Michael Kimsal wrote:
>
> Although I somewhat agree with the webmin sentiment,
> after having tried to do simple maintenance on a cobalt for someone,
> it seems a real dog for anything outside the normal scope of what
> they want you to do. We needed to edit an httpd.conf file,
> but there doesn't seem to be a way to do it. Ditto for restarting Apache.
> Add a MIME type? No dice.
>
> Webmin is not the slickest interface, but seems to offer a lot of flexibility.
>
> Rather than rewriting something, perhaps you could vounteer to design
> a better interface for existing webmin stuff.
>
> A PHP-based version of webmin would be nice, but it's already a rather
> developed project, and after considering how to do it myself, I realized
> there's a whole hell of a lot of configurations and systems to have to
> consider beyond my few linux distros.
>
> John Huggins wrote:
>
> > You mention a large desire for a good web based administrator. I wonder if
> > there is a version of a web based system administrator available that works
> > like Cobalt, but can be installed on any hosting setup. Have you folks
> > heard of such a thing? I am aware of Webmin, but am not too impressed with
> > it yet.
> >
> > I have toyed with the idea of writing my own. Jamie, what items do you feel
> > must be controllable in a web hosting account administration panel? Yes, we
> > all know the basics, like email, dns, etc. but a bulleted list would be a
> > good start at organizing a development effort.
> >
Ive written something in php - lets you edit your apache, dns email
etc.
But its for qmail/vmailngr and tinydns set up.
It lets the people on my server do all their dns, apache etc without
hassling me about it.
A whole webmin type thing in php would be a real pain.
The interface is useful when you have a large number of domains and want
others to administer them - the people on my server have around 50 +
domains each - so having a web interface for it is actually pretty
quick. For a few domains it's overkill.
at 4php.com there are some screenshots of it. It's not that hard to put
something together similar yourself.
I absolutely hate control panels and have vowed never to touch my code
again. Write one and it will drive you mad.
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