Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread John
I do not want to start a flam war, but what are the thoughts on using webmin as a tool to administer postfix (+ dovecot, but that is outside this group). TIA John Allen -- "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 26.08.2011 19:28, schrieb John: > I do not want to start a flam war, but what are the thoughts on using webmin > as a tool to administer postfix (+dovecot, but that is outside this group) missing knowledges, inwilling to learn and the naive hope a GUI which is hiding complex things behind som

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread Wietse Venema
John: > I do not want to start a flam war, but what are the thoughts on using > webmin as a tool to administer postfix (+ dovecot, but that is outside > this group). The following is not specific to GUIs, but applies to any program that automatically parses and updates configuration. Be careful

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread John
My initial thought was to save my existing config, then use webmin to build a config and compare the two. if they are miles apart then drop the idea. Part of my reasoning here is that I am getting old and I need to farm out some of my work, most of the people that I have been asked to look at a

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread Glenn English
On Aug 26, 2011, at 11:28 AM, John wrote: > what are the thoughts on using webmin as a tool to administer postfix Webmin saved my life when I started (about 10 years ago) to put a computer on the Internet. I used it not only as a tool to admin stuff, but as a tool to understand the configurati

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread Steffan A. Cline
John, I use Virtualmin to handle my configs and it works extremely well and have had no issues. A couple clicks and everything is all done for you. Manually configuring all these things that Virtualmin does for you would take far longer. Of course, if it's a single user/domain situation, Virtualmi

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 26.08.2011 19:56, schrieb Reindl Harald: > > > Am 26.08.2011 19:28, schrieb John: >> I do not want to start a flam war, but what are the thoughts on using webmin >> as a tool to administer postfix (+dovecot, but that is outside this group) > > missing knowledges, inwilling to learn and the na

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread /dev/rob0
[ Please do not top-post your replies. Top-posting fixed. ] On Friday 26 August 2011 13:18:54 John wrote: > > Wietse: > > John: > >> I do not want to start a flam war, but what are the thoughts on > >> using webmin as a tool to administer postfix (+ dovecot, but > >> that is outside this group

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread Miles Fidelman
Robert Schetterer wrote: Am 26.08.2011 19:56, schrieb Reindl Harald: Am 26.08.2011 19:28, schrieb John: I do not want to start a flam war, but what are the thoughts on using webmin as a tool to administer postfix (+dovecot, but that is outside this group) missing knowledges, inwilling to lear

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-26 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.08.2011 00:43, schrieb Miles Fidelman: > Robert Schetterer wrote: >> Am 26.08.2011 19:56, schrieb Reindl Harald: >>> >>> Am 26.08.2011 19:28, schrieb John: I do not want to start a flam war, but what are the thoughts on using webmin as a tool to administer postfix (+dovecot,

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-27 Thread Steve Fatula
> My initial thought was to save my existing config, then use webmin to build a  > config and compare the two. if they are miles apart then drop the idea. > Part of my reasoning here is that I am getting old and I need to farm out > some > of my work, most of the people that I have been asked to

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-27 Thread David Touzeau
Take a look here http://www.artica.fr/index.php/screenshots Open Source solution. Tried to perform Complex settings such has multiples postfix instances Postfix upgrade by compilation supported Can act has mailbox server Load balancing and PowerDNS support. LDAP and ActiveDirectory support PostSc

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-08-31 Thread weber
Artica seems not any more under develpment since 2009 Last Changes was 2009 On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:33:34 +0200, David Touzeau wrote: Take a look here Open Source solution. Tried to perform Complex settings such has multiples postfix instances Postfix upgrade by compilation supported

Re: Webmin as an admin tool?

2011-09-01 Thread David Touzeau
2 releases per month latest is 01-09-2011 http://www.artica.fr/forum/viewforum.php?f=11 Le mercredi 31 août 2011 à 15:30 +0200, we...@zackbummfertig.de a écrit : > Artica seems not any more under develpment since 2009 > Last Changes was 2009 > > On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:33:34 +0200, David