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

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