Re: Comparing MiniMate with ShopAdmin...

[mikeh@minivend.com]

Quoting Kyle D. Chen (kyle.chen@stanford.edu):
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I just installed minimate, and it worked great.  But, I noticed that in FAQ
> it says that there is another web-admin tool called ShopAdmin.  I checked the
> web pages and it seems nice, but I do have some questions and am wondering if
> you could help.
> 
> 1. What is the pros and cons of using MiniMate and ShopAdmin?
> 
> 2. Can these two tools coexist?
> 
> Many thanks for your help.
> 

I hear some good things about ShopAdmin (which runs under 'webmin'), and I
almost installed it once, until I discovered it ran as an SUID-root CGI.
I have a definite policy about that -- NEVER install an SUID-root CGI
program -- so I never took a look at it.

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