On Nov 11, 2007 9:29 AM, Eric B. <ebenze at hotmail.com> wrote: > "Barry Brimer" <lists at brimer.org> wrote in > message news:Pine.LNX.4.61.0711102120060.25289 at localhost.localdomain... > >> Hi, > >> > >> I was wondering if anyone knew of a solid, reliable Open Source > >> equivalent > >> of Cpanel/Plesk that I can run on my CentOS boxes. I've done some > >> searching > >> around and find a bunch of them which seem to have stopped or stalled > >> development, but I am figuring that there has got to be a strong market / > >> demand for something out there. > >> > >> Is anyone using something secure, solid and complete? I don't need > >> something for users to sign up themselves online, but would like > >> something > >> to give them abilities to administer their own domains. I am more than > >> happy to move my entire existing mail server and accounts to something > >> new > >> if I can give my users this ability. > > > > Webmin/Virtualmin/Usermin <http://www.webmin.com> > > Emu <http://www.emusoftware.com/> > > > Thanks for the links. I had already looked at Webmin, but after doing more > research on it, ppl seemed to think it could be a security leak. > cpanel, webmin, vnc etc are ALL security leaks. The issue is mitigating and managing the Security problem so that you can accomplish your project. Personally I have spent a lot of time cleaning up vnc, cpanel, and webmin systems because people didn't take that time to figure out what could be a problem and how to handle it. I prefer not to use them or give them to people who aren't aware of the risks and have a plan to deal with those risks. > I had never heard of Emu / NetDirector though, and after looking around at > the site and the demos, I must say I am extremely impressed by it. I also > like the fact that it is OS Java based. My only concern, however, is that I > can't seem to find any community support for it. Does that mean there is no > install base? Sourceforge mailing lists have no activity and no one on > them, as do the SourceForge forums. Do you know if there are other forums > or mailing lists that are used by the community for this? > > Thanks! > > Eric > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"