Hi Enrique, That is very very helpfull. Thanx.
One remaining question then. Ubuntu is future (there is indeed a lot of news on the site about this). So what will happen if I apt-get install ebox from the ubuntu universe repository? It says that version 0.9.3-0ubuntu9 is currently available there. And what is the timeline for a stable release? and a small one: can the admin jabber account that receives the notifications be a remote one? (eg. a gmail account) rgds from kampala, uganda, reinier battenberg On Tuesday 11 December 2007 11:16:11 Enrique José Hernández Blasco wrote: > El lun, 10-12-2007 a las 17:07 +0300, Reinier Battenberg escribió: > > Hi, > > > > I need to do an assessment of software that can handle a small network with > > about 10 concurrent users. In our office we are currently using smeserver, > > but on all our internet-servers and client machines we use (k)ubuntu. > > > > The current development in the ubuntu area we therefor find very interesting. > > > > As i am on a 64kbps line somewhere in africa, downloading ubuntu server and > > ebox will take me forever, i would like to ask a few questions beforehand: > > > > - The ebox allows for the installation of other software (packages). Would > > that mean you can freely install (for example) apache, mysql and > > mediawiki/joomla/moodle ? > > You may change your source lists and install the software you may need. > Always compatible with Sarge and, in the future, Ubuntu. > > > - Can those applications easily use the LDAP server to authenticate? > > The class object used is 'PosixAccount', I think the standard one. > > > - Can backups be done incremental? or will the backup software copy all of the > > user-files & config every time a backup is ran? > > There are two kinds of backups (both full ones). You can save only the > configuration settings or save some additional data as mail, shared > files, certificates.... > > > - Can backups be sceduled? > > No, currently, it's not implemented at eBox level. > > > - Can updates be sceduled? (Apt & ClamAV & Spamassasin) > > ClamAV downloads new virus signatures and every night Apt does an > update. > > > - Can the admin website & ssh be configured to allow for remote management > > easily? (from within ebox) > > Yeah. > > > - Can admin emails/notifications be sent to external email addresses? > > Currently, these notifications are sent via Jabber. In the future, the > email will be addressed as well. > > > Hope those will generate a lot of one-word-anwsers (as in yes) > > > > thanx for the effort. > > Thanks for choosing eBox and best regards, > > > _______________________________________________ > Ebox-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.warp.es/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user > -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net _______________________________________________ Ebox-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.warp.es/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user
