Hi,
On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 01:18 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
I have expressed my ideas[1] to add and rework some of the
functionality of the system-config tools with the hope of making them
a bit more innovative and useful.
Please comment on the idea.
Rework (not a total rewrite) system-config tools use a common virtual
console which abstracts away local and remote console usage. Anticipated benefits:
* transparently handle local or remote console (via ssh)
o allow configuration of remote services
this is possible now:
ssh -X my.server system-config-httpd
o possible allow for OS independent usage (example:
system-config-httpd could be used from Windows XP)
You can do the very same thing from Windows XP.
o allow for those who prefer not to run server tools with a
X server installed to make use of the system-config tools
None of the system-config-* tools depends on X server except for
system-config-display.
* allows for centrally logging system-config actions (audit
trail)
* standardize routines/functionality commonly used by system-config tools
These seem to be a good ideas to me.
Regards,
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Lubomir Kundrak (Red Hat Security Response Team)