Well done to the unsung heros who produce, manage, update and create third party modules to Webmin.

The newest version is excellent.

Dave

I just LOVE webmin :D

Great, and FREE FREE FREE too :D

Hey did I meantion FREE yet? :D :stickout: :D

Apologies for my ignorance. What's Webmin?

A great control panel...
Not really meant for virtual hosting...
But if you are the only one to control the server - it is perfect...

www.webmin.com

IMHO, it knocks the socks off everything else, including Plesk.

another vote for webmin - yay! such a useful tool, so easy to install, so easy to use, awesome in its scope

Webmin is real true great server administration tool especially when I first started out Linux administration.

What would really be nice is a third party module where a client may administer on himself.

Like Cpanel or Plesk. If Webmin can be done, I'm really very sure that the developer of Webmin can also develop a client-side control panel to it.

I'm sure there will be many other people willing you to support your endeavour.

Webmin is a good product, with lots of functionality. When it works (which is the overwhelming majority of the time) it works very well.

My only concern is that the support for Webmin on the webmin mailing list is a bit spotty at times. As a result, I would recommend that you give webmin a good test before you decide to commit to it.

Down the road, if something doesn't work, you may be up the creek.

The new webwmin rocks!! I join in thanking those responsible for it.

What would you guys think of phpWebmin (Webmin re-wrote into PHP) ?

The majority of its Perl, which is fine with me, perl was ment for jobs like that, not CGI, and works just fine, really PHP wouldn't be my first choice for a backend, now maybe C backend, and a PHP frontend...

Originally posted by The Prohacker
The majority of its Perl, which is fine with me, perl was ment for jobs like that, not CGI, and works just fine, really PHP wouldn't be my first choice for a backend, now maybe C backend, and a PHP frontend...

I would assume that the PHP version would use a MySQL backend?

Originally posted by Relyc


I would assume that the PHP version would use a MySQL backend?


What would you use Mysql for? Its not like a bulletin board that need it, most of the stuff for Webmin would be pulled from .conf files on the server, and the users would be pulled proll from /etc/passwd....

I could see a PHP frontend, for easy customiztion, but I'd want a C backend, for better flexablity......

Indeed a great product, hope their next version is coming out soon. :)

Originally posted by The Prohacker



What would you use Mysql for? Its not like a bulletin board that need it, most of the stuff for Webmin would be pulled from .conf files on the server, and the users would be pulled proll from /etc/passwd....

I could see a PHP frontend, for easy customiztion, but I'd want a C backend, for better flexablity......

I agree about the lack of need for mysql. My big concern about storing the config info in a database is that the .conf files are then overwritten everytime a GUI update to the configuration is made.

The current webmin works with the .conf files directly, using them to store the config info, as it should be. The Cobalt GUI works against the .conf files, it uses the database to store the config info and overwrites the .conf files at will.

In other words, webmin is a GUI that allows me to update the .conf files. With the Cobalt approach, the GUI is a window into the database, and the .conf files are created from the database. Handcrafted tweaks and twiddles are not allowed in the Cobalt model.

Originally posted by AcuNett
Indeed a great product, hope their next version is coming out soon. :)
The current version was released on the 21st of January. What are you waiting for in the next release that you wish for it to ship so soon?

-t

You guys still have yet to answer my question, would you like phpWebmin? What would you like to see in it? What would you not like to see in it?

Originally posted by Zalbag
You guys still have yet to answer my question, would you like phpWebmin? What would you like to see in it? What would you not like to see in it?
Why would you do that?

Why not work on modules for the existing open source project rather than start a new project from scratch?

There are many thousands of hours into Webmin already...

-t

Originally posted by thewitt

Why would you do that?

Why not work on modules for the existing open source project rather than start a new project from scratch?

There are many thousands of hours into Webmin already...

-t


I agree. 'twould be far better to increase the capability, robustness and reliability of webmin, than to divert resources to yet another control panel project.

... and on cobalt-aid.sourceforge.net in PACKAGES you will find WebMin for Cobalt RaQs. VERY useful to get some CONTROL over the RaQ ;)