The Samba project also offers other graphical tools for administering Samba. You can
check them out at http://samba.org/samba/GUI. For descriptions of these tools,
see Chapters 26 and 27.
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CUPS??”The Common UNIX Printing Service (CUPS) has its own Web administration
tool. With CUPS installed and configured, you can typically use CUPS Web administration
by typing the following URL in your Web browser??™s location box:
http://localhost:631
You use the CUPS administration tool to manage printers and classes and do a variety of
administration tasks. CUPS is described in Chapter 26.
Samba and CUPS are included with many Linux distributions. Other projects that offer Web-based
administration that may or may not be in your Linux distribution include SquirrelMail (a Webmail
interface) and Mailman (a mailing list facility).
Because many Web browser administrative interfaces send data in clear text, they are most appropriate
to be used on the local system. However, because they are Web-based, you can also use these
interfaces from your LAN or other network. If you plan to expose these administrative interfaces to
an untrusted network, however, you should consider encrypting your communications.
The Webmin Administration Tool
The Webmin facility (www.
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