Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 20:43:24 +0300 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <rssh@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> To: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> Cc: adrian@obiwan.psinet.net.au, rssh@cki.ipri.kiev.ua, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, thorpej@nas.nasa.gov Subject: Re: Antispam sendmail.cf modifications.. Message-ID: <3370BF53.5D53@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> References: <199705071035.GAA03115@lakes.water.net>
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Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > > > > > > Dunno...I'm skeptical of GUIs for system configuration. Just seems > > > > that there's no way they could ever be flexible enough to handle everyting. > > > Thay must be extensability. > > > > > > > > > > In principle, GUI tools is not such bad, it can be usefull. > > > > GUI tools are good for most things, except for very low-level stuff or > > doing evil tweaky things to configurations. :) > > Let me add something else to the list of where not to use a GUI: > Multiple/repetitive items (e.g. adding 500 freshmen accounts to > several systems.) GUI config without programm interface to config (in our case it is text files, which we can s/../ / and so on) is bad. But in sheme GUI->TextFile all is normal. > > > > However, I like GUIs because it makes the *end user* feel more comfortable > > configuring something. Sysadmins and clued people of a similar nature are > > the edit-config-file-type, however I thought FreeBSD was also aimed at the > > average joe running Windows :) > > We have tended toward that direction a little more recently; but my > understand had been that we would accomodate the Windowsphile when possible > but not, in general. > Of course, GUI a little save time for sysadmin (do not think what file patch) In principal, the most correct way is some in style central GUI -> TextFiles -> cfengine (or make) > > > > Adrian > > > > - Dave Rivers -
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