Red Hat, and Mandrake Linux have a character mode graphics program called Linuxconf, which lets the user edit just about every system administrative task (other than installing packages). This program doesn't exist under SUSE. Would someone tell me what The equivalent program is under SUSE ? thanks
YAST!!! On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Tony C wrote: ->> ->>Red Hat, and Mandrake Linux have a character mode graphics program called ->>Linuxconf, which lets the user edit just about every system administrative ->>task (other than installing packages). ->> ->>This program doesn't exist under SUSE. ->> ->>Would someone tell me what The equivalent program is under SUSE ? ->> ->>thanks ->> ->>-- ->>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ->>Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq ->>
Hi Tony, You have two tools, yast and yast2. Yast is the older version, but is way cool. Yast2 is more graphical. Have a look through both to familirize yourself. Also, look thhrough the file "/etc/rc.config", this is similer to FreeBSD, or so I am told. Inittab holds the different run levels, but you are better off using yast or yast2 for those configurations. Welcome aboard. Matt On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Tony C wrote:
Red Hat, and Mandrake Linux have a character mode graphics program called Linuxconf, which lets the user edit just about every system administrative task (other than installing packages).
This program doesn't exist under SUSE.
Would someone tell me what The equivalent program is under SUSE ?
thanks
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Hello Tony, From my experience with RedHat (I admit, it's been two years since I last used their config tools), they are light years behind even SuSE 6.1's config tools, much less 7.1's. Between YaST and the new and improved YaST2 included in 7.1 (which is much nicer than previous versions of YaST2), it's an unbeatable combination, IMO. At the prompt type yast or yast2 (in XWindows, YaST2 will be graphical; in KDE it will even use the QT graphics toolkit). YaST certainly isn't just Yet another Setup Tool (hmm...<g>). -Tim On Thursday 15 March 2001 12:03 pm, you wrote:
Red Hat, and Mandrake Linux have a character mode graphics program called Linuxconf, which lets the user edit just about every system administrative task (other than installing packages).
This program doesn't exist under SUSE.
Would someone tell me what The equivalent program is under SUSE ?
thanks
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Tony C on Friday, March 16 said something like:
Red Hat, and Mandrake Linux have a character mode graphics program called Linuxconf, which lets the user edit just about every system administrative task (other than installing packages).
Tony, I won't tell you it's YAST as everybody under the sun has told you already! I recently installed Mandrake 7.2 on an idle box and had a play around with Linuxconf again (hadn't done so for about 9 months). On the surface it looks like a great tool. It's interface is quite friendly (particulary when interfaced through Drakconf on Mandrake). However after using it for a couple of days and it causing my system to crash (yes unrecoverably crash) half a dozen times, I was very relieved to kill off the test and put SuSE 7.0 back on the box. Jethro
7.1 will available soon to upgrade via the net. Have no fear,
SuSE engineering is still pushing out great disto's.
"Jethro Cramp"
I won't tell you it's YAST as everybody under the sun has told you already! I recently installed Mandrake 7.2 on an idle box and had a play around with Linuxconf again (hadn't done so for about 9 months). On the surface it looks like a great tool. It's interface is quite friendly (particulary when interfaced through Drakconf on Mandrake). However after using it for a couple of days and it causing my system to crash (yes unrecoverably crash) half a dozen times, I was very relieved to kill off the test and put SuSE 7.0 back on the box.
Jethro
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Murdered by the Hooks of Linuxconf. There once was a man called Tom, Who thought it would be a bomb, To have Linuxconf installed, On his SuSE server, no need to be appalled. Oh what a fearful day indeed! Once he did this dastardaly deed, To see the errors of that his box decried! The seven corners of Syslog, kerneld and syslogd to scream and shout! Pain of Linuxconf's hooks deep within, but would not get out! Tom, cried "Oh dear!" Tom, cried "Oh dear!" Tom, cried "Oh dear!" All to no avail as his SuSE server had died. Murdered by the hooks of Linuxconf. Just made that up, please as a warning do not install Linuxconf on SuSE... Matt On Thursday 15 March 2001 22:42, Jethro Cramp wrote:
Tony C on Friday, March 16 said something like:
Red Hat, and Mandrake Linux have a character mode graphics program called Linuxconf, which lets the user edit just about every system administrative task (other than installing packages).
Tony,
I won't tell you it's YAST as everybody under the sun has told you already! I recently installed Mandrake 7.2 on an idle box and had a play around with Linuxconf again (hadn't done so for about 9 months). On the surface it looks like a great tool. It's interface is quite friendly (particulary when interfaced through Drakconf on Mandrake). However after using it for a couple of days and it causing my system to crash (yes unrecoverably crash) half a dozen times, I was very relieved to kill off the test and put SuSE 7.0 back on the box.
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