Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:56:26 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User friendly system config program? Message-ID: <19980420095626.36066@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420002627.954A-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>; from Ben Cohen on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 12:31:46AM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420002627.954A-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>
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On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 12:31:46AM +0100, Ben Cohen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On SCO Unix V there is a menu-based system configuration program, sysadmsh
> (scoadmin on SCO OpenServer). Is there an equivalent in or available for
> FreeBSD?
This is an area that various people are working on at the moment, but I
don't know how soon we'll see anything.
Depending on what you want to do, /stand/sysinstall might help. I don't use
it myself so I can't say much about it.
We tend to spend a lot of time using text editors on config files (hence my
sig) which has advantages and disadvantages. For example, if you pull
/etc/rc.conf into your favourite text editor, you can see and change a whole
lot of stuff all at once, quicker than working your way through a series of
menus. You have to be comfortable using a text editor first, though.
Of course, both methods require you to know what you're doing. For me, menus
give a dangerous impression that it's easy to do without understanding, and
at the same time they limit what I can do when I do understand. My view,
however, seems to be in the minority these days :-)
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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