-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The problem with webmin though is that while the graphical interface is convenient, you STILL need to know what you are doing with the underlying server. With samba, if you enter something for the directory mask and get this wrong, you'll either not be able to access your shares, or the security will be too open. But this is a Samba problem, not a webmin problem.
So, after you go through the trouble of learning how to deal with your service, you quickly find webmin more gets in your way than helps you. THe time it takes to open a browser, navigate to webmin, login, make the changes, save the changes - this adds a delay. If you understand your service that well, it's so much faster to just edit the text file in question, without the network lag of a web browser. And if you end up editing the config files directly because you now know enough to do so, then why do you need webmin?? :) I'm not saying "don't use webmin", but showing that webmin is but a stepping stone in the path of server knowledge. On the other hand, seeing as webmin allows direct configuration of your servers, you need to take precautions to ensure it is not accessible to unauthorized folks. It should never be made accessible outside the local network - unless you know what your doing with the security side of it. Just a thought. Shawn Jon wrote: > 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFnBG82B6Swl9qN24RAnhfAKC7HaSWcnrbIKk2fK/5WTsHrluDrACeKAvN eZ1sM93Oc4fix3OXLK6bJI4= =6zvZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
