[mdlug] Ubuntu Server administration

[Robert Adkins]

I gave Ubuntu 9.04 Server a go a little time ago. I immediately ran into
issues and dropped it like a rock and went back to OpenSuSe.

I prefer to get things up and running quickly and Ubuntu Server wasn't
playing nice with regards to setting up two different Ethernet cards with
differing roles. The machine was being setup as a firewall between a known
to be dangerous network and a network that needed to be protected. There was
no utility apparent for telling the system that Card A was to be Eth0 and
Card B was to be Eth1.

I am unfamiliar with Ubuntu having anything as robust and capable as YaST2.

Regards,
Robert Adkins
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, Inc.
Phone: 586-254-5800 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Michael ORourke
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:08 PM
> To: MDLUG's main mailing list
> Subject: [mdlug] Ubuntu Server administration
> 
> Lug nuts,
> 
> I built an Ubuntu Server (9.04) the other day for a client 
> and was wondering if it had an administrative utility such as 
> SuSE's YAST?  I did some poking around in the docs, but 
> didn't find anything.  I did all the server configuration 
> from the command line, which is not a big deal.  But since I 
> won't be the only person responsible for maintaining the 
> server, I installed Webmin.  Since I setup the server to be 
> deployed without a console (KVM may be added in the future), 
> Webmin made the most sense.
> 
> -Mike
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