[ale] webmin or not?

[Wolf Halton]

I used it on loopback access only on a couple of machines 8 or 9 years
ago.  It is a good learning tool in some ways.

Wolf Halton

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On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
wrote:

> I'm with Brian.  I've been using Linux for a long time and there are times
> I use the command line to adminster things and sometimes I just want the
> simplicity of a GUI.  Virtualmin/Webmin have come a long ways and provide
> most of what I want in a GUI.  A complaint voiced by the uninformed Ubuntu
> crowd (don't mention webmin on IRC) is that it puts files in a non-standard
> place.  That was true in the beginning, but now it follows the normal
> conventions of Ubuntu.
>
> Jim.
>
> On 08/12/2014 04:04 PM, Brian Schenken wrote:
>
>> I'll toss in my +1 for Webmin.  It's very handy for setting up cron jobs,
>> firewall rules, etc. when you can't be arsed to memorize syntax you don't
>> often use.  The service configuration tools will generally give you easy
>> access to most options, and can usually read and preserve any custom
>> settings you have in place.
>>
>> It's definitely not a tool to give to untrusted end users, but it's great
>> for admins.  I've used it for many years on many servers and it's been
>> good
>> to me - and I've watched it getting better as it's been polished over the
>> years.
>>
>>
>>
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