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From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Sun Jan 10 19:23:49 1999

At 06:43 PM 09-01-99 +1030, Computer Room Internet Cafe wrote:

>Ok, as a (currently) AIX deprived person, might I ask WTH is SMIT please?

SMIT = System Management Integration Tool

Basically a menu based system to do Unix sysadmin type things without
editing the usual Unix files. First major problem for any new AIX sysadmin
who had Unix experience - DO NOT EDIT THE FILES - you _must_ use SMIT. If
you edit the files things work until the next reboot when most
configuration files get recreated out of the ODM (Object Data something
mumble).

I'm sure if you moved from a mainframe world to AIX you'd find SMIT useful,
I just found it a hindrance to getting things done - you had to turn off
your Unix brain to manage AIX.

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