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, -- Lubomir Kundrak (Red Hat Security Response Team) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
