Re: GUI for vsftpd
From: Dave Brown (dhbrown_at_hobbes.dhbrown.net)
Date: 05/20/04
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Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 14:42:10 GMT
In article <2gvv1vF7jjlsU1@uni-berlin.de>, ynotssor wrote:
> "Robert C" <rchin@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:c8ebe1$56j$1@reader2.panix.com
>
>> Is there a GUI for vsftpd ?
>> google came up nothing
>
> Why would one want a GUI for a daemon?
>
> Read any README and INSTALL files that come with the software,
> ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-1.2.2/FAQ and edit
> /etc/vsftpd.conf to suit ones tastes is about all there is to it.
Perhaps the OP is less interested in a GUI than a 'tool'. (Whether it
runs in X, curses, or over an http connection is usually irrelevant.)
And there's some quibble about the meaning of "CLI" in this thread:
editing a configuration file in vi is not CLI; invoking a daemon with
flags is CLI. Maybe they're referring to "text mode".
Unfortunately, configuring many servers has become an extremely complex
task. If your only "tool" is vi, you've probably got a lot of studying,
perhaps trial-and-error, maybe even hours of frustration ahead. I know a
couple of guys that can take on sendmail.cf--I don't really want to.
I have some reluctance to use tools, since so many disappoint. (Remember
linuxconf?) And for many services, webmin doesn't do much more that
present a field-based editor for a configuration file--you still have a
lot of studying to do to figure out what to put in the fields.
Nonetheless, I tried to set up CUPS to be a print server, and was totally
frustrated with the "vi approach", and even with their web-based
configurator. I never would have gotten it to work without RedHat's print
configurator, (although it took me a while to find "sharing"--not coming
from the Windows world, I don't immediately think of "sharing" when it
comes to servers). I understand that 'kprinter' can do the job as well.
I also found that having finally set it up with RedHat's tool, I could
break it by simply accessing the configuration via the CUPS web interface!
What a tool! (RedHat has a note in their configuration guide warning
about that.)
-- Dave Brown Austin, TX
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