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In <afr29u$mrn4@imsp212.netvigator.com>, Bryan wrote:

> Same as the Subject !!
This question was asked in a thread yesterday. To recap, Linuxconf has
been on it's way out for a long time, in 7.3 Redhat dropped it
completely. The tool that you want to use is webmin, it's orders of
manitude better then Linuxconf. Download it from http://www.webmin.com.

B. Joshua Rosen (bjrosen@polybus.com) wrote:
> In <afr29u$mrn4@imsp212.netvigator.com>, Bryan wrote:
> 
> > Same as the Subject !!
> This question was asked in a thread yesterday. To recap, Linuxconf has
> been on it's way out for a long time, in 7.3 Redhat dropped it
> completely. The tool that you want to use is webmin, it's orders of
> manitude better then Linuxconf. Download it from http://www.webmin.com.

Well, I've looked at the webmin site and I can't see where it gives the
functionality that linuxconf has to configure the system with different
network settings, etc, for different sites. I use this all the time with
my laptop. What is one advised to use for that? 

-- 
Mike Reid,  M.Reid@phys.canterbury.ac.nz.pacific [Delete the ocean]
Christchurch, New Zealand. 

"Mike Reid" <Mike.Reid_address.in.sig@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote in
message news:afr4og$ckr$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz...
> B. Joshua Rosen (bjrosen@polybus.com) wrote:
> > In <afr29u$mrn4@imsp212.netvigator.com>, Bryan wrote:
> >
> > > Same as the Subject !!
> > This question was asked in a thread yesterday. To recap, Linuxconf has
> > been on it's way out for a long time, in 7.3 Redhat dropped it
> > completely. The tool that you want to use is webmin, it's orders of
> > manitude better then Linuxconf. Download it from http://www.webmin.com.
>
> Well, I've looked at the webmin site and I can't see where it gives the
> functionality that linuxconf has to configure the system with different
> network settings, etc, for different sites.

It's all there. Select Hardware/Network Configuration/Network Interfaces
then select the interface you want to change.

> I use this all the time with
> my laptop. What is one advised to use for that?
>

Webmin.

Kwyj.

Kwyjibo (dogspeltbackwards_remove_this_@hotmail.com) wrote:
> 
> "Mike Reid" <Mike.Reid_address.in.sig@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote in
> message news:afr4og$ckr$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz...
> > B. Joshua Rosen (bjrosen@polybus.com) wrote:
> > > In <afr29u$mrn4@imsp212.netvigator.com>, Bryan wrote:
> > >
> > > > Same as the Subject !!
> > > This question was asked in a thread yesterday. To recap, Linuxconf has
> > > been on it's way out for a long time, in 7.3 Redhat dropped it
> > > completely. The tool that you want to use is webmin, it's orders of
> > > manitude better then Linuxconf. Download it from http://www.webmin.com.
> >
> > Well, I've looked at the webmin site and I can't see where it gives the
> > functionality that linuxconf has to configure the system with different
> > network settings, etc, for different sites.
> 
> It's all there. Select Hardware/Network Configuration/Network Interfaces
> then select the interface you want to change.

Yes, but does it remember settings for: Home, Office, Fred's Place, 
Jim's Place, etc? With Linuxconf I just tell it to change and it does it. 

-- 
Mike Reid,  M.Reid@phys.canterbury.ac.nz.pacific [Delete the ocean]
Christchurch, New Zealand. 

"Mike Reid" <Mike.Reid_address.in.sig@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote in
message news:afthbb$hkq$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz...
> Kwyjibo (dogspeltbackwards_remove_this_@hotmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > "Mike Reid" <Mike.Reid_address.in.sig@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote in
> > message news:afr4og$ckr$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz...
> > > B. Joshua Rosen (bjrosen@polybus.com) wrote:
> > > > In <afr29u$mrn4@imsp212.netvigator.com>, Bryan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Same as the Subject !!
> > > > This question was asked in a thread yesterday. To recap, Linuxconf
has
> > > > been on it's way out for a long time, in 7.3 Redhat dropped it
> > > > completely. The tool that you want to use is webmin, it's orders of
> > > > manitude better then Linuxconf. Download it from
http://www.webmin.com.
> > >
> > > Well, I've looked at the webmin site and I can't see where it gives
the
> > > functionality that linuxconf has to configure the system with
different
> > > network settings, etc, for different sites.
> >
> > It's all there. Select Hardware/Network Configuration/Network Interfaces
> > then select the interface you want to change.
>
> Yes, but does it remember settings for: Home, Office, Fred's Place,
> Jim's Place, etc? With Linuxconf I just tell it to change and it does it.
>

Not as such, but there is an easy way to do it.
1. Open the network configuration page for the device you want to alter. It
will display the current settings (IP, Subnet mask, MTU etc).
2. Make the changes you want and save them.
3. Go back into the same page, and save the page as HTML from within your
browser. (eg OfficeLAN.html)

Repeat this for each unique setup you want so you end up with a series of
pages. (eg office-lan.html, home.html, crosstown-office.html)
Now when you want to change the settings to a particular preset, you just
open the relevant page and select Save. The only gotcha is to make sure the
pages link to 127.0.0.1 (localhost) if you are planning on changing your IP
address for different locations (easy to do with a text editor).

Kwyj.

In <afvc3g$278o$1@arachne.labyrinth.net.au>, Kwyjibo wrote:


> "Mike Reid" <Mike.Reid_address.in.sig@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote in
> message news:afthbb$hkq$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz...
>> Kwyjibo (dogspeltbackwards_remove_this_@hotmail.com) wrote:
>> >
>> > "Mike Reid" <Mike.Reid_address.in.sig@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote
>> > in message news:afr4og$ckr$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz...
>> > > B. Joshua Rosen (bjrosen@polybus.com) wrote:
>> > > > In <afr29u$mrn4@imsp212.netvigator.com>, Bryan wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Same as the Subject !!
>> > > > This question was asked in a thread yesterday. To recap,
>> > > > Linuxconf
> has
>> > > > been on it's way out for a long time, in 7.3 Redhat dropped it
>> > > > completely. The tool that you want to use is webmin, it's orders
>> > > > of manitude better then Linuxconf. Download it from
> http://www.webmin.com.
>> > >
>> > > Well, I've looked at the webmin site and I can't see where it gives
> the
>> > > functionality that linuxconf has to configure the system with
> different
>> > > network settings, etc, for different sites.
>> >
>> > It's all there. Select Hardware/Network Configuration/Network
>> > Interfaces then select the interface you want to change.
>>
>> Yes, but does it remember settings for: Home, Office, Fred's Place,
>> Jim's Place, etc? With Linuxconf I just tell it to change and it does
>> it.
>>
>>

I use a couple of simple scripts for that
savenet

#!/bin/csh -f
mkdir -p /usr/local/net_backup/$1 >& foo
rm foo
cp /etc/HOSTNAME /usr/local/net_backup/$1
cp /etc/host* /usr/local/net_backup/$1
cp /etc/sysconfig/network /usr/local/net_backup/$1
cp /etc/resolv.conf /usr/local/net_backup/$1
cp /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* /usr/local/net_backup/$1
cp /etc/printcap /usr/local/net_backup/$1

restorenet
#!/bin/csh -f
ifconfig eth0 down
cp -f /usr/local/net_backup/$1/HOSTNAME /etc
cp -f /usr/local/net_backup/$1/host* /etc
cp -f /usr/local/net_backup/$1/network  /etc/sysconfig
cp -f /usr/local/net_backup/$1/resolv.conf /etc 
cp -f /usr/local/net_backup/$1/ifcfg-eth*  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
cp -f /usr/local/net_backup/$1/printcap /etc 
/sbin/ifup eth0
printtool
rdate -s time-a.nist.gov
date

On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:40:24 +1000, Lionel <nop@alt.net> wrote:

>[has Linuxconf been removed from RH 7.3]
>
>Yes, thank $DEITY. It's been an utter piece of shit from day one.
>

Whatever. All dogs think there pile of shit is the tops. No tool is
perfect - ignore anyone who says that ANY app is perfect. It is never
true.

 I use both webmin and linuxconf on my 7.3 box. Each of them has
different strengths/weaknesses. 

If you want linuxconf, just go to the linuxconf download site

http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/


and grab the freshest RPM for RH. Works like a charm. 

evan.cooch@NOSPAMcornell.edu wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:40:24 +1000, Lionel <nop@alt.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>[has Linuxconf been removed from RH 7.3]
>>
>>Yes, thank $DEITY. It's been an utter piece of shit from day one.
>>
> 
> 
> Whatever. All dogs think there pile of shit is the tops. No tool is
> perfect - ignore anyone who says that ANY app is perfect. It is never
> true.
> 
>  I use both webmin and linuxconf on my 7.3 box. Each of them has
> different strengths/weaknesses. 
> 
> If you want linuxconf, just go to the linuxconf download site
> 
> http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
> 
> 
> and grab the freshest RPM for RH. Works like a charm. 

where could i get webmin?

evan.cooch@NOSPAMcornell.edu wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:40:24 +1000, Lionel <nop@alt.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>[has Linuxconf been removed from RH 7.3]
>>
>>Yes, thank $DEITY. It's been an utter piece of shit from day one.
>>
> 
> 
> Whatever. All dogs think there pile of shit is the tops. No tool is
> perfect - ignore anyone who says that ANY app is perfect. It is never
> true.
> 
>  I use both webmin and linuxconf on my 7.3 box. Each of them has
> different strengths/weaknesses. 
> 
> If you want linuxconf, just go to the linuxconf download site
> 
> http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
> 
> 
> and grab the freshest RPM for RH. Works like a charm. 

where could i get webmin?

Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when Axon <dendrite25@netscape.net> would write:
> evan.cooch@NOSPAMcornell.edu wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:40:24 +1000, Lionel <nop@alt.net> wrote:
>>
>>>[has Linuxconf been removed from RH 7.3]
>>>
>>>Yes, thank $DEITY. It's been an utter piece of shit from day one.
>>>
>> Whatever. All dogs think there pile of shit is the tops. No tool is
>> perfect - ignore anyone who says that ANY app is perfect. It is never
>> true.
>>  I use both webmin and linuxconf on my 7.3 box. Each of them has
>> different strengths/weaknesses. If you want linuxconf, just go to
>> the linuxconf download site
>> http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
>> and grab the freshest RPM for RH. Works like a charm.
>
> where could i get webmin?

The "home" of Webmin is <http://www.webmin.com/>.  Some Linux
distributions include RPMs or Debian packages; you might check
<http://rpmfind.net/> to find if there are relevant RPMs.  The Webmin
home site may also have useful links.
-- 
(concatenate 'string "cbbrowne" "@cbbrowne.com")
http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/linuxsysconfig.html
I think  it may be  possible to simplify  and condense the  content of
this thread somewhat:
 "GX is an ex-API.  It is no longer supported" - The Rest of Us
 "No it isn't.  It's just pining for the fjords!" - Lawson
-- Michael Paquette

In <3D2AF58F.6080301@netscape.net>, Axon wrote:

> evan.cooch@NOSPAMcornell.edu wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:40:24 +1000, Lionel <nop@alt.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>[has Linuxconf been removed from RH 7.3]
>>>
>>>Yes, thank $DEITY. It's been an utter piece of shit from day one.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Whatever. All dogs think there pile of shit is the tops. No tool is
>> perfect - ignore anyone who says that ANY app is perfect. It is never
>> true.
>> 
>>  I use both webmin and linuxconf on my 7.3 box. Each of them has
>> different strengths/weaknesses.
>> 
>> If you want linuxconf, just go to the linuxconf download site
>> 
>> http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
>> 
>> 
>> and grab the freshest RPM for RH. Works like a charm.
> 
> where could i get webmin?
 
From the obvious place, http://www.webmin.com

Maybe it is a piece of s... for you because it does not do exactly
what you want, but the tool is very integrated with the system and
allows you to set pretty much anything you normally need to set.

I think it is great for laptops due to the different profiles you can
save and switch to "before" any other process starts at boot time.
Other profile switching utilities only allow you to do that "after"
everything has been started and you are logged in  What's the point of
switching the network settings after it has already failed?

I downloaded the latest RPMs from http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
and it worked fine.  I use the GNOME GUI which looks cool and simple.
When not in graphical mode, then it uses the ncurses interface.

Bye,

Gabriel

On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:40:24 +1000, Lionel <nop@alt.net> wrote:

>[has Linuxconf been removed from RH 7.3]
>
>Yes, thank $DEITY. It's been an utter piece of shit from day one.