02-18-2008
No root access, no management
To my opinion you cannot manage a box without root access. So I have root access to all boxes I'm responsible for, both AIX (approx. 25), physical RHEL (approx. 80) and virtual (vm) RHEL (approx 120).
We are using both sudo (no direct root access) and direct root access. We are moving away from direct root access and moving towards sudo root access. Although I'm not convinced that this is safer, I'm very much in favor of this method.
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config::model::approx
Config::Model::Approx(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Config::Model::Approx(3pm)
NAME
Config::Model::Approx - Approx configuration file editor
SYNOPSIS
use Config::Model ;
my $model = Config::Model -> new ( ) ;
my $inst = $model->instance (root_class_name => 'Approx');
my $root = $inst -> config_root ;
$root->load("distribution:multimedia=http://www.debian-multimedia.org") ;
$inst->write_back() ;
DESCRIPTION
This module provides a configuration model for Approx. Then Config::Model provides a graphical editor program for /etc/approx/approx.conf.
See config-edit-approx more help.
This module and Config::Model can also be used from Perl programs to modify safely the content of /etc/approx/approx.conf.
Once this module is installed, you can run:
# config-edit-approx
The Perl API is documented in Config::Model and mostly in Config::Model::Node.
Functions
These functions are declared in Approx configuration models and are called back.
read (object => approx_root>, io_handle => ...)
Read approx.conf and load the data in the "approx_root" configuration tree.
write (object => approx_root>, io_handle => ...)
Write data from the "approx_root" configuration tree into approx.conf.
AUTHOR
Dominique Dumont, (ddumont at cpan dot org)
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2009 Dominique Dumont.
This file is part of Config-Model-Approx.
Config-Model-Approx is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Config-Xorg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
along with Config-Model; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
SEE ALSO
config-edit-approx, Config::Model,
perl v5.12.3 2011-06-30 Config::Model::Approx(3pm)