GAdmintools
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 Screenshot of the user administration of GAdmin-ProFTPD 8.2.4 |
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| developer | Team around Magnus Loef |
| Current version | various (various) |
| operating system | various Unix derivatives |
| category | GUI for server services |
| License | GPL ( Free Software ) |
| German speaking | No |
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GAdmintools is a collection of software that provides a graphical user interface for a selection of certain server services under Linux . The user can configure and manage the server services and monitor processes in real time via the graphical user interface.
purpose
The graphical user interfaces of the GAdmintools represent an alternative to operating the server services directly via the command line.
This is especially helpful for beginners to become familiar with the server services. Supported operation of the server services, in which all options are presented to them optically, is usually easier for them than unsupported handling via the command line, in which the user has to know the respective commands by heart. However, they also offer advanced users an advantage over the command line in terms of monitoring . An example of this is GAdmin-ProFTPD: This allows the currently logged in users and their activities to be graphically displayed in real time. B. to take action with a few clicks of the mouse. Although all of this is also possible via the command line, these actions require in-depth knowledge of the ProFTPD server service as well as in-depth knowledge of command line programming.
Use & installation
The tools are written in C / GTK + and can therefore run under graphical user interfaces that support GTK +, e.g. B. Gnome and KDE .
The source code and ready-made installation packages for various distributions are available on the project homepage. Most GNU / Linux distributions offer ready-made GAdmintools packages for installation in their repositories, e.g. B. Debian , Ubuntu or Trisquel . Depending on the distribution, the tools are listed as individual packages, or the entire GAdmintools collection as a suite, in the sense of a meta-package, which is why the repositories are listed both according to GAdmintools and with the names of the individual programs, e.g. B. GAdmin-ProFTPD should be searched. Originally, however, the tools are independent programs that can easily be installed individually.
Components of the Gadmintools collection
The following tools currently exist:
- GAdmin-DHCPD: Frontend for the DHCP server ISC DHCPD . Current version: 0.5.2 from January 17, 2011
- GAdmin-SAMBA: Frontend for the file and print server as well as the Windows domain controller Samba . Current version: 0.3.4 from July 11, 2012
- GAdmin-ProFTPD: Frontend for the FTP server ProFTPD . Current version: 0.4.6 from June 2, 2013
- GAdmin-BIND: Frontend for the DNS server BIND . Current version: 0.2.5 from March 19, 2010
- GAdmin-HTTPD: Frontend for the Apache web server . Current version: 0.1.5 from November 28, 2011
- Gadmin SQUID: frontend for the HTTP - Proxy Server Squid . Current version: 0.1.4 from June 4, 2012
- GAdmin-RSYNC: Frontend for the file backup and file synchronization server rsync , as well as for its client. Current version: 0.1.8 from June 10, 2013
- GAdmin-OpenVPN-Client: Frontend for the OpenVPN client . Current version: 0.1.9 from January 16, 2014
- GAdmin-OpenVPN-Server: Frontend for the OpenVPN server . Current version: 0.1.6 from November 21, 2011
- GAdmin-Sendmail: Frontend for Sendmail . Current version: 0.0.4 from September 1, 2010
Remote administration
With the GAdmintools, not only server services running on the local machine can be administered, but also those that are active on other machines.
For this purpose, a tunnel to the machine to be administered is established via ssh . For example, it is possible to use the GAdmintools to control and administer several remote machines with a computer on which an X server is running, on which no X server (and consequently no GAdmintools) is running, but only the respective server services .
See also
Web links
- Official website of the project (English)
- The developer's user page on freecode.com with links to all Gadmintools
Individual evidence
- ↑ Linux Toolkits - Goldmine of GUI Admin Tools - GadminTools (English)
- ↑ Techrepublic: DIY: Configure Linux services with Gadmintools (English)
- ↑ Debian Admin - Debian server administration tools (GUI)
- ↑ Source Package: gadmintools-meta (6) ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ openlogic.com: Share Files Easily with ProFTPD
