Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:56:16 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@icsmx.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WEBMIN: Use it or Not? Message-ID: <20020313135616.A86405@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020313123947.01f35e30@icsmx.com>; from jbiquez@icsmx.com on Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 12:41:42PM -0600 References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020313123947.01f35e30@icsmx.com>
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 12:41:42PM -0600, Jorge Biquez wrote: > Hello all. > > I'd like to hear your comments on this. > Today a new guy in the Tech area commented during the coffee break about > that in his last job he administered all the ISP services using Webmin > without any problems. Another guy, a purist one, says that Webmin has LOT > of problems and that to run all the services here you have to know the > "deepest side" of them and forget about Webmin. > I have been playing for a while with Webmin on non production machines with > success but I'm a newbie. I feel that if you configure simple things, > Webmin is a nice tool and can help you to solve simple problems. > > What do you guys think about this ? > > Thanks in advance for all your comments. > > JB > It's my opinion that anyone who could be considered a system administrator should know how to do this stuff by hand, at least for commonly used software (MTA, DNS, etc.) I think Webmin and the like are usable tools for quick jobs, or people who don't administer machines as their primary job. Someone on site should be able to do it by hand, though. Then again, I've been using *NIX for years and using tools like this leaves me with a dirty feeling. Learning to do it by hand has been worth it in every case. mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE AN INVIGORATING SPRING TOMATO STORM, EH!" - Pokey the Penguin from "A SPRING TOMATO STORM" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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