Hi DD list,
Someone on D-U has a custom-made? RH Webmin modules. He now wants to use
this on Debian. I asked him if he'd like to open source it. He said ok.
So, how does one get a DD to be interested in starting a webmin module
project based on code that is RH specific?
-Kev
----- Forwarded message from Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> -----
From: Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:40:43 -0700
To: Kevin Mark <kmark+debian-user@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: Integrating creating users through WebMin
On 30 Aug, 2004, at 16:49, Kevin Mark wrote:
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>Hash: SHA1
>
>On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 04:32:41PM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
>>
>>On 30 Aug, 2004, at 14:57, Kevin Mark wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 02:53:50PM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
>>>>Currently we have a RedHat 8 server that was a special order to do
>>>>the
>>>
>>>>following:
>>>>When I create a user through WebMin, it automatically creates a
>>>>samba
>>>>user profile for them, and a MailDir for Postfix.
>>>>
>>>>Well, that server is getting old and I can't update samba, for
>>>example,
>>>>without killing it's integration w/WebMin.
>>>>
>>>>So, my question is whether anything similar has been developed under
>>>>Debian. All of our other servers are Debian and I feel more
>>>>comfortable with it.
>>>>
>>>>Curtis
>>>>
>>>Hi C,
>>>if this is webmin modules, could you just 'copy it over' after all
>>>Webmin is written in Perl?!
>>>=Kev
>>>--
>>>
>>I have no idea how they did it, but I know that the entire integration
>>was originally written on a RedHat 7 server. I requested that they
>>put
>>it on my Debian server, but they could not get all the integration to
>>work. So, in the end I asked them to put it on RedHat 8, and even
>>then
>>they had to figure out some issues.
>>
>>Curtis
>Hi Curtis,
>1000 open source eyes may help! if you make it an open source project.
>If its that useful, someone in debian or elsewhere may jump on the
>chance! But that is entirely in your court!
>=Kev
>
I have no problem with that, but I have no idea what I should even do
to even that ball rolling.
Any suggestions?
----- End forwarded message -----
--
(__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature