Webmin
One of the nicest and easiest local and remote administration tools to appear on the scene is Webmin. This particular utility has been around for several years, but Caldera has finally decided to adopt it for remote administration. This tool can also be used for local administration, and in its "out of the box" configuration, should be used only locally, because encryption is not included.
First, this section walks you through setting up Webmin securely. If you've installed OpenSSL and the Perl Net::SSLeay, you're ready to continue. First, ensure you've installed the Webmin RPM and that it's running. You can check that it's installed as discussed in Chapter 16, "Software Package Management." You can check that it is running either by
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