This must be something that has been fixed. My mistake. At one time, any config file touched by webmin would strip out the comments.
Neil On Thursday 04 January 2007 01:16, Mitchell Brown wrote: > In what way? When I go into the text-editor I still see things with > #'s all over 'em. > > On 1/4/07, Neil Bower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not picking one method or the other, but just wanted to add that Webmin strips > > out any comments that are located within a config file. This may or may not > > be important to people, but if you wish to have the comments in the config > > files available at a later date, then make a back-up of these files before > > firing up Webmin. > > > > Cheers! > > > > Neil > > > > On Wednesday 03 January 2007 15:24, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > > TAB auto complete, screen, vim, tail -f /var/log/somelogfile > > > > > > Webmin cannot compete with this. It is an order of magnitude slower, > > > especially for troubleshooting. > > > > > > Having said that, webmin certainly has its place, but most of the time > > > it gets in the way. > > > > > > Jon wrote: > > > > Great minds... :) > > > > > > > > I disagree that CLI is faster in all cases. I have so many servers now > > > > that it's quite frequently easier to click, click, than it is to ssh, > > > > type, type, type, type, type, type, type. > > > > > > > > However, it took me about a month to even start looking at the GUI > > > > because I was so used to CLI. > > > > > > > > J > > > > > > > > Shawn wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > Neil Bower > > CLUG - http://clug.ca > > Registered Linux User # 323470 > > ( http://counter.li.org ) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > -- > pub 1024D/9091C422 02/05/2006 Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Primary key fingerprint: 812B 94BC EA0D 345A CC1C 2ED9 F7F6 5CCF 9091 C422 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Neil Bower CLUG - http://clug.ca Registered Linux User # 323470 ( http://counter.li.org ) _______________________________________________ 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
