E-Smith? (was Re: [plug] Silence...)

[Peter Wright]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 08:17:30PM -0800, senectus at emerge.net.au wrote:
> No still here, just too damned busy :-(
> BTW Does or Has anyone here used E-smith ?

I've used it in the past (about a year ago).

It's pretty good in the area for which it is largely intended (easy-admin
office general server role). My impression of it at the time was that if
you are a moderately experienced linux user, you should definitely read the
documentation and understand what you're dealing with - as it IS different
to a "normal" linux system. You are NOT intended to edit /etc configuration
files directly, for example, which is a very easy trap to fall into.

The big plus of it is that it's pretty easy to administer through its web
interface (once it's up and running), so you don't _have_ to have a
Linux/UNIX-capable person on hand all the time.

Is there anything in particular you wanted to know about it?

Pete.
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