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"It has been a long, long time since I posted on this list. I am not a developer. I don't write code but I do stitch , tape and glue systems together so that they work for companies. I have been off in VoIP land for a few years but am retuning to SME.
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"...Careful consideration at development level allows ordinary, and lazy, users to throw in an e-smith and be confident that it will work just like it says on the tin.
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I am quiet capable ( now) of building any system from scratch but more often that not I throw in an e-smith server
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The reason for this is being demonstrated on this list right now. Careful consideration at development level allows ordinary, and lazy, users to throw in an e-smith and be confident that it will work just like it says on the tin.
   
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That is no mean feat and something that has been happening for a long time here. It takes huge effort to maintain that level of quality and consistency.  
 
That is no mean feat and something that has been happening for a long time here. It takes huge effort to maintain that level of quality and consistency.  
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It removes almost all technical verbiage from the user interface. Add a user, Add a group, Add an ibay. It just works and the user knows nothing about passwd, shadow and shells. No mention of DHCP, DNS and PPTP. Just "remote access"  
 
It removes almost all technical verbiage from the user interface. Add a user, Add a group, Add an ibay. It just works and the user knows nothing about passwd, shadow and shells. No mention of DHCP, DNS and PPTP. Just "remote access"  
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Running setprop from the command line enable me to accurately and quietly set-up a major change on the server and then not activate it until it is all done. This is hugely advantageous in a production environment.
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From e-smith 4.04 onwards it has kicked bottom.
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Will get back on bug tracker.
   
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robert"
 
robert"

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