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Fleetwood replied

23 June 2006, 12:26
Originally posted by cojak

Wot - like the "how can i hack around my client's network without getting caught 'cos I'm too tight to buy my own computer" type posts?

Hmmm..?

Touché, Jacko.
But if that post doesn't go down as "mindless tulipe", then what does?
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cojak replied

23 June 2006, 11:51
Wot - like the "how can i hack around my client's network without getting caught 'cos I'm too tight to buy my own computer" type posts?

Hmmm..?
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Fleetwood replied

23 June 2006, 09:37
Moderator !
Move this thread to "Technical". It's interfering with all the mindless tulipe on here.
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TheMonkey replied

23 June 2006, 08:58
Originally posted by DaveB

Sendmail is quite possibly the worst app to configure on any platform. A useable, understandable and manageable GUI for that would be a godsend.

Yes indeed.

I tend to just replace it with postfix which is far nicer.

I also use vim!
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DimPrawn replied

23 June 2006, 08:57
I find Windows a good GUI, why don't you use that like normal computer users?
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DaveB replied

23 June 2006, 08:46
Originally posted by TheMonkey

I use subversion repositories to manage distributed configuration. I ssh to target machines to check out configuration changes over the network and restart the services.

No GUI tools are needed. No GUI tools SHOULD be needed.

Bastards to configure:

dhcpd
bind
apache
sendmail
lvm / evms

Sendmail is quite possibly the worst app to configure on any platform. A useable, understandable and manageable GUI for that would be a godsend.
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threaded replied

23 June 2006, 05:15
Originally posted by AtW

Can anyone who is into Linux stuff please post here which most commonly used tools are the most annoying to configure and could benefit from nice GUI to do the job - it should be simple to implement too, say cron, Apache is certainly common but also complex. Anything as easy (yet used fairly often) as cron? This is for SKA but not mine.

I use VIM, or VI if VIM is not available.
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TheMonkey replied

22 June 2006, 23:09
Yeah it is completely bastardised with JavaCruft (tm).

What's wrong with mod_python - far more productive!
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Francko replied

22 June 2006, 22:26
Originally posted by Ardesco

(Anyway isn't IBM Websphere just Apache with a fancy GUI???)

No
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TheMonkey replied

22 June 2006, 21:09
They are nice and easy until you start doing mass virtual hosting. Then they can become a real pain in the arse. Not only that, but managing multiple levels of AllowOverride on a hosting server per site and not pissing off the users because their htaccess doesn't work is haaaaard.

Apparently IIS7 is going to have a .htaccess style mechanism!!!
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Ardesco replied

22 June 2006, 21:03
I personally find apache's configuration files are really quite nice and simple once you get used to them, I think you'd have a hard time convincing any apache user who has got a bit of experiance with them to use a GUI version.

(Anyway isn't IBM Websphere just Apache with a fancy GUI???)
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TheMonkey replied

22 June 2006, 19:57
Yes indeed.

Ironically it's my 10th anniversary as a Linux user today!
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cojak replied

22 June 2006, 19:51
GUIs are nice if you're new to Linux, but once you've been using it you start to use the command line...
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TheMonkey replied

22 June 2006, 19:46
I use subversion repositories to manage distributed configuration. I ssh to target machines to check out configuration changes over the network and restart the services.

No GUI tools are needed. No GUI tools SHOULD be needed.

Bastards to configure:

dhcpd
bind
apache
sendmail
lvm / evms
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AtW replied

22 June 2006, 19:01
Can those tools manage multiple servers?
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