John Summerfield wrote: >setup is no yast, it's not even close.
I agree. In fact those RedHat tools are imho a waste of space, and I never bother with them - all my RHEL boxes don't have any X11 support, and the text mode versions are so inadequate that they just aren't worth bothering with. It was a culture change for me moving from Suse to RHEL, I am glad I have made the switch now, though do miss Yast on occasions, especially when trying to do more complex operations that possibly involve manipulating several configuration files - restricting users is one of those tasks. However, there are problems with yast also: Not sure about SLES10, but SLES9 had some different options in the GUI mode than in the text mode, and I sometimes ended up in configuration hell, especially when trying to do some advanced topics that Yast then broke - network bonding being one of them. If I went back to Suse now, I would miss the easy updates that I get with RHEL with up2date/yum. I do think though that RedHat need to look seriously at similar tools - there are people who want to use the CLI, but want to move to it using a mix of editing configuration files and using pre-existing tools. There are people who don't install X11 on servers for various reasons, but they need to ensure colleagues can get in and do what they need to do safely and in a secure manner, without compromising the server. Quite a lot of this can be accomplished with the use of Yast. Andrew. -- allpay.net Limited, Fortis et Fides, Whitestone Business Park, Whitestone, Hereford, HR1 3SE. Registered in England No. 02933191. UK VAT Reg. No. 666 9148 88. Telephone: 0870 243 3434, Fax: 0870 243 6041. Website: www.allpay.net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email, and any files transmitted with it, is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the allpay.net Information Security Manager at the number above. _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
