On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 19:57 -0800, Mr.Scrooge wrote: > Does anyone know why the administration tools are not all accessible through a single panel? I > have seen this done in other distros and it makes alot of sense. Though in these other distros the > default five minute sudo rule ( once you enter the root password, you get five minutes of > unrestricted(gui) admin access) was still enabled which if you centralize administration doesn't > make a lot of sense. I know the "5 minute rule" can be eliminated via the addition of > "timestamp_timeout=0" but why not centralize administration and eliminate it all together? > Gnome-control-center will run from a command line. I guess the real question is why the > gnome-control-center isn't availiable via gui(by default) as a central administration tool. In the > case of System>Administration and all the individual options, the "5 minute rule" makes sense but > with central admin panel I don't see the need. Someone please enlighten me. We've got one, which sets up just about everthing within one GUI and hopefully Rahul will give you the latest link. I ferget the package name and have been intending to install it to FC8. My own opinion is that it should be included in the basic distro. It's a good application, IMHO. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
