From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Aug 1 21:51:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A1FC37B400 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spooky.eis.net.au (spooky.eis.net.au [203.12.171.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60C3A43E4A for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:51:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ernie@spooky.eis.net.au) Received: from spooky.eis.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spooky.eis.net.au (8.12.5/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g724pJ2D015928 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:51:19 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from ernie@spooky.eis.net.au) Received: (from ernie@localhost) by spooky.eis.net.au (8.12.5/8.12.3/Submit) id g724pJrK015927 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:51:19 +1000 (EST) From: Ernie Elu Message-Id: <200208020451.g724pJrK015927@spooky.eis.net.au> Subject: Re: GUI based hosting server revisited To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:51:19 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20020802002229.D491@trot> from "George Georgalis" at Aug 02, 2002 12:22:29 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 01:06:09PM +1000, Ernie Elu wrote: > >Two years ago I posed a question in this list: > > > > Is there any software around that will turn a FreeBSD system into a hosting > > server like a Cobalt Raq or Qube style system? > > > > I am looking for something so that helpdesk people can manage the addition > > of domains, websites etc. and the customer can get reports and manage their > > email system, extra boxes, vacation messages, forwading etc. all from a > > browser driven interface. > > > > - Ernie. > > > > > >I got a few suggestions the best were http://www.plesk.com and > >http://www.zeus.co.uk but neither of those do exactly what the Cobalt does > >from a clients perspective, specifically the /siteadmin stuff. > > > > http://www.webmin.com/ > > "The best supported systems at the moment are Solaris, Linux (Redhat in > particular) and FreeBSD." > > // George > I tried webmin and usermin, they are great but too much for end users to handle even when you trim down the visible options, remember they are use to the glossy simple Cobalt GUI. - Ernie. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message