Web GUI for server administration

[NoOp]

On 05/27/2008 05:09 PM, Onno Benschop wrote:
> On 28/05/08 01:19, Chris Mohler wrote:
>> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Avi Greenbury
>> <avismailinglistaccount at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>> I've been using webmin for years - I had no trouble installing on
>> Hardy Server...
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>   
> webmin is evil and has been removed from both Debian and Ubuntu because
> it does not handle configuration files in the same way that we do.
> 
> ebox is at this time the ubuntu-sever preferred gui.
> 

I don't know about evil, but your response peaked my curiosity...

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/2873
[why was webmin dropped?]

>From what I gather, there was a maintenance issue:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343897

But Webmin seems to have been updated and is at Version 1.420 (25th May
2008):
http://www.webmin.com/changes.html
With a current Debian package.

I've used (and use) Webmin, and quite like it. But given this info, I'll
give ebox a try:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EboxSpec
thanks.