Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:26:46 -0800 From: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net> To: "jamgill@uu.net" <jamgill@UU.NET> Cc: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net>, Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: man pages to hmtl Message-ID: <20020315012646.B93644@rain.macguire.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0203150337060.9965-100000@haiti.corp.us.uu.net>; from jamgill@UU.NET on Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 03:45:40AM -0500 References: <20020314200432.A93644@rain.macguire.net> <Pine.GSO.4.20.0203150337060.9965-100000@haiti.corp.us.uu.net>
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* jamgill@uu.net (jamgill@UU.NET) [020315 00:44]: > > Hey thanks! I wouldn't have thought of that, probably until it was too > late. :-) > > I had thought of mounting the /usr/share/ directory via NFS. Would that > be: > * sillier > * more resource intensive > * less secure > > than putting up one webserver and putting lynx on every *nix box in your > farm? I would go so far as to say that both options are not recommended; this is the result of my own philosophy on proper administration of servers though. Putting up an NFS share for related documentation is probably a poor choice for a number of reasons: - NFS incurs a good deal of complex management issues and their associated baggage for relatively little gain. In a server environment, you want to minimize exposure to configuration mishaps. - NFS is an application which could cause you great pain in troubleshooting. Ask yourself, "Do I want to spend 4 hours debugging why NFS is clogging the network just so I can read manpages on each individual server?" - NFS is not known for being a champion of secure network software. Installing Lynx wherever you need documentation is not a terribly good idea for the same reasons above. In more cases than not, folks administer servers from a workstation which has at least local www access, thus giving them perfect access to documentation while working on a server. -- Benjamin Krueger "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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