Re: [LUG] Looking for NAS front-end package thingy?

[Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12 Feb, 2011, at 12:46 pm, Simon Waters wrote:

> On 12/02/11 10:59, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > I've got an existing Linux server box. I'm after some web based
> > front-end to allow mortals the ability to add/modify shares  
> > exported via
> > samba. Nothing too clever, but I'm not after a total box solution  
> > (e.g.
> > FreeNAS, etc.) as the server is already doing some other functions  
> > which
> > won't be affected by fileserving.
> >
> > Webmin is the only thing springing to mind - anything else?
>
> SWAT - Samba Web Admin Tool - part of the Samba tools.
>
> I think Wedmin has it's own module, and an option to integrate to  
> SWAT,
> so possibly what you think of as Webmin for Samba is actually SWAT,  
> and
> perhaps it isn't.
>
> Both KDE and GNOME provide graphical tools, which might provide  
> another
> way, particularly if they have X desktops.

SWAT achieves the rare distinction of providing a GUI that is worse  
than the CLI it purports to replace in visuals, affordance and  
usability.

Webmin is much better.

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