17/12/2012 12:57, Muhammad Yousuf Khan ha scritto: >>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? >>

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread John Hasler
Kelly writes: > I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides > installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, > service management/configuration (DNS, mail, etc) and firewall > configuration. That should not be all in one program. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Davide Mirtillo wrote: > Il 17/12/2012 12:57, Muhammad Yousuf Khan ha scritto: >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? >>>

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 15:26 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 16:57 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > instead of x server, admins can use a pseudo-graphical user interface > > to manage the server. > > "pseudo-graphical" does mean "ncurses", > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncu

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 16:57 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > instead of x server, admins can use a pseudo-graphical user interface > to manage the server. "pseudo-graphical" does mean "ncurses", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncurses , then you should take a look at "dpkg-reconfigure", as I've w

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Davide Mirtillo
Il 17/12/2012 12:57, Muhammad Yousuf Khan ha scritto: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >>> is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? >> >> For those of us unfamiliar with what Yast is or does now, c

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 11:18 +, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? > > For those of us unfamiliar with what Yast is or does now, can you > explain the particular features you are looking

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? > > For those of us unfamiliar with what Yast is or does now, can you > explain the particular features you are looking for

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? For those of us unfamiliar with what Yast is or does now, can you explain the particular features you are looking for? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAGWVfM=xQfSjtYKnZ9aMTPaUFeANaRo_-epAZ=ajm4ydhpa...@mail.gmail