Re: [REDHAT] Webmin

[David Kramer <david thekramers net>]

On Wed, 29 May 2002, Mugleston, Brad wrote:

> There was some talk about Webmin a few days ago.  I looked at it and it
> looks nice but I have a question.
> 
> My setup is working OK and I'm a little gun shy about doing anything after
> my experiences with Linuxconf.   If I start up Webmin will what I have
> change or will it go out and discover what I've already got going and report
> that and let me change that - i.e. does it use the existing files or make up
> it's own.

I feel your pain.  It will end with Webmin.  Let me explain.

You know how much every geek hates the Windows system registry database, 
with all this obscure stuff in it you need special tools to edit?  Well 
linuxconf and yast and all those tools are just one small step away from 
that.  That's why they get out of sync.

>From the webmin home page:
"Webmin consists of a simple web server, and a number of CGI programs 
which directly update system files like /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/passwd".

In other words, they edit the same files you would if you were an 
ubergeek, so there's nothing to get out of sync.  You can use webmin one 
day and edit the files directly the next.

 
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