> I'm of the opinion that running Firefox on a server is not a > particularly good idea for a number of reasons.
Oh i agree totally. I am only asking this from the perspective of the fear I see in some of the Junior admins when they see the cli only login. I think if it is an option then at deployment time, the individual IS management can make the decision. Just my thoughts here. > However, I think I know > where some of your concern is coming from. There are some tasks which > just get annoying to perform on a CLI (try configuring complex ACLS with > Samba using AD accounts sometime). I agree. ACL management can be a pain especially if your trying to talk someone through it over the phone. ;) > > > Which reminds me--a good management interface needs to come out of the > box on the server. I'm working on building my own AJAX for some of this. I > figure I'll kill two birds with one stone--learn AJAX and free myself > from having to manually type in setfacl commands. It gets old fast. > Thanks sounds great. I would love to help out in anyway. I am not a programmer but would be more then willing to test/debug through up some ideas and general thoughts. Thanks Rich > Aaron Kincer > > > Richard Houston wrote: > >> Hey all. >> >> >> Sorry if this has been asked and or answered. >> >> >> For me and a some of the new Linux admins I have setup, a useful >> option would be a minimal gui env for running some of the admin tools. >> Sometimes >> it's nice to be able to run wireshark, Firefox and other tools from the >> server it self. >> >> It is my opinion that having this feature would frighten less of the >> GUI >> only type admins who I would be dealing with myself. >> >> Thanks and once again hope this has not already been addressed. >> >> >> >> +------------------------------------+ >> Best regards, >> -Richard Houston >> -R.L.H. Consulting >> -E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> -WWW http://www.rlhc.net >> -Blog http://www.rlhc.net/blog/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server
