So, can anybody tell me what sort of programming/technology most control panels work off of ?

Perl ? Java ?

I was thinking of improving upon the control panel that my provider offers... by basically putting in a page "in front" of it... and on that "front page", putting some links to some Perl scripts that perform some missing/much needed functions. And then I could simply FTP/install that on my client's sites (I'm a reseller) in order to improve the product functionality for them.

Whaddaya think ?

Thanks !

Most of them will be either Perl, or Java, or more likely C/C++.

What, no PHP?

That's what ours is developed in, anyway.

LOL I knew I forgot something ;) Yeah, PHP's also a useful language for building CPs.

"then I could simply FTP/install that on my client's sites (I'm a reseller) in order to improve the product functionality for them"


A lot of the cpanel stuff is not just a perl script/c programming.

Remember these scripts must have the access/ability to preform system tasks under the root uid/gid to add users add pops, restart services etc.

Just to add a reminder :).

If the control panel runs on the same box as the sites it's managing, a cron running as root can take care of that. (The control panel can just drop jobs somewhere for the cron to pick up.)

For managing things on a remote server, SSH works like a champ. Just don't let anybody break into the box containing the keys. ;)