Re: [gentoo-user] Is webmin a good thing?

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On 7/6/07, Ken <ken69267@×××××.com> wrote:
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> Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > I am looking for system admin tools to replace the laborious -- and
> > sadly error-prone -- manual editing I've been using up to now.  I've got
> > a Gentoo and an Ubuntu system to administer, both of which are
> > essentially single-user desktops.
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> > I worry a bit about tools that mangle existing configurations, or
> > anything else that might go wrong that I haven't thought of yet.
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> > So, is anyone using webmin?  What's the verdict on this product?
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> > ++ kevin
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> > --
> > Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
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> I've dabbled with webmin and it does seem fairly stable at what it does.
> I got shorewall and logrotate up fairly quickly using it; it also let
> me get a cronjob up really quick without manually mucking around. Lately
> though I have been editing everything manually with vim rather than
> using webmin.I'd give it a try and see if you like it.
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Thanks for the feedback.  It happens shorewall is the very next thing I want
to tackle.  Is there anything by way of advice worth giving?  I need to find
a tutorial to tell me what zones are and so on.

I'm suspecting I may end up using webmin (or usermin) to set a given package
up in the first place, perhaps going back to vim for tweaks to a working
config.

++ kevin




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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD