On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 20:30, bruce wrote: > however, i wasn't looking at how someone would setup an oscar type of > situation... my issue is what tootls would one use to easily configure a > server/multiple servers... Webmin is probably the the best generic thing. > as far as i can tell.. there are apps that are good at certain functionality > (control panels), nogios, etc... nut you don't have a good comprehensive > tool that would allow someone to easily setup a really good > ftp/webserver/etc.. and know that it's solid... > > linux still requires a great deal of hand/command line functions to make it > work... You might like the 'SME' server distribution found at http://contribs.org. It is about as easy to set up as any system can possibly be. That ease comes at the expense of closely integrating the configuration tools and templates with the underlying programs, so you'll find this distribution has had some problems staying up to date, and because certain concepts are combined for simplicity there may be things that don't work exactly like a more general distribution. However if it does what you want, it really is as easy as answering a few questions in the install and then filling in a few forms with a web interface and you end up with a web, mail, ftp and windows file server and if you want it, an internet gateway and firewall on the same box. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
