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? > Python has become quite common for sysadmin stuff. Indeed, a lot of RedHat/Fedora (e.g. anaconda, the installer) and Ubuntu tools are really Python scripts. The code is quite readable and usually, there are Python bindings for almost every popular C library. GUI can quickly be made with PyGTK or WxPython. Programming language runtime performance is usually not an issue for sysadmin tasks, since most of the time you r program will have to wait for some disk I/O, a backup tape, etc. > 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. > > -- > Kind Regards > Rudi Ahlers > CEO, SoftDux Hosting > Web: http://www.SoftDux.com > Office: 087 805 9573 > Cell: 082 554 7532 > Peter > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Dott. Peter Hopfgartner R3 GIS Srl - GmbH Via Johann Kravogl-Str. 2 I-39012 Meran/Merano (BZ) Email: peter.hopfgartner at r3-gis.com Tel. : +39 0473 494949 Fax : +39 0473 069902 www : http://www.r3-gis.com