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> > Since noone seems to have any comment on this, we can start with step 2. |
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> > We have to decide which tools are actually going to be designed. I |
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> > propose the following, comments are, naturally, welcome :) : |
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> > 1) Runlevel editor: to add and remove services from runlevels, and to |
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> > start, stop and restart services. I actually made this, some time ago, |
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> > screenie can be found at: |
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> > http://blubber.student.utwente.nl/~blubber/gct.png Although I made it |
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> > myself completely, it's based on redhats tool. |
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> This seems quite obvious to me |
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Yes, well redhat's editor is very nice, ie the GUI. It just a waste of |
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time to come up with a new gui :). That's what opensource is all about |
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isn't it? |
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> What exactly do you mean by this. A network interface configurator? |
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A tool you can use to configure your network connection. So it basically |
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should edit /etc/conf.d/net, /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf and add the |
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appropriate links to /etc/init.d/. |
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> > |
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> > 3) Portage editor: to edit all variables in /etc/make.conf, including |
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> > selecting mirrors, and adding use-flags |
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> What would be great is an editor that would also allow the specification of |
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> package use flags (with nice descriptions etc.) and mask/unmask as supported |
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> by the prereleases. |
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That's more someting to think about when we reach step 3. But it |
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certainly would be nice :). |
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> > 4) User administration tool: to administrate local users. |
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> Gentoo is for this not different to any other distro. While we might want to |
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> create a superior user editing tool with say kerberos and ldap support, I |
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> don't think it should have priority. We could of course just addapt a general |
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> one to get the same look-and-feel. |
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True, we might as well borrow redhat's tool. And later on, we can extend |
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it to support for instance ldap. Again, opensource rules :) |
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Groeten, |
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Tiemo. |
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