On Sun, 2007-08-05 at 03:31 -0700, UNIX admin wrote: > > One could say the same thing about the Network tool > > in Solaris right > > now; activate/deactive don't work, for instance. > > "activate/deactivate"? What is that???
Excuse me? you claim you run Solaris and yet ignore the elephant in the room which is in: Administrator -> Network ? > I ended up starting a GNOME terminal in Ubuntu and doing `ifconfig` > the good ol' fashioned old-skool way. Eventually I got the interfaces, > the routing and the DNS squared away, but Ubuntu kept trying to > "unconfigure" my work and do DHCP the whole time; no matter; I've got > the command line, which makes me the boss. Nothing beats the CLI, > ever. For you, but for me, I can do both, but I want it quick and easy - one click. > I don't even know there are any GUI tools on Solaris for networking? > What would I use them for, I can configure networking on Solaris > within 15 seconds with my eyes blindfolded and hands tied behind my > back, it's that easy. Dear god - beating of chests is the last thing that UNIX needs for wider adoption. Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
