Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:53:02 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RELEASE] host-setup(1): a dialog(1)-based utility for configuring FreeBSD Message-ID: <4D54F8EE.5020409@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <1297396433.7232.9.camel@dt.vicor.com> References: <1297396433.7232.9.camel@dt.vicor.com>
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On 2/11/11 4:53 AM, Devin Teske wrote: > Hi All, > > I'd like to announce the release of a new script. A script that I've > developed for our field engineers that I'd like to share with the rest > of the world. > > http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/host-setup.txt > > host-setup(1) is a dialog(1)-based utility (written in sh(1)) designed > to make configuring FreeBSD more efficient. > > We have this script configured to be run as root's initial login > immediately after "first-boot". The field engineer uses our custom > installer to install RELENG_8, and after the machine presents a login > prompt, they login with the pre-configured root password. After which > they are presented with this dialog (image attached: > host-setup.pub.png). > > The dialogs should all be intuitive, and I hope that you like my work. > I've worked very hard to make this utility smooth, robust, > fault-tolerant and even enjoyable to use. Not only that, but it helps > prevents mistakes that could arise in doing these steps by-hand (like > forgetting to unmount active NFS-mounts before executing "route flush"). > > Please give it a try and let me know what you think. > -- > Devin > > P.S. This is not a trivial script. ``More nuclear reactor than bike > shed'' ^_^ > > P.P.S. Should be backward compatible to RELENG_4. > > P.P.S. I know the screenshot says "host-setup.pub" -- that's only > because our in-house-only version has more functionality than the one > I'm releasing to the general public today (no functionality that anyone > in the public audience would ever care about though). > Hi Devin, Thanks for sharing, but I'm afraid the list automagically strips away non-text attachments, you'll have to upload your screenshots somewhere :)
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