Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:12:13 -0600 From: Ron McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> 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: <4F03C38D.1080909@fuzzwad.org> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgnzLEfRr3jr1GiGC=zsmDFjwfd3r%2B_UVSEQnCudrNETgQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgnVAbRd-mrN%2BykDmXafPzQRJgaw9q=%2Bi%2BXqTzL26gWh5Q@mail.gmail.com> <F80CD5E2-0CC0-4872-9B25-72C4ABCC5F42@xcllnt.net> <4F03AF24.70102@freebsd.org> <4F03BE93.9040708@fuzzwad.org> <CAF6rxgnzLEfRr3jr1GiGC=zsmDFjwfd3r%2B_UVSEQnCudrNETgQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Eitan Adler wrote: > 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. I see it as being part of the base OS, such 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. Does >> "sysadmin" work for a name? I 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 want it to be both. Similar in concept to scoadmin on SCO, sysadm on SVR4, smit on AIX if you're familiar with any of them. >> I plan on basically going through the sysinstall post-configuration menu: >> > > [snip configure menu] > [apologies for the way that menu came out..."worked fine on my email!" :) ] > Do you plan on making this a C based program or a shell script? > /bin/sh and hopefully use the dialog library like sysinstall, if it can be made to do what needs doing. >> and as close as reasonable, stick to the same task flow. I 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. > Great! Give me a few days to get the box up and poke around with the dialog stuff, and I'll ping you then. >> 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. :) I'm a >> firm believer of not disallowing anything. >> > > Good on both counts. > > > -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX
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