2 - Raspberry PI Community Projects

Webmin is used through a web interface, but it does not require Apache to be installed. Essentially,
this software has its own integrated mini web server. This server listens by default on
port 10000 and accepts secure HTTP connections.
Included modules cover a wide variety of services, among which:
• all base services: creation of users and groups, management of crontab files, init scripts,
viewing of logs, etc.
• bind: DNS server configuration (name service);
• postfix: SMTP server configuration (e-mail);
• inetd: configuration of the inetd super-server;
• quota: user quota management;
• dhcpd: DHCP server configuration;
• proftpd: FTP server configuration;
• samba: Samba file server configuration;
• software: installation or removal of software from Debian packages and system updates.
The administration interface is available in a web browser at hps://localhost:10000. Beware!
Not all the modules are directly usable. Sometimes they must be configured by specifying the
locations of the corresponding configuration files and some executable files (program). Frequently
the system will politely prompt you when it fails to activate a requested module.
ALTERNATIVE
gnome-system-tools
The GNOME project also provides a graphical administration interface in
the gnome-system-tools package. Installed by default for a desktop system,
it includes applications that can be found in the menu at System →
Administration. Easy to use, these applications cover only a limited number
of base services: user and group management, time configuration, network
configuration, disk management, and management of startup services.
9.4.2. Configuring Packages: debconf
Many packages are automatically configured after asking a few questions during installation
through the Debconf tool. These packages can be reconfigured by running dpkg-reconfigure
package.
For most cases, these settings are very simple; only a few important variables in the configuration
file are changed. These variables are often grouped between two “demarcation” lines so
that reconfiguration of the package only impacts the enclosed area. In other cases, reconfiguration
will not change anything if the script detects a manual modification of the configuration
file, in order to preserve these human interventions (because the script can't ensure that its
own modifications will not disrupt the existing settings).
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