On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to spend some time learning a new coding language, but > > specifically for server side admin stuff, i.e. setting up users / > databases > > / FTP accounts / virtual domains on Apache, etc. > > > > I already know PHP, but realize it's not quite suited for this kind of > > admin, and I suppose I need to look @ PERL / Python / C++ / Ruby? / > others? > > > > Can someone give me some pointers on this? > > > > I basically need to write a control panel, with web access for admins to > > manage servers, similar to what cPanel / WebMin / Plesk / etc does right > > now, but something more customized for our needs. > > I can't help thinking that you are just about to repeat all the security > mistakes those other tools have spent years correcting and that you'd be > much better off using one of the existing tools or making minor mods. > > Having said that, it's really about time for someone to tackle this in > java - perhaps with most of the details in a backend LDAP database. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Hi Les, while I understand where you're coming from, I don't quite agree with you. A programming language doesn't make security mistakes, the coder does :) What I'm looking for, is which programming language will be best, i.e. fastest. My OS of choice would be CentOS, but even then that won't make a difference either. I can do most of this in PHP, but I do think PHP is a bit slow for this, being a scripting language, and not a compiled language. LDAP can / would but be one component of the whole thing, and I'm not very fond of JAVA, since it's rather slow. Ideally I need something which could interact with the OS layer directly -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090614/eed64693/attachment-0005.html>