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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: SMIT(System Maintenance Interface Tool)
To: gpalmer@FreeBSD.org (Gary Palmer)
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 11:36:28 -0700 (MST)
Cc: valtech@caribnet.net, questions@FreeBSD.org
In-Reply-To: <15621.830913418@palmer.demon.co.uk> from "Gary Palmer" at May 1, 96 02:16:58 am
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> > Will FreeBSD ever have a more userfriendly SMIT utility
> > for managing the system espeacially users?
> 
> Yes. (You really should make your questions a bit more specific you
>       know :-) )
> 
> Well, I'll qualify that. I'm working on the UI layer code for a tool
> which could simplify SOME admin tasks (I've just overcome some problem
> I was having with some shared libs and can now progress again. Don't
> worry, it was ``driver error''). I wasn't planning (at this time) on a
> user admin section, but that could come later, or be done by someone
> else...

You should head "the group", then.  8-).

Someone ask Jordan to make a system admin tools list (sat@freebsd.org?)...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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