> Hi. > > I have just tried "comanche3-0b4" the apache config gui and it sucks..., > just wanted you all to know this.
I haven't tried comanche since I setup my first apache server, which was a looooong time ago (in the days of Netscape 3 and IE 2!). I thought it might be worth something in a few years, but then I learnt how to use a text editor (which was easier ;-)). > Maybe the redhat 9 apache2 config gui > is slightly better, or just works better? > Some of the RH9 GUIs aren't bad, but are way too limiting (especially their samba one!). The authentication ones aren't bad. > (just wanted to try and be innovative for 9.2;)) Oden, I really think you need to look at libconf, and give your input on what a GUI for Apache needs to do. I have started giving Dams some ideas for samba. libconf has a "template" (templates are regex's telling libconf how to parse the config file) for Apache, but no GlueConf yet (maps config file type to filename and a few other things). Have a look on the Wiki under the Development Task. I will see if I can adjust the simple UI Dams sent me (about two pages of perl) and the Samba GlueConf to Apache so you can see what it looks like, but in the meantime, install: http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/libconf/unstable.pkg/0.19/perl-Libconf-0.19-1mdk.i586.rpm (or rebuild the srpm from http://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=libconf if you want) Then, run perl on this file: http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/cooker/smbconfig (you need a /etc/samba/smb.conf for this) It's a very basic prototype Dams sent me, just to show how libconf can be used, and I am trying to use it to work on a template and Glueconf file for ldap, and then maybe Kerberos (kerberos uses the same type of config file as samba). Take a look, and I think if everyone who knows what a regex is can bash on libconf a bit and contribute some templates/GlueConf, we can probably get something useable quite soon ... If I had more perl experience .... (Dams, hope you don't mind me evangelising libconf a bit .. I think it rocks from what I have seen so far) Regards, Buchan
