Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 16:42:31 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> To: terry@lambert.org Cc: terry@lambert.org, gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, ron@infi.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SysAdmin Tools - ideas wanted Message-ID: <199607052242.WAA03969@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199607052215.PAA15685@phaeton.artisoft.com> (message from Terry Lambert on Fri, 5 Jul 1996 15:15:31 -0700 (MST))
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>>>>> "Terry" == Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes:
Terry> Keep the scripting away from the tools proper, please. I
Terry> don't want to *have* to run Tcl to administer my system,
Terry> but I can understand that other people may want to run it
Terry> to administer theirs.
What, you haven't made tclsh your login shell? ;-)
Seriously, I agree that the administrative commands should be typeable
just from the command line. And Tcl can still provide such a ``user
interface.''
Consider the primitives lock_passwd_file, append_pwent, lookup_pwent,
etc., added to a Tcl interpreter (either compiled in or dynamically
loaded). Then, make two scripts that use those primitives. You would
then use those as follows:
csh> add_user -login lambert -name "Terry Lambert" -homedir "/u/lambert"
or
csh> xuseradmin &
where add_user is
#!/usr/local/bin/tclsh
...check command line args, set defaults...
if {[lock_passwd_file]} {
append_pwent ...
}
and xuseradmin is
#!/usr/local/bin/wish
...do it!...
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/
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