Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:19:53 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Re: WebAdmin (was: RE: /usr/src/release/sysinstall needs YOU. :-)) Message-ID: <199801300249.NAA00909@word.smith.net.au>
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Subject: Re: WebAdmin (was: RE: /usr/src/release/sysinstall needs YOU. :-))
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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:19:53 +1030
From: Mike Smith <mike@word>
> OK. Enough goading. :-)
OK. 8) I saved this mesasge because it's a good place to start
plugging Juliet again. 8)
> I don't feel qualified enough to start down this path alone. There
> are a lot of nontrivial security issues to deal with, and a lot of
> nontrivial configuration issues to deal with, too.
This becomes easier when you layer the security issues. I would stop
worrying about them for starters.
> Here are a few things I'd like to see in a web-based admin tool:
> - DNS administration
> - user config
> - NFS config
> - mounting
> - mirroring
Each of these can be considered in two parts; the backend which
manipulates the current configuration "database", and the frontend
which provides the window-dressing for the user.
The backend for any of the above can be trivially implemented as a
module inside the juliet framework. The frontend is up to the HTML
people out there. 8)
> - apache config (?)
> - samba config (admin-loadable module? :-) )
Modules can come from anywhere, even packages.
> - lynx friendly
This is an issue for frontend design. It means that you need to rule
out any client-side smarts at all in the frontend.
> - config replication (act like that machine there)
LDAP makes this *very* easy.
> - ports management
That's really just another module.
> My questions to -hackers at large would be:
> - any other admin type things that should be included?
> - any other security issues that should be considered?
> - ideas for extensibility?
>
> Hopefully I should have something started in a few weeks.
Please don't start until you've looked at what's already on the table;
it'd be nice to coordinate things. I'd suggest subscribing to -config
and brawling it out there where it's meant to be.
> Rhythm deficient bassist for Necessity & the Mothers of Invention
Argh. More musicians. 8)
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