Webmin? Good, Bad, Ugly?

[NoOp]

On 07/21/2007 03:09 PM, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
> Damien Hull wrote:
>> Is Webmin good, bad or just damn ugly?
>> 
>> I would like others opinions. I use Webmin for all my linux servers. I 
>> know I should be using the command line. However, I work with a lot of 
>> people that are new to Linux. They don't know anything about the CLI.
>> 
>> Other Questions:
>> 
>>     * Is Webmin a good thing for new Linux users ( server side not
>>       workstation )?
>>     * Is there another option?
>> 
>> All suggestions / opinions are welcome.
> 
>      I'm a fan; it does good work, especially when you need to fiddle 
> with something you've never really dealt with before; like squid.  It 
> can make a reasonable 'default' config file that the service can 
> understand, until you get time to.  I've never had it mess up a service, 
> unlike, for instance, LinuxConf.
> 
>      It does have a security footprint, though: I've not dwelt on the 
> details, but it's something you'd want to use inside the firewall, with 
> no external access, unless you don't trust your users.
> 
>      But being able to hand off certain functions to part-time admins, 
> like in the case of someone needing to edit /etc/aliases, it's a great 
> tool.  I believe the repos don't have it by default, due to the security 
> concern.
> 
>      I suppose it's a conditional thumbs-up.
> 
> 

+1

Being new at setting up an Ubuntu server Webmin has been a lifesaver &
an excellent learning tool for me. It's helped me learn the
interfaces/processes, file locations, etc., and then when I do use
command line I have a better understanding of what I'm actually changing
& how. I've installed it on my 4 other test systems & internal test
workstations as well. However, the first thing that I do is change the
default port from 10000 to something less obvious & well known. And, of
course I've also broken a few things with Webmin along the way :-)

Disclaimer: all of the above are in my own private firewalled test
environment. I've not attempted to use it outside of that environment.