Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:46:29 -0400
Le August 25, 2008, Stephen Liu a écrit :
> That is what I usually did installing a bare server OS on a PC and run
> a workstation or a LiveCD on another box to configure the server
> remotely. Because I need a GUI browser searching Internet in case of
> problem. Text browser doesn't help much. Additionally I need a text
> editor (usually GUI) copying down all steps performed for reference in
> case of problem on configuring the server. "script" does not help me
> much because it records codes difficult to read. Running "col" to
> clean it is not 100% perfect.
>
> Later to overcome running 2 boxes doing one job, I install X packages
> including, a light weight desktop, such as flux, etc., leafpad (GUI
> text editor), roxfiler (file manager), etc. (all light weight packages)
> on the server. But it needs additional work. Is there any suggestion?
> TIA
I'm not sure I understand why you couldn't administer the host remotely, using
an SSH client. I've never had to resort to install X packages on a
Linux-VServer host, nor on any other Linux server, physical or virtual. My
workstation runs a graphical desktop of course and it's all that I need. All
the servers I manage are headless and only need network and power cables.
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Nicolas Cadou
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