56.7. Functions in Other Modules
The standard Webmin modules contain a vast number of useful functions for parsing and manipulating the configuration files for Apache, BIND, UNIX Users, and so on. If your module needs to configure these servers as well in some way, it makes sense to make use of existing functions in the standard modules.
Because the standard modules have typically already been configured with the correct paths for files like httpd.conf and squid.conf, their functions will use those paths when you call them to read and write configuration files. The actual %config settings for another module can also be accessed so your module knows what commands to use to apply changes or to start some server like Apache or Squid.
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