Graphical admin tools (or the lack thereof)

Posted Dec 4, 2006 11:09 UTC (Mon) by hein.zelle (guest, #33324)
In reply to: Graphical admin tools (or the lack thereof) by tzafrir
Parent article: Review: Linux Administration Handbook, Second Edition

I fully agree, it's the system administrators choice not to install such software. I for one don't see why a secure system couldn't have any other editors installed than vi - unless there are severe space limitations. I personally always install emacs on any server, simply because I make less editing mistakes when modifying important config files. That alone makes it more secure for my server than only having vi installed. The added convenience is a whole extra story.

What is the reasoning behind not installing curses?