On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 00:25 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > Thanks Nate. I'm googling for simple setups, found one that was SuSe > > oriented, another that is written for CentOS. The latter one being > > better. I'm still getting the "Deer in the headlights" syndrome, I'm not > > getting this: > > If that is the level of deployment you are at, I would recommend very > sincerely too, that you atleast look at puppet and bcfg2 as alternatives > to cfengine. > > cfengine is, imho, well past its use by date. And the development > inertia on that project leaves much to be desired. Some might argue that > 'it does what it says on the tin', but then - it doesnt really say a lot > on the tin, does it ? Which of the two do you prefer and/or recommend to a relative newbie at this? I'm looking for the least headache route that can do some of the basics that CFengine is supposed to do. I'd even take one with a gui. <grins hugely> Namaskar, 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/ https://nuoar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339