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Article #128Re: Linuxconf in RH7.3?
From: Bron Gondwana
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:45
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:45
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In aus.computers.linux, on Fri, 28 Jun 2002 05:59:28 -0500 Sinister Midget <xunil@k.c-r.r.com> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:23:44 -0500, Graham Daniell claimed: > > > I have just downloaded and installed RH Linux 7.3, and in general it > > looks great. But where is my beloved Linuxconf? I have used this > > for remote admin on my PC's (both the command line and gui versions) > > for several years now and it is an old friend? Sometimes having a > > product that operates as BOTH a gui and a command-line utility is a > > blessing - eg: when your web page server is not working. > > > > Why is it not included in the (everything) install of 7.3? Is there > > a problem with it? Or is it that RH consider something else to be > > better? > > > > Graham Daniell > > It's gone. Search on google for the homepage and download it there if you > want it. > > Redhat dropped it because of a loud outcry from users about it being > buggy. Some had no problems, but enough did that they decided it was > history. "Linuxconf allows you to remotely administer a linux box... even if it's not yours" was a quote I saw about its security. I guess Redhat have given up on it. Of course the One True Way[tm] is vim `find /etc -type f`, but you probably didn't want to hear that. Bron.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,c7dbb5d3161a0f09 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,c7dbb5d3161a0f09 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: f9b51,c7dbb5d3161a0f09 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9b51,public X-Google-Thread: 10669a,c7dbb5d3161a0f09 X-Google-Attributes: gid10669a,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-28 04:45:07 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsxfer.interpacket.net!newsfeed.zip.com.au!news.brong.net!not-for-mail From: Bron Gondwana <brong@brong.net> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Linuxconf in RH7.3? Followup-To: aus.computers.linux Date: 28 Jun 2002 11:45:03 GMT Organization: brong.net Lines: 32 Message-ID: <slrnahoj1v.c0t.brong@zebkrahn.brong.net> References: <3D1B9070.C2531DE@wt.com.au> <gifhfa.naq.ln@hairy.machine.org> Reply-To: newsbrat@brong.net NNTP-Posting-Host: zebkrahn.brong.net X-Trace: zebkrahn.brong.net 1025264703 12318 203.30.75.2 (28 Jun 2002 11:45:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@zebkrahn.brong.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Jun 2002 11:45:03 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux)