Google Summer of Code 2006: SMIT clone

[Brian Wheeler]

I'd like to see an AIX SMIT clone (or at least something in spirit).  

For those who haven't used it, its a text & motif based system
administration tool which basically guides you through a pile of options
and then runs the commands required to do the task.  

It has made my life tons easier when dealing with AIX, and it'd probably
be a great help for newbies and it would tie all of the administrative
tasks together.

Here's a couple of 'screen shots' for the text-based version.

Brian

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                               System Management

Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.

  Software Installation and Maintenance
  Software License Management
  Devices
  System Storage Management (Physical & Logical Storage)
  Security & Users
  Communications Applications and Services
  Print Spooling
  Problem Determination
  Performance & Resource Scheduling
  System Environments
  Processes & Subsystems
  Applications
  Installation Assistant
  Cluster Systems Management
  Using SMIT (information only)



F1=Help             F2=Refresh          F3=Cancel           F8=Image
F9=Shell            F10=Exit            Enter=Do
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                          Add a Journaled File System

Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.

  Add a Standard Journaled File System
  Add a Compressed Journaled File System
  Add a Large File Enabled Journaled File System




  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │                            Volume Group Name                             │
  │                                                                          │
  │ Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.                             │
  │                                                                          │
  │   rootvg                                                                 │
  │   datavg1                                                                │
  │   datavg2                                                                │
  │                                                                          │
  │ F1=Help                 F2=Refresh              F3=Cancel                │
  │ F8=Image                F10=Exit                Enter=Do                 │
F1│ /=Find                  n=Find Next                                      │
F9└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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                      Add a Standard Journaled File System

Type or select values in entry fields.
Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.

                                                        [Entry Fields]
  Volume group name                                   rootvg
  SIZE of file system
          Unit Size                                   Megabytes              +
*         Number of units                            []                       #
* MOUNT POINT                                        []
  Mount AUTOMATICALLY at system restart?              no                     +
  PERMISSIONS                                         read/write             +
  Mount OPTIONS                                      []                      +
  Start Disk Accounting?                              no                     +
  Fragment Size (bytes)                               4096                   +
  Number of bytes per inode                           4096                   +
  Allocation Group Size (MBytes)                      8                      +



F1=Help             F2=Refresh          F3=Cancel           F4=List
F5=Reset            F6=Command          F7=Edit             F8=Image
F9=Shell            F10=Exit            Enter=Do