we would like to offer automated OScommerce to our clients. Naturally we would prefer this to be 100% automated, so the clients can add it using a button in our admin without having to install anything or have access to mysql etc. Most of our clients are non-techies, and even though osc is pretty easy to work with then this is the best way for us.

Ive seen quite a few hosts offering such services, some via cpanel etc, but others without any standard control panel. Is that made with a standard module of some sort? In that case - which one, and where to get hold of it?

thanks
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no one has done this?

You could write your own script to go out and install the software for the user. You would need to create the database for user and that would need to be done carefully. Basically you need create a GRANT with GRANT id in mySQL so you can create the database. Writing shared scripts is quite tricky and security is one of the biggest concerns. Having mechanisms to do all of this in a secure way is the real value that a commerical control panel adds to software installation.