[CoLoCo] Webmin???

[Neal McBurnett]

Webmin has not been in any Ubuntu release since at least dapper:

 http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=webmin&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

The server team has run into many problem with webmin, as ubotu will
tell you:

(11:11:53 AM) nealmcb: !webmin

ubotu: webmin is no longer supported in Debian and Ubuntu. It is not
compatible with the way that Ubuntu packages handle configuration
files, and is likely to cause unexpected issues with your system. See
!ebox instead.

(11:11:53 AM) nealmcb: !ebox

ubotu: ebox is a web-based GUI interface for administering a server. It is designed to work with Ubuntu/Debian style configuration management. See the plans for Hardy at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EboxSpec

webmin really doesn't understand debian systems and can change
your config files in ways that make upgrading, etc, pretty dicey.

Ebox in gutsy is not recommended, but should be much better in hardy.
Testing very much welcomed!!!

Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/


On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 10:36:06AM -0600, Jeremy Schroeder wrote:
> I think the one in the repo's was really old, and in the forums and on the
> interwebs its suggested to install from webmin's site.
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> PS I love webmin!
> 
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Joey Stanford <joey at canonical.com> wrote:
> 
>     was taken out for some reason I suspect. Don't know.   I've been
>     installing it by hand lately from the webmin page.
> 
>     On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:
>     > Didn't webmin used to exist in the repos?
>     >
>     >  I can't seem to find it any longer, and so I have been installing it
>     >  allot from the webmin website.  Does anyone here know if there is a
>     >  reason it is not in the repos?