How do I make a YAST or LINUXCONF menu?

[JoJava]

What programming language do look at if I want to create a menu program like YAST or LINUXCONF? I want to be able to SSH into my server and run certain scripts. Any help would be nice. Thanks.

[JasonC]

You can use any language you want. I am confused as to what you are really trying to do.

[JoJava]

Well, I basically want to create a menu I can bring up when I ssh into the server from a Win98 machine. If you look at YAST or LINUXCONF, that is the look I want. What would be the easiest language to creat it in? Is there a site that could walk me through it? Maybe I am asking alot? Thanks for listening.

[roman]

How about just running those programs over ssh, for the frame buffer stuff all you need is a term window.

If you need a graphical environment, run VNC over ssh information on how to do that is at www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html. (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html.)

If you have a bunch of custom scripts that you want to run in a menu format. Try perl/Tk or python with the Tk module. Just use VNC if it is graphical, by far this is the easiest solution and I bet if you worked at it you could a working model in a night.

[MrNewbie]

You might want to check out the program whiptail or the ncurses library, although I'm not totally sure what linuxconf or yast look like.

[JoJava]

Thanks Roman. You pointed me in the direction I needed. Also, I am glad to see someone knows how to pronouce SuSe. I admin a mail server running SuSe 6.0 and I have met Dirk here in Germany. Nice guy.

[EscapeCharacter]

if you are going for the easiest way out you could use the program 'dialog' to make a ncurses looking menu system also. has the same syntax as bash

[ 18 August 2001: Message edited by: EscapeCharacter ]