Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3261 mails)

[Jerry Kreps <jerrykreps@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 04 April 2001 02:56, Chris Reeves wrote:
> Albert Wagner wrote:
> > Thanks for your reply, Tim.  Do you know where I might find some
> > documentation on just what Yast2 and suseconfig are doing

Have you read chapter 4 of SuSE"s manual?   It's 30 pages of info.


>
> I couldn't tell you what YaST2 does, but you can see what does on
> behind SuSEconfig using 'less /sbin/SuSEconfig' because SuSEconfig
> is just a script. YaST2 does some other configuration, but quite a
> bit of it is done through setting variables in /etc/rc.config,
> which SuSEconfig then uses.
>
> It isn't actually a 'boot concept', but more a configuration
> system. It still allows you to edit files by hand if you want (as I
> frequently do) but make life easier for those who don't have the
> time or the necessary experience to hand-edit files.
>
> > On Tuesday 03 April 2001 20:15, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> > >   SuSEconfig is GREAT!!!! <g> Seriously, SuSEconfig is more
> > > than just a boot concept - it's an administration system.
> > > SuSEconfig centralizes system settings in the rc.config config
> > > file, so that YaST2 (or YaST) can change the rc.config file and
> > > have SuSEconfig distribute the changes throughout the entire
> > > system.
> > >   This makes it extremely easy even for manual config changes,
> > > because you can simply open rc.config in PICO or Kedit, or even
> > > via YaST or an option rc.config editor module for YaST2. I
> > > personally think SuSE has the most advanced, yet easiest to use
> > > configuration system around. It's well worth getting use to.