Date: Wed, 28 Jan 98 19:00:00 PST From: Adam Turoff <AdamT@smginc.com> To: hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "'capriotti@geocities.com'" <capriotti@geocities.com> Subject: RE: /usr/src/release/sysinstall needs US. :-)) Message-ID: <34D141BF@smginc.com>
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> >TCl vs. Java, any others for the melting pot? > > > >As far as extending any 'Java' client, all you need (and I think someones > >allready mentioned this) is a system similar to SNMP MIB's, i.e. > directions to > >the client where to put check boxes, text fields, what they should contain > >(labels), how to verify them (field masks etc.) - I'll freely admit it's a > >thin line between Java, TCL, cgi & someones bound to mention Active-X <g> > > Again, if this thin line will cause any probl;em, let's just think about > "globalization". > > Building an universal-like client (i.e. Java) Will allow Free to have a > plus in its favor, just like Novell did with NT. Novell has released > administrative tools for NetWare to run under Windows NT, in a way of > saying "OK, dolks, if you can't choose the workstation that you will run on > your company, at least be able to manage our operating system from them. > Keep the piece of junk on your desk, but at least be able to manage our > operating system". Hey, I resemble that remark! :-) The universal client is a rather nice idea. Multiple clients are a nice idea, too. Not everyone has the same needs. If I only want to add users remotely, why add on all of the complexity of managing cron or rc.conf remotely? Multiple server-side modules is also worth considering. I may want to enable multiple "admins" to play with a samba config on my site, but you may not since your box isn't behind a firewall and enabling a security hole to be exploited through another one usually isn't a good idea. Of course, why enable samba configuration if you don't have samba installed in the first place? Feel free to s/samba/(Apache|NFS|bind|cron)/g -- Adam. PS: is anyone else seeing a need to have different permissions on different remote config operations?
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