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Does anyone know of any good remote server administration programs for RHEL 3.0 that can be accessed via the web?
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ssh
vnc
telnet
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The top one in Kieran's list ;) Don't use the other two if you care about security :P
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thanks, but i should've been more specific in my original post... i know about those 3, but i'm looking for something GUI and web browser based... something just like this: http://www.webmin.com/ but i need to know of some more like this.
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vnc can be secured... and accessed via a browser (java client)

What exactly are you looking to do with said admin program?
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i'm going to be doing most of the administration and that i can do with ssh command line... but other people i'm working with aren't as savvy... they want something GUI and easier to learn than the command line...

Basically everything webmin can do is what i'm looking for... this article summarizes what webmin can do: http://www.freeos.com/articles/2664/ do you know of any other apps like this?
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AFAIK Cpanel does what you want, but it's not free and it's ideally supposed to be installed as part of a clean installation of the distro, not afterwards.
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Why won't you use webmin?
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yea, cpanel and plesk and directadmin are all really intrusive to the linux operating system and takes everything you learn about the structure of the system and throws it out the window... plus they are mostly for reselling of hosting... i'm looking for something that will help me administer a server that has one large application.
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try: http://vhcs.net

Though it's mostly a reseller interface.

Why not webmin and vnc again?
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Personally, if this is for server administration I wouldn't really want people using it who don't know what they're doing. Some basic training could do wonders :)

What does the web-based version need to do? How far does it have to go? Start/stop services? Add/remove users? Change passwords? Change groupings? Change Config files? Fix permissions? Switch run-levels? Change IP/routing information?
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thanks for the help, my boss just gave me word that we're going with webmin, do you guys have any experience with it?
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I used it several years ago... Didn't like it that much then.

I can only hope your boss has experience with webmin... otherwise he just likes making tech decisions on your behalf :?
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It is somewhat easy to use, but it is not as intuitive as one would like.
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