Linuxconf?

[Ben Pfaff]

Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> writes:

> =======================
> 10:58AM  up 48 days, 18:07, 10 users, load averages: 1.39, 1.34, 1.39
> The network is DOWN.  IP address = 0.0.0.0
>     Load configuration      [work] [home] [dialup]
>     Start network using     [eth0/DHCP] [eth0/static] [ppp0]
>     Firewall is INACTIVE.   [activate firewall]
>     SSHD is running.        [stop SSHD] [restart SSHD]
>     Apache is NOT running.  [start Apache]
>     Zope is NOT running.    [start Zope]
>     FTP is NOT running.     [start FTP]
>     NFS is NOT running.     [start NFS]
>     AFS is NOT mounted.     [mount AFS]
> lpd is RUNNING.             [stop lpd]
> APM is ENABLED.             [disable APM]
> Packages updated 2001/03/07             [update packages now]
> Data directory last synced 2001/03/07   [sync data directory now] 
> ========================

Most of those things can be done just by executing scripts in
/etc/init.d, at least on a Debian system, and the others with
ifup/ifdown or apt-get.  I bet you could hack up a utility to do
it in an hour or so.  I haven't seen anything that does exactly
this, but then again I haven't looked.
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