Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:24:07 +0100 From: Mike Doyle <relyod@cooperationireland.org> To: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Tuning/Sysadmins Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010618112407.0084d800@199.107.2.1> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010617184404.01776308@mail.threespace.com> References: <15148.55623.109849.700547@guru.mired.org> <20010617093905.A20349@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> <20010617063505.A29241@shell.monmouth.com> <20010617073505.B20171@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> <20010617103922.A79022@acidpit.org> <20010617093905.A20349@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net>
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At 18:51 17/06/01 -0400, Chip Morton wrote: > >And there seems to be a sentiment among the Old Guard of UNIX that if you >didn't edit it manually with ed or vi, it doesn't really count. That >probably only serves to limit the growth of GUI administration tools even >more, as those with the skill to create them don't need them or advocate >their use. The last thing I would consider myself is an "old guard" unix admin, I've only been any sort of admin for about 4 years. However, the ability to log in (via SSH) to a remote server and use vi to change a server's configuration without having to enable a set of web CGI scripts with root access is great. I for one don't 100% trust web-based configuration tools for remote servers. - On the other hand, I don't use "vi" to add users, I use the "pw" command. <>< ============================================================= ><> Michael Doyle email: relyod@cooperationireland.org Network Administrator personal email: relyod@indigo.ie Co-operation Ireland http://www.cooperationireland.org/ Phone: +353-1-661 0588 Fax: +353-1-661 8456 ********************************************************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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