That's the rub, yes. Webmin modules simply put a nice HTML GUI into the various servers installed on a system. While it can apt-get (or yum) for you, in general it's not going to configure a server for you. The knowledge about how various apps should be configured still lies with the user.
One thing that I do like GUIs for is that they frequently expose options that are otherwise unapparent. The Samba webmin module is a good example of a nice module that presents all of the 'obvious' Samba functionality (like Unix/Samba user sync, for example) right in your face. It's good for quick start stuff. J bogi wrote: > I am sure webmin would make an excellent presentation, specially for server > people :-) and i am not sure if this presentation should be a short one or a > long one, i would want to do a longer one, with some main configuration items > well discussed, like web, mail, nfs, samba, and maybe some more ... In my > opinion, the mere existence of webmin , it's installation and initial > configuration would not take a long time, but when you go into the different > elements, and how they work, and spend 7-10 minutes on each, you can easily > make a full presentation from this subject. > > Cheers > Szemir > > On January 3, 2007 12:44, Jon wrote: >> True...I have 20-odd sites running it. Since it supports use-contributed >> modules there's a lot of good stuff available for it. >> >> J >> >> Mitchell Brown wrote: >>> May I also suggest perhaps a brief presentation on Webmin? >>> I'm sure everyone's seen it before (www.webmin.com) but it's a nifty >>> little web based interface for administering... well, almost any >>> aspect of a Linux/BSD/Windows/Mac computer. >>> >>> I highly recommend it. >>> >>> You would most likely not be able to fill an entire night with it >>> though - its extremely easy to setup, yet it does have a plethora of >>> features! >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
