From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 21 5:56:59 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E688A37B401 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 05:56:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from dhumketu.homeunix.net (dialpool-210-214-66-203.maa.sify.net [210.214.66.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332E743E4A for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 05:56:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shantanoo+fbsd@ieee.org) Received: (from shantanu@localhost) by dhumketu.homeunix.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) id h0L3T4Xn000318; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:59:04 +0530 (IST) (envelope-from shantanoo+fbsd@ieee.org) X-Authentication-Warning: dhumketu.homeunix.net: shantanu set sender to shantanoo+fbsd@ieee.org using -f Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:59:04 +0530 From: Shantanu Mahajan To: Bill Moran Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Official configuration file backup/managing method/application? Message-ID: <20030121032904.GA262@dhumketu.homeunix.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bill Moran , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Hmmm... I dunno X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG +++ Bill Moran [freebsd] [19-01-03 18:00 -0500]: | Janine C.Buorditez wrote: | > Hi. | > | > I was wondering if there is an official way of more conveniently manage | > configuration files in FreeBSD other than loose scripts. | | Well, convenience is a matter of opinion. Personally, I prefer config | files to some methods provided by other systems. | | Beyond that, what is it you're trying to manage? The only config files | to really worry about in FreeBSD are in /etc and there are really only | a few that need any tweaking (rc.conf, rc.firewall, ummm ... that's all | I can think of that normally need any tweaking) | | I think there was a project to develope a GUI to manage rc.conf, but I | can't remember the name. Search sourceforge, as I'm pretty sure it was | hosted there. Port: thefish-gtk-0.2.2.4 Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/thefish Info: Gtk+/ncurses rc.conf editor/management tool | | Beyond that, you're going to need to be more specific. I'm not sure | what "loose scripts" you're speaking of. | Regards, Shantanu -- Everyone is a genius. It's just that some people are too stupid to realize it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message