+1 for webmin. Great tool. It allows you to control multiple servers via one control panel as well, which is kool. You can also find plugins for it to do just about any type of management you'd need.
Installation is super simple, and I'd actually recommend you download the latest, even if the linux distro you use comes with it. If you've got the time to update as updates come out (that is the main benefit I've found to using distro-bundled packages: you can use yast or yum to update them, vs. manually tracking when new versions come out, etc..). The down side to "distribution managed installs" is that most distros take a while to get the latest patches/versions of the software "incorporated", so to speak. But at least you can't forget to manually keep track of what packages need updating. Just run that yum (it rhymed) or... quick, fast, power up yast...2. I'm a poet, I know. My words are like pure ambrosia, nectar of the gods. :d -- To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard On 9/13/06, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Executables are usually not a problem... although if they are around and > they have security holes... > > In general, unless you're using linux as a desktop, I've never found a need > for X-Windows. Most programs need to be installed from the command line > anyway. > > Servers run a lot more stable and faster without any sort of GUI present. > This is one of the reasons that linux beats the pants off of windows. > > Webmin is more then enough and plesk makes things too easy for my taste. > Plesk also doesn't give you as much control as webmin does. > > You should probably get a semi-dedicated box to play around with, get it > with webmin if possible (if not the installation if fairly simple as far as > I remember). > > Then start playing around with it through ssh, and learn the commands. > Maybe pick up a linux book somewhere. My favorite flavor is Redhat, but I > haven't really played around with other flavors, so perhaps someone can > chime in here. > > Russ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:58 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Linux webserver > > > > On Wednesday 13 September 2006 14:21, Jake Churchill wrote: > > > You could always install it and default the system to run level 3 > > > > This still leaves the executables around though, of course. > > > > -- > > Tom Chiverton > > Helping to appropriately reinvent world-class channels > > > > **************************************************** > > > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England > > and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address > > is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members > > is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a > > partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. > > Regulated by the Law Society. > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and > > may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee > > you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor > > copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee > > of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error > > please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. > > > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:253057 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
