Re: web-based http password/group manager
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.
Michel.
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