Re: Web based Configuration & Administration

[Jamie McCarthy <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

awilliam@whitemice.org writes:

> Linuxconf can be run from a web browser as well,  you simply have
> to enable network access.  Linuxconf comes integrated into Redhat,
> etc... Only caution is that it is better to use such tools on an
> all or nothing basis (or close to it) as they can really mess up
> when they meet something they don't expect.  For example,
> Linuxconf once decided one of my servers didn't need a hostname.

IMHO, the state of the art in unix graphical configuration utilities
is less than satisfactory.  Not only does linuxconf cause me severe
worries for security, I've seen more than one experienced sysadmin
swear at it for doing something stupid.

In my experience, it's easier to just do something the hard way, than
to try the easy way and end up having to use the hard way after
everything's gotten broken :-)
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        Jamie McCarthy
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