On Nov 19, 2007 7:07 AM, Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 One question: I know about this method, but have never tried it myself - doesn't it require an xserver on the host? One comment: The crowd that really love the system-config tools would like prefer not to be doing x forwarding via SSH > > 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. I was thinking more in terms of the user just running system-config-* on Fedora|Windows|* and just enter in a host and passkey|user+pass and make changes to the target system > > 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. True, but you do generally need a GUI to make use of the GUI system-config tools > > * 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 > -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
