Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 19:33:12 +0200 From: "IBS / Andre Oppermann" <andre@pipeline.ch> To: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD administration Message-ID: <358FE6D8.80DF9D76@pipeline.ch> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980623170004.4982C-100000@leftside.wcape.school.za>
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Peter van Heusden wrote: -snip- > 1) A set of tools can convert all the textual config files into > some abstract representation (variable = value for most). Textual config > files are extended by adding markup (maybe in the comments) which links > various variables to the database specified below. (e.g. > network_interfaces should somehow 'know' what the system 'knows' about > existing network interfaces on the computer) Try to sit on a Netware 4.11 server console and look into the tools they have, eg. monitor, inetcfg, syscon, servman, tcpcon etc. (use load ... to get it). It's a very nice curses based config system and edits config files on the end. -- Andre Oppermann CEO / Geschaeftsfuehrer Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) Hardstrasse 235, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Fon +41 1 277 75 75 / Fax +41 1 277 75 77 http://www.pipeline.ch ibs@pipeline.ch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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