Webmin - A free Unix/Linux Administration Tool

As part of my VMWare test network I have a Linux Fedora Core 5 install acting as a router and firewall. The linux install is as lightweight as possible so everything runs in INIT 3 mode (no KDE or GNOME because it's not needed).

For administration I'm using webmin. This VERY clever web based administration tool is great for quickly changing configurations and performing daily tasks. It's updated every few months and via the webmin console it's quite easy to keep webmin updated.

Webmin can be downloaded from here

Installation is easy. I tend to use WINSCP to copy the file to the /tmp directory then run the installation by using Putty to SSH onto the server then typing the command:

rpm -i webmin-1.280-1.noarch.rpm

I'm in the process of creating a Redhat unattend built similar to the ones I use for Windows that will allow all of these stuff to be done automatically. More on this soon.