GUI for vsftpd.conf?

[Jimmey]

Would it be a smart idea to write a GUI for the vsftpd.conf? If it is, why's no-one else done it? If it's not, why not?

[RememberPOL]

Maybe cause we're all as lazy as you?
:KS

[cudjoe]

There is one tool for KDE: kvsftpdmanager

Making such a GUI is not complicated, but does it really make sense ?
The debate is about spending time on making GUIs for admins, instead of polishing GUIs for end-users...

[Asham]

Maybe cause we're all as lazy as you?
:KS
:lolflag:

[skullmunky]

There is one tool for KDE: kvsftpdmanager

Making such a GUI is not complicated, but does it really make sense ?
The debate is about spending time on making GUIs for admins, instead of polishing GUIs for end-users...

It's a good question, and I guess speaks to why there are no (or few) GUI's for a lot of admin-ish tasks, particularly with things like setting up servers and daemons. But there's a 3rd group besides users and admins: people who have to do admin-ish things, but not that often. Myself, for example. I write code almost every day of my life. I set up a vsftpd about once a year, usually for home networking because it's the quickest, most basic way to move files around in a 3+ OS environment. I set up apache maybe twice a year, netatalk probably once or twice a year, nfs and yp about once every two years ... etc. Point being, sure, I can do everything by config files, but there's only so much you can keep in your head at once, so it always takes forever because you have to re-read all the man pages. :)


Hence a gui for all of those would be nice.

Oh, and therefore +1 for lazy for me too.