Has anybody looked at the E-smith package? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave @ The Hostworks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 12:34 AM Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] RaQ replacements
> theres a new cheaper, yet really ncie control panel thats been just released > and under developed, www.directadmin.com, its really good, trust me. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Ewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 7:23 PM > Subject: RE: [cobalt-developers] RaQ replacements > > > > > > Interesting information. I notice that you reference > > > majority of concern > > > > with Plesk. Do you have the same feedback about Ensim? > > > > > > When you install Ensim you use their "Ensim Operating System > > > Installer" to > > > install the underlying OS. Which is RedHat-7.3 in their case. > > > When you then > > > install their "WEBppliance Pro for Linux" and the related patches it > > > apparently takes care of the vulnerabilities which exist in > > > the ancient > > > RedHat-7.3 distribution. > > > > > > So in that regards it appears that Ensim takes care of the > > > problem, but I have > > > too little experience with Ensim to judge how thorough their > > > approach is. > > > > I am certainly not an expert with Ensim, however I have a couple of > > boxen running with it - dual P3 servers I built with the intention of > > doing shopping carts and other dynamic sites with. > > > > Truthfully, I like these MUCH better, and feel a lot better about them > > from a security standpoint. Essentially there are about a dozen or so > > rpms you aren't supposed to mess with, but otherwise go for it. I > > manually process the updates, doing a rpm -qa | grep "rpmname" instead > > of up2date. This keeps me out of trouble as the rpms I am supposed to > > leave alone have ensim in their names. Not too much danger of screwing > > up. > > > > Also, I like being able to load it on my own boxes so that I don't have > > to get locked into a specific manufacturer. I use 2U boxes. Their power > > supplies are normal ones you can buy at CompUSA or whereever. Helps me > > sleep a bit better at night with respect to that. > > > > Re: their timeliness, it isn't ALWAYS perfect, however it has been > > CONSIDERABLY better than Sun. Add to that a decent forum/community > > simliar to the Cobalt world, and it works really well. RackShack has a > > great Ensim forum. There are a couple of folks there that really excel. > > Essentially the Staubers, et al of this "world". > > > > Re: WEBppliance Pro, I have heard a lot of complaints about switching > > over to it from the old version, however they really seem to like it > > once they get there. > > > > My experience is very positive so far, and I would never consider > > another Cobalt box (even if they were not EOL), after playing with them. > > Then again, your requisite knowledge of Linux is higher, but still not > > too bad. > > > > HTH. > > Rick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobalt-developers mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobalt-developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers > _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
