On 7/6/07, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I am looking for system admin tools to replace the laborious -- and > sadly error-prone -- manual editing I've been using up to now. I've got > a Gentoo and an Ubuntu system to administer, both of which are > essentially single-user desktops. > > I worry a bit about tools that mangle existing configurations, or > anything else that might go wrong that I haven't thought of yet. > > So, is anyone using webmin? What's the verdict on this product? > > ++ kevin > > -- > Kevin O'Gorman, PhD I've dabbled with webmin and it does seem fairly stable at what it does. I got shorewall and logrotate up fairly quickly using it; it also let me get a cronjob up really quick without manually mucking around. Lately though I have been editing everything manually with vim rather than using webmin.I'd give it a try and see if you like it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGjm/70PM4px2/kjgRAmMKAJ9JSqy1WgjY/4Ix1Cgcwq4VpCV7jgCffBbX a7eOTYWVIoiUle4JoZVDbKA= =yVys -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Thanks for the feedback. It happens shorewall is the very next thing I want to tackle. Is there anything by way of advice worth giving? I need to find a tutorial to tell me what zones are and so on. I'm suspecting I may end up using webmin (or usermin) to set a given package up in the first place, perhaps going back to vim for tweaks to a working config. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
