Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 20:40:22 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Ron McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sysinstall as a post-install tool Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201032036100.19921@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4F03C38D.1080909@fuzzwad.org> References: <CAF6rxgnVAbRd-mrN%2BykDmXafPzQRJgaw9q=%2Bi%2BXqTzL26gWh5Q@mail.gmail.com> <F80CD5E2-0CC0-4872-9B25-72C4ABCC5F42@xcllnt.net> <4F03AF24.70102@freebsd.org> <4F03BE93.9040708@fuzzwad.org> <CAF6rxgnzLEfRr3jr1GiGC=zsmDFjwfd3r%2B_UVSEQnCudrNETgQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F03C38D.1080909@fuzzwad.org>
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2012, Ron McDowell wrote: > Eitan Adler wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Ron McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org> wrote: >> >>> I [Ron] just added myself to the sysinstall list. >>> >> >> Good >> >>> What I envision is a text based system administration suite that will >>> [hopefully] do everything that the "Configure" option on the top level of >>> the sysinstall menu does. I see it as being part of the base OS, such >>> that >>> once one has rebooted from HD after the install and logged in as root [or >>> user+su], a menu can be brought up by entering "sysadmin" or such. Does >>> "sysadmin" work for a name? I kinda like it. >>> >> >> Do you plan on this tool being run "late in the game" after the system >> has been used for a while or this is a "welcome new user" only tool? >> > > I want it to be both. Similar in concept to scoadmin on SCO, sysadm on SVR4, > smit on AIX if you're familiar with any of them. bsdinstall already does some of these config things in the last menu. It really ought to be split into two pieces, bsdinstall to do the installing, and "bsdconfig", to do the configuring. bsdconfig would just be the pieces that are already there, run by bsdinstall after the installation but also useful separately. And then bsdconfig could have all the added config functionality that everyone loves about sysinstall.
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