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Date:      Wed, 28 Feb 1996 09:52:58 -0600
From:      Jason Gilbert <jason@scott.net>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xforms maintenance tools (was Re: Tcl/Tk sysinstall)
Message-ID:  <31347A5A.41C67EA6@scott.net>
References:  <9602281427.AA18009@sys8.wfc.com>

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Mike Eggleston wrote:

> >> Why not have a html/cgi based manager.  That would run under lynx,
> >> chimera, mosaic, etc., for local and remote administration.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> 
> > How about security? I don't feel I would like that kind of
> > management tool...
> 
> >       Sander
> 
> Security can be handled by the server's internal authentication
> protocols.  For httpd just set up authentication on the single
> person(s) that is allowed to modify the security configurations.
> 
> To me, for a company (an ISP maybe?) that had a central mis group, but
> all their computers/servers were distributed around the country/world,
> a distributed configuration/management system would be ideal.
> 
> I wouldn't want to run X through a 14.4 remote dialup from around the
> world (I have little enough hair as it is (8)
> 
> Mike

Isn's this how Netscape does management for there servers??

Jason



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