"skeezics" == Chris Lamb skeezics@measurecast.com writes:
Why would you want this type of solution instead of/in addition to FilerView?
skeezics> Some of us old die-hard command-line guys have never used skeezics> FilerView. I personally think the whole GUI/WWW thing is a skeezics> fad. :-)
Nevermind that FilerView isn't going to help much if 1) you're connecting through a dumb terminal over 9600baud modem or 2) need to get to the serial prompt or 3) don't have access to a windoze box.
Despite the abundance of Microsoft product, not everyone uses them.
skeezics> More importantly, if the network is hosed on a machine the skeezics> serial console is still a way to unwedge things. Upgrading skeezics> IPFilter or SSH or renumbering a machine without a reboot is skeezics> kinda cool - you can "ifconfig down" to your heart's content skeezics> without sawing off the branch you're sitting on. :-)
That, too... taking down the interface you're connecting through can make for a long evening. ;-)
K.