topic Re: no linuxconf in Operating System - Linux

no linuxconf

Vikas_2 — Fri, 04 May 2001 23:36:21 GMT

Hi, I can't see linuxconf in my new RH7.1 server. I downloaded the OS from RH web site and burnt on the CD.Has it been replaced by some other utility in this version or I have to install it seperately. Any ideas....
TIA
Vikas

Re: no linuxconf

ZEISS — Mon, 07 May 2001 05:00:57 GMT

the rpm linuxconf-1.24r2-10.i386.rpm
is on the first CD in the RedHat directory.

Check wether it is installed with rpm -qa | grep linuxconf

If you don't get any informations install it

Re: no linuxconf

Vincenzo Restuccia — Mon, 07 May 2001 09:14:39 GMT

rpm -qi linuxconf

Re: no linuxconf

Calvin Dodge — Sun, 13 May 2001 12:42:43 GMT

Linuxconf is deprecated, and it may disappear from future distributions (it didn't work out as well as its creators hoped).

I'd suggest that y'all give Webmin (http://www.webmin.com ) a try. Webmin is configurable via any browser, and it doesn't seem to share linuxconf's propensity to change settings where it shouldn't.

Additionally, Webmin lets you add Webmin users with limited authority (I set up one customer with a "shutdown" account, so she could shut down the Linux box if she needed to).

Anyway, it's free, and cool. Give it a try!