Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:28:36 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: "saifuddin Abd. Salam" <saif_addin@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD admin Tool Message-ID: <20020210152836.C72C14093@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <20020210144127.79006.qmail@web11405.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020210144127.79006.qmail@web11405.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sunday 10 February 2002 09:41 am, saifuddin Abd. Salam wrote: > I have question as: > If linux have printtool, Solaris have admintool, how > about freeBSD? FreeBSD has vi. What else do you need? :-) No, seriously, there are a number of tools to help with various tasks on the ports, but no pretty GUI tool. I happen to like that, but if you don't, you're welcome to write one. What FreeBSD *does* have, which I find more elegant than the Linux approach (I've never used Solaris in an adiministrative capacity) is the ability to use the *same* program for initial installation and for later system maintenance. Just type /stand/sysinstall and go to the configuration section. You can do common administraive tasks there, and in exactly the same way that you do during initial installation. That said, as I've used FreeBSD more & more I use that approach less & less. It's not a GUI, but it is a curses-based interface that guides you throught the common administrative tasks. It is *not* as comprehensive as some of the Linux administrative tools; for other tasks, check out the FreeBSD Handbook (at the freebsd site) and follow the directions there. To me this is an advantage (it's one reason I switched from Linux--it was getting too user friendly [== obscures what's really going on] for me . . . > > Thank's > > Saifuddin > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) ME --> http://www.babbleon.org http://www.eff.org <-- GOOD GUYS --> http://www.programming-freedom.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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