From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 23 10:34:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27031 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:34:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.pipeline.ch (intranet.pipeline.ch [195.134.128.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA27022 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:34:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andre@pipeline.ch) Received: from pipeline.ch ([195.134.128.41]) by freefall.pipeline.ch (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA316; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 19:32:23 +0200 Message-ID: <358FE6D8.80DF9D76@pipeline.ch> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 19:33:12 +0200 From: "IBS / Andre Oppermann" Organization: Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter van Heusden CC: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD administration References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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