From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 21 22:23:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: isp@freebsd.org 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 373E716A407 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0AFF43D4C for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:23:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E60D137CF7; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (alexis.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 43230-02; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:23:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id B770D137CE1; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:23:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:23:55 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060921222355.GB43117@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: isp@freebsd.org References: <20060919115031.X66728@beck.quonix.net> <451309F0.8080202@nativenerds.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <451309F0.8080202@nativenerds.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Cc: Subject: Re: control panel software for FreeBSD... X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:23:57 -0000 On Thu, Sep 21, 2006, Ed Stover wrote: >John Von Essen wrote: >> >>I am very new to this control panel thing, but is there anything >>available that runs well on FreeBSD? >> >>Years ago I used webmin, and wasnt very impressed. I need a control >>panel suite to put on a FreeBSD box that is doing web/email hosting for >>a customer. User needs to be able to create new unix users, new email >>accounts, reset passwords, etc.,. I would recommend taking a fresh look at webmin and its virtualmin and usermin modules as they have improved quite a bit over the last few years. While not perfect (I hate their perl coding style :-), it's been my experience that they do the job well enough to satisfy most people who can't handle a command line. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Systems, Inc. UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``Things in our country run in spite of government. Not by aid of it!'' Will Rogers