--- Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > 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. > > It is unmaintained for a long time but anyway, here you go. > > http://www.indianoss.org/modules/wfdownloads/viewcat.php?cid=10 > > Rahul Thanks for the link. I will check it out. Why has it remained unmaintained?It seems like a very useful tool. Thanks Again!! -Max ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
