Very Computer

by **Mongoos** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Has anyone used the system administration program Webmin?
http://www.webmin.com/webmin/
I got this and thought it was a pretty good project. This was along
the lines of the same project I was going to start, but decided not to
since this was pretty much the same program I was going to do. But the
thing is, I havn't seen many people use this. I've asked around about
these types of programs but no one has ever mentioned it. Does anyone
have any opinions on it?

by **Don Heffern** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

I use SSL Webmin for my home system. Works fine, but I am no
sysadmin. Frankly, at the time I set it up I didn't know how to
setup secure shell at home and work and Webmin was a simple option
that allowed me to use my browser from work.

Don

> Has anyone used the system administration program Webmin?
>http://www.webmin.com/webmin/
>I got this and thought it was a pretty good project. This was along
>the lines of the same project I was going to start, but decided not to
>since this was pretty much the same program I was going to do. But the
>thing is, I havn't seen many people use this. I've asked around about
>these types of programs but no one has ever mentioned it. Does anyone
>have any opinions on it?

Don Heffernan
heffernan.cais.net

by **Prasanth Kuma** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> Has anyone used the system administration program Webmin?
> http://www.webmin.com/webmin/
> I got this and thought it was a pretty good project. This was along
> the lines of the same project I was going to start, but decided not to
> since this was pretty much the same program I was going to do. But the
> thing is, I havn't seen many people use this. I've asked around about
> these types of programs but no one has ever mentioned it. Does anyone
> have any opinions on it?

I think Caldera is switching to webmin as their primary sysadmin gui
program.
I've never used it personally but it seems to look nicer than linuxconf
on
Redhat.

--
Prasanth Kumar

by **Jim Ros** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Quote:> Has anyone used the system administration program Webmin?
> http://www.webmin.com/webmin/
> I got this and thought it was a pretty good project. This was along
> the lines of the same project I was going to start, but decided not to
> since this was pretty much the same program I was going to do. But the
> thing is, I havn't seen many people use this. I've asked around about
> these types of programs but no one has ever mentioned it. Does anyone
> have any opinions on it?

I like it.
Then again the problem for me is anything web-based also seems a little
ugly, clunky, and slow, like webmail.

It's killer when you need it, but not my prefered my to do things. It would
actually seem better to run it on 100 client machines than
using it for a server since I can sit at my machine and tweak anything on a
remote lab machine without leaving my chair. In fact even
remotely reboot, which would scare someone if they were using it. :>

Too bad all client machines where I work run NT.
I agree though as the Linux desktop tools are that great and VB is a must.

Jim