I no longer use linuxconf, though it is still tempting when there's something I don't quite know how to do myself. Problem for me was not the interface. I got used to the quirks of linuxconf's text interface readily enough. Problem was that it seems one cannot mix doing configuration by hand and doing it by linuxconf. Eventually, linuxconf just breaks if you do that. As is so commonly the case with these kinds of tools, one can only do what the tool supports. If you're willing to live with that, and I am not, you should be OK with linuxconf. PS: You can even run linuxconf from lynx. You need to open linuxconf and specify that this kind of access is allowed--somewhere under misc, if memory serves. Thereafter, it's localhost:900. On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Sean murphy wrote: > Hi All. > > LinuxConf is definite on RedHat 7.1. My machine is currently running it. > RedHat 7.1 doesn't install it by default. > > Regards > Sean. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:12 AM > Subject: Re: is there another list > > > > Hi Jim, > > I too don't think there is a text-based linuxconf in Redhat 7.1. There > > was definitely a text-based version in 6.1 and 6.2. > > > > Jim Wantz > > On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, > > Jim Ruby wrote: > > > > > I thought that linuxconf was an x based program. > > > Just checked and it is not there, will see if I can install. > > > thx. > > > > > > On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:03:25 +1000, Sean murphy wrote: > > > > > > >Hi Jim. > > > > > > > >Use linuxconf that should have been installed on to your machine when > you > > > >install red hat. > > > > > > > >Linuxconf will allow you to create new users and groups. > > > > > > > >Sean. > > > >From: "Jim Ruby" <jruby at charter.net> > > > >To: "linux speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > >Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 2:24 AM > > > >Subject: is there another list > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> I have a few questions, but I fear that they are going off topic for > > > >speakup related questions. Is there another list I should be posting > these > > > >type questions too that is blink related? Here are a few questions to > give > > > >> you an idea > > > >> how do you add a new user to the system? useradd or adduser > username -p > > > >password > > > >> is there some scripts or text based programs that I can install to > make > > > >admin tasks easier. it seems debian had some nice text based menu > driven > > > >utils that I don't seem to find in rh 7.1. > > > >> > > > >> Thanks. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Speakup mailing list > > > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Speakup mailing list > > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
