Re: Webmin

Michael Kimsal wrote: > > Although I somewhat agree with the webmin sentiment, > after having tried to do simple maintenance on a cobalt for someone, > it seems a real dog for anything outside the normal scope of what > they want you to do. We needed to edit an httpd.conf file, > but there doesn't seem to be a way to do it. Ditto for restarting Apache. > Add a MIME type? No dice. > > Webmin is not the slickest interface, but seems to offer a lot of flexibility. > > Rather than rewriting something, perhaps you could vounteer to design > a better interface for existing webmin stuff. > > A PHP-based version of webmin would be nice, but it's already a rather > developed project, and after considering how to do it myself, I realized > there's a whole hell of a lot of configurations and systems to have to > consider beyond my few linux distros. > > John Huggins wrote: > > > You mention a large desire for a good web based administrator. I wonder if > > there is a version of a web based system administrator available that works > > like Cobalt, but can be installed on any hosting setup. Have you folks > > heard of such a thing? I am aware of Webmin, but am not too impressed with > > it yet. > > > > I have toyed with the idea of writing my own. Jamie, what items do you feel > > must be controllable in a web hosting account administration panel? Yes, we > > all know the basics, like email, dns, etc. but a bulleted list would be a > > good start at organizing a development effort. > > Ive written something in php - lets you edit your apache, dns email etc. But its for qmail/vmailngr and tinydns set up. It lets the people on my server do all their dns, apache etc without hassling me about it. A whole webmin type thing in php would be a real pain. The interface is useful when you have a large number of domains and want others to administer them - the people on my server have around 50 + domains each - so having a web interface for it is actually pretty quick. For a few domains it's overkill. at 4php.com there are some screenshots of it. It's not that hard to put something together similar yourself. I absolutely hate control panels and have vowed never to touch my code again. Write one and it will drive you mad.