Keep watch over your server system with Webmin
Steady Hand
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Every leading Linux distribution offers some kind of built-in GUI management tool, but the world still has room for a flexible, distribution-independent tool like Webmin.
Webmin [1] is a web-based interface for system administration of Unix-like systems. The first part of this tutorial explains what Webmin is and when and why you might want to use it. The second part describes how to set up Webmin and use it for some basic administration tasks. Finally, I'll show you some advanced Webmin features.
If you want to configure your Linux computers in the best possible way or be able to rescue them when something goes wrong, there are no shortcuts: You need to know the basics of the command line and understand how to edit shell scripts and configuration files manually. However, just because you use the command line doesn't mean you like it, and this is where interfaces like Webmin can help.
Of course, if Webmin were nothing more than a mouse-first version of some system administrations utilities, it would be much less useful now than when it first appeared. These days, every desktop-oriented Linux distribution provides a suite of graphical management tools. However, Webmin still provides some benefits for today's networks.
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