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The smart administrator is one who knows when to share the load. It can be very nice to find all the functions you need in one convenientlocation, but what about access to other servers? If you have other Webminservers on your network, Webmin can scan for them and provide access from theWebmin Servers menu just click on Broadcast for Servers if thehosts are local to your network if not, specify the subnet and click Scanfor Servers. It's a great way to stay on top ofchanges, particularly when security is an issue and when isn'tsecurity an issue? Speaking of which, you can define what addresses are allowedto access Webmin, thus restricting access to trusted hosts if you so wish. The same pagelets you schedule automatic updates of your Webmin installation and then have itemail you a report of the process. You can make this whole update/upgrade process even easier. Forinstance, my bind8 module was updated to version 0.922 and my proftpd module went to level 0.921. You can view the result by looking at Figure 4.

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To test this feature, I installed a clean version of Webmin0.92 on a Linux system (the one I used to write this article) and chose thispatch update feature. These changes may be additional modules or patches that have been added sincethe latest release.

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This can be either a complete upgrade to the latest Webmin or anupdate of changes. From the Webminconfiguration menu, click Upgrade Webmin and choose the type of updateyou wish. One of the greatest features for the overworkedadministrator is Webmin's self-update feature that makes keeping up to datewith the latest version of Webmin completely painless. There's even ahandy interface for syncing system time with hardware time via a network timeserver.

Heck, you can even shutdown or reboot the system. From the included modules, you can add users, create and administerprinters and queues, modify your Apache server config, set disk quotas, maintaindisks and partitions, tweak your DNS, configure sendmail, define SAMBA or NFSshares, configure your PosgreSQL or MySQL server, and. The default admin options include modules for a wide range of administrationfunctions. Figure 3 shows Webmin in actionsetting up some anti-SPAM rules in sendmail.įigure 3 Sendmail administration in Webmin. Suffice it to say that if it has anything todo with administering your system, odds are pretty good Webmin has it in itsclean, consistent, and friendly interface. Trying to address everything you can do with Webmin would constitute ayear's worth of these columns. Linux System Administration: A User's Guide

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