On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 12:02, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On 20 Dec 2002, Cliff Wells wrote: > > I think perhaps he's referring to the fact that linuxconf had an > > alternative text-only interface - you didn't have to run X to use it. > > you're right, i misread. my bad. there has been a fair amount > of grumbling about the lack of non-X based admin tools in recent > releases of redhat. i'm wondering if this is going to change, > given linux's history as a server OS and that it can frequently > be found in the back room, possibly as a headless server. > > it would seem that a lack of command-line utilities would be > pretty annoying in that case.
I usually use webmin for such things. Makes life *much* simpler. I do like the new redhat-config stuff for my workstations, but webmin is essential for servers that aren't running X. -- Cliff Wells, Software Engineer Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net) (503) 978-6726 x308 (800) 735-0555 x308
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