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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:30704 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4268 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!ulowell!vtc.tacom.army.mil!vtc.tacom.army.mil!not-for-mail From: grevemes@vtc.tacom.army.mil (Steven Grevemeyer) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: LINUX SUCKS!!!! Date: 28 Nov 1994 15:20:04 -0500 Organization: Vetronics Technology Center,US Army TACOM,Warren, Michigan USA Lines: 43 Message-ID: <3bde1k$473@VTC.TACOM.Army.Mil> References: <9411222329.05@rmkhome.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vtc.tacom.army.mil X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 Nice think about Linux... If you want a SMIT-type interface..... WRITE ONE. As for you whinning.... to quote a movie: "Go away -- you bother me." -seg rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) writes: : Ollivier Robert (roberto@hsc.fr.net) wrote: : : In article <1994Nov08.143108.154711@ua1ix.ua.edu>, : : Thomas K. Otake <totake@furball.eng.ua.edu> wrote: : : > features in AIX that I wish were available in Linux. One is the ability : : > to increase the size of a file system without having to recreate it, and : : : Yeah, it is good but the FS is just too slow to work with... : : : > the other is SMIT, an admin interface that let's you do pretty much : : > anything you need to do to administer a system and makes life a lot : : > easier since you don't have to type in 5 line commands and don't have to : : > wade through fifty manuals to find the one command line argument needed : : > to get something to work. Is there something similar available for : : : SMIT is one of the reasons I hate AIX. In fact I don't like many of the so : : called user-friendly interfaces (sysadmsh, sysadm, sam, smit). They hide : : too much how the system works (though in case of AIX, I do not want really : : to know how it works :-)) without being that powerful. Ever tried to add : : 200 accounts on a HP-UX system with SAM ? : : 1. Run NIS on the HP box. : : 2. Or just keep new accounts in a text file in passwd format, append it : to /etc/passwd, and then do pwconv. : : -- : : Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.com rmk@bedford.progress.com rmk@tencats.tiac.net -- Steven E. Grevemeyer Phone: (810)574-5106 FAX: -5008 US Army TACOM/Software Enginnering Division (AMSTA-OS) Vetronics Technology Center Warren, MI 48397-5000 Email: grevemes@vtc.tacom.army.mil