> -----Original Message----- > From: bruce [mailto:bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 9:31 PM > To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases'; 'Erik Hemdal' > Subject: RE: managing servers... > > appreciate the info... > > 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... > Yes, I didn't think you were going down the OSCAR road, and I was a bit wondering how it came up. > 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... > I think that's right. > i'm envisioning an open source kind of app that combines > functionality of the control panel (cpanel/plesk/etc..) with > what's going on at sourcelabs... > with the ability to mangage the network.. and all of this fro > a gui kind of interface.. > I recall using integrated apps for system management (SMIT on AIX, SAM on HP-UX, etc.) but I have not seen any all-in-one apps/system/network tool for all the "usual server suspects" one might want. That would be a cool thing. Erik