SuSE distribution

Glenn Burkhardt glenn at aoi.ultranet.com
Wed Oct 13 09:38:57 EDT 1999


> > 
> > 2.  The system configuration tools in Yast seem primitive and incomplete, again
> > compared to RedHat.  Have I missed some tool, or do I get a copy of Linuxconf, 
> > and
> > start configuring?
> Yast can pretty much configure anything.  What are you trying to configure
> that it won't let you.  I have configured 99% of my system running SuSE
> 6.1 w\ yast.  The other 1% was tweaking my kernel.
> 
> 
> Which areas was it lacking?
> Anthony
> 

Samba, networking (other hosts, nameserver, etc.), NFS mounts.  Yes, I can edit
/etc/hosts, /etc/fstab, /etc/smb.conf, but when trying to talk someone who's
unfamiliar with system administration through a change over the phone, the
GUI's are very helpful...


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