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System-Config Propsal
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Proposal
Rework (not a total rewrite) system-config tools use a common virtual console which abstracts away local and remote console usage. Anticipated benefits:
- transparently handle local or remote console (via ssh)
- allow configuration of remote services
- possible allow for OS independent usage (example: system-config-httpd could be used from Windows XP)
- allow for those who prefer not to run server tools with a X server installed to make use of the system-config tools
- allows for centrally logging system-config actions (audit trail)
- standardize routines/functionality commonly used by system-config tools
Requirements
- handle both local and remote (via ssh) connections
- allow running of super commands via 'root login', 'su' or 'sudo'
- not be dependent on any non standard python modules or non LSB tools
- implemented in Python
- implementation should be platform independent
Possible Members
very incomplete
Methods
- hasTUI(), hasCurses(), hasGUI()
- openFile(), closeFile(), getFile(), closeFile()
- doCommand(), doCommandWait()
- copyFile(), moveFile()
- copyDir(), moveDir()
- connect(), disconnect()
Properties
- host
- status
- user
- userpassword
- superuser
- superuserpassword
- method (local|ssh + login|su|sudo)
Program Flow
Acknowledgment
- idea originally expressed here by ArthurPemberton
![[1]](http://pembo13.com/pub/system-config-remote.png){kind=link}