Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk> writes: > > What I expect is a tool able to set the WHOLE laptop > > configuration according to the current environment. > > > > > For example, at home I use my wired network with a Xinerama'd > > Xsession in 16bits. At work, I am using a wireless connection > > and no Xinerama. My printers are different, etc... > > Ifupdown is more capable than a lot of people realize, although > of course it should only be used to change the system configuration > as a function of the network environment. You can put arbitrary > configuration commands on "up" and "down" lines in > /etc/network/interfaces. You can arbitrarily shuffle configuration Yes I know but this will lead to mess then ;) > files around as you wish using the mv command. If you want to > organize such shuffling you can make use of switchconf. In most > cases, though, I find that there is a better way to implement > dynamic configuration than by shuffling configuration files. > To set the mail relay use the set-mail-relay script that comes in > the ifupdown-roam package[1]. To update /etc/resolv.conf use the > resolvconf package[2]. To update the printer list use a > script like that included in bug report #204847. To mount and > umount drives use a script like that included in #204750 . Etc. I will try this solution but yet, there too many things to install/configure. I really want one tool to do it. But yes I am giving it a try. > [1] http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/ifupdown-roam.html > [2] http://alioth.debian.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1227 > -- > Thomas -- "Ich 'leide' an weit überhöhter Intelligenz und Vorstellungskraft, das ist auch wirklich ein Kreuz." Norbert Marzahn in <6DPrtk1K1wB@normarz.snafu.de>
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