Re: About using Linuxconf
On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Winfried Truemper wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Winfried Truemper wrote:
>
> > The pricinple of using the appropreciate configuration format for a given
> > task is one of the main ones behind *nix. It guarantees reliability and
> > flexibility.
>
> I forgot: this is not in the way of the goal to let system administration
> happen in one place. Just make this place virtual and we get the best of
> both worlds.
That, IMHO, is what I think linuxconf does. It can manage /etc/passwd,
/etc/shadow, cron jobs, dns, but they all reside in their normal files.
All it does is make the administration centralized, kind of like SAM on
hp-ux.
Shaya
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