On 2016-04-11 22:27, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> I'm transitioning some machines to SL7.x from ancient
> RHEL 5.x.  I am encountering selinux, firewalld, systemd,
> and other command-line configured tools, which produce
> many little disconnected XML files, rather than the
> /etc configuration files I am used to.
>
> I put lots of comments with observations, intent, hints,
> helpful webpages, and other useful information in my
> config files, and use those comments to get up to speed
> years later, when I repair or upgrade those files.
> This is difficult to do with the *d command-line tools.
>
> I would expect there would be something like a "dodo"
> command, pronounced "dew-dew" (*), an abbreviation for
> "documented do".  This would help document every sudo,
> timed and in context with every other dodo, per
> subsystem and in sequence.  Syntax errors would be
> treated separately, FMM(**) corrections aided.
>
> This seems like an obvious help tool for sysadmin using
> the new config-file-free tools, so it probably exists.
> What is it called?  If it does not exist, would someone
> please earn fame and fortune by writing it?

Hi Keith,

Not quite what you're asking for but if you sudo echo some text, then I 
think that will end up in the log along with whatever other commands you 
run so might serve as a comment?

Cheers, Dave

> Keith
>
> (*) dodo pronounced "dew-dew" indicates cognoscenti
> who've got their s**t together.  Pronounced "doe-doe",
> like the extinct flightless bird, indicates a clueless
> newbie.  I hope this is an additional incentive to
> snarky tool writers to write this for me.

Shurely shome mishtake? It should be doh-due :)