Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 21:57:11 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Ron McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org> Cc: Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@freebsd.org>, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: sysinstall as a post-install tool Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnzLEfRr3jr1GiGC=zsmDFjwfd3r%2B_UVSEQnCudrNETgQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F03BE93.9040708@fuzzwad.org> References: <CAF6rxgnVAbRd-mrN%2BykDmXafPzQRJgaw9q=%2Bi%2BXqTzL26gWh5Q@mail.gmail.com> <F80CD5E2-0CC0-4872-9B25-72C4ABCC5F42@xcllnt.net> <4F03AF24.70102@freebsd.org> <4F03BE93.9040708@fuzzwad.org>
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On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Ron McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org> wrote: > I [Ron] just added myself to the sysinstall list. Good > > What I envision is a text based system administration suite that will > [hopefully] do everything that the "Configure" option on the top level of > the sysinstall menu does. =C2=A0I see it as being part of the base OS, su= ch that > once one has rebooted from HD after the install and logged in as root [or > user+su], a menu can be brought up by entering "sysadmin" or such. =C2=A0= Does > "sysadmin" work for a name? =C2=A0I kinda like it. Do you plan on this tool being run "late in the game" after the system has been used for a while or this is a "welcome new user" only tool? > I plan on basically going through the sysinstall post-configuration menu: [snip configure menu] Do you plan on making this a C based program or a shell script? > and as close as reasonable, stick to the same task flow. =C2=A0I plan on = writing > it against 10-current and look at back-porting to 9 after it's somewhat > stable. I'd like to work with you on this, especially w.r.t to ensuring that it meets the requirements for entering the base system. > One new, important, and not-so-difficult task will be: on exiting, check = the > sanity of /etc/rc.conf and complain if needed, but allow the user to > override the safety-switch if foot-shooting is really requested. =C2=A0:)= =C2=A0I'm a > firm believer of not disallowing anything. Good on both counts. --=20 Eitan Adler
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