Re: web-based http password/group manager
--- loos <loos@qt1.iq.usp.br> wrote:
> Em Seg, 2005-11-14 às 12:13 +0000, Matt Johnson
> escreveu:
> > --- Alvin Oga <aoga@mail.Linux-Consulting.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > >
> > > > > vi ... takes about 5 seconds bring up the
> files
> > > to add/delete users :-)
> > > >
> > > > Yes, because as we all know vi is really
> web
> > > based. No, really.
> > >
> > > it should be fun to write a front-end to vi to
> make
> > > it look
> > > like a point-n-click thingie ma jig for those
> that
> > > insist on web-based
> > > ( presumably over http or https if they're
> smarter )
> >
> > Others may find themselves in situations that
> differ
> > from yours. I use adduser on my boxes, but I
> > administer servers that sit behind firewalls that
> > *only* allow traffic through port 80. I have no
> > control over the firewall or the decision making
> > process. I use webmin (actually I use webmin ssh
> > module to get a prompt rather than the webmin user
> > module, but that's not my point). Go easy on the
> > judgments, eh?
>
> Well, the firewall designer which allows port 80 and
> not 22 is
> definitively braindead, since he forces you to make
> user/passwd
> operation through an open/visible link.
Yes. I couldn't agree more :)
Although he's probably never heard of Webmin (or ever
sat in front of a linux/unix box). 22 is closed.
--
Matt
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