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Top Ten Linux Configuration Tools?
jman251 asks: "I am presenting at a conference in September on a couple of Linux-centric topics. One of these is a collection of tips, tricks, and tools for configuring, securing, and maintaining a Linux-based server. I have a short list of tools I use, but would like some community input on the subject. What tools do you use that make your admin responsibilities easier or more automated on the Linux platform?"
rm -rf /home
That'll teach those pesky users....
Most of the pc's I see are windows, so I'd have to say my most used tool is fdisk.
Knoppix is a nice solution too when I don't have time.
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Unix is very user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are.
I use Computer Management. It's located under Administrative Tools in the Control Panel. It's really great for... wait a minute... looks around... wrong site...
takes a couple steps back...
Emacs! No, vi! No, Arrrrrrgh!
It's easy to use, I just pick up the phone, ask Tim to fix this Linux thing.
Easy-peasy.
Or I just do what Vigor tells me to do.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Vi user 1: KILL THE TROLL
....
Vi user 2: Mesmerize this so-called-pico-mesiah
Slashdot winfiend1: I for one....
Slashdot winfiend2: Imagine a
Emacs user 1: Damn, the vimers beat us to the hangin!... we cant say kill him, they already did...
Emacs user 2: Its Gnu-Pic.... oh wait...
NO SIG
"Ed is the standard text editor."
/bin/ed /usr/ucb/vi /usr/bin/emacs
l o?
And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair. Just look:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 24 Oct 29 1929
-rwxr-xr-t 4 root 1310720 Jan 1 1970
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 5.89824e37 Oct 22 1990
Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed.
Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog
message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K;
and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
"Ed is the standard text editor."
Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
golem$ ed
?
help
?
?
?
quit
?
exit
?
bye
?
hel
?
eat flaming death
?
^C
?
^C
?
^D
?
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Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is
generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm
the novice with verbosity.
"Ed is the standard text editor."
Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. --E. W. Dijkstra
my ass, perl is GOD
--Keeping the flame wars alive, one post at a time
Well it sure doesn't act like it sometimes.
I'm reminded a bit of the ABCs of UNIX here...
A is for awk, which runs like a snail
B is for biff, which reads all your mail
C is for cc, as hackers recall
D is for dd, the command that does all
E is for emacs, which rebinds your keys
F is for fsck, which rebuilds your trees
G is for grep, a clever detective
H is for halt, which may seem defective
I is for indent, which rarely amuses
J is for join, which nobody uses
K is for kill, which makes you the boss
L is for lex, which is missing from DOS
M is for more, from which less was begot
N is for nice, which really is not
O is for od, which prints out things nice
P is for passwd, which reads in strings twice
Q is for quota, a Berkeley-type fable
R is for ranlib, for sorting a table
S is for spell, which attempts to belittle
T is for true, which does very little
U is for uniq, which is used after sort
V is for vi, which is hard to abort
W is for whoami, which tells you your name
X is, well, X, of dubious fame
Y is for yes, which makes an impression, and
Z is for zcat, which handles compression
Very well; let this abomination unto the Lord begin!
If Perl is God, then nobody would be able to understand the bible.
... oh wait.
When I don't have time to figure out goddamn control chars, and just want to edit a config file without having to resort to IRC, man pages, and poor documentation -
I USE FUCKING PICO.
All the commands are right there. On the screen.
Maybe this elitist attitude is why Linux isn't ready for the desktop. Now mod me Troll, bitches.