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Installing Webmin on the PlayStation 2 Linux Platform
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Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any browser that supports tables and forms (and Java for the File Manager module), you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and so on. Webmin consists of a simple web server, and a number of CGI programs which directly update the system files. The web server and all CGI programs are written in Perl version 5, and use no non-standard Perl modules. This is an essential tool for administration of any Linux/Unix system if you don't like using the command line!

Overview

One of the best GUI system administration tools that I've found for my PS2/Linux system (or any of my Linux systems for that matter) is Webmin. Webmin is a PERL application that supports the standard system administration tasks and programs on a Linux system (i.e. Users and Groups, DNS, Apache, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sendmail, Postfix, MajorDomo, etc., etc.). It also has various other "modules" for non-standard Linux programs that can be downloaded and installed. Command line is fine, but if you aren't a "real sysadmin", visual tools are the best way to get started.

Installation on the PS2

  1. Download the gz archive from www.webmin.com
  2. Gunzip the archive with gunzip webmin-version.tar.gz
  3. Untar the archive with tar -xvf webmin-version.tar
  4. Once the archive is uncompressed, cd to the directory that was created when you untarred the archive. (Once in that directory su to root if you have not already done so.) This distro makes setting up Webmin a breeze. All you have to do is run the setup script; setup.sh. This will start the install and you will be presented with a series of questions. When you are asked what OS, select Red Hat. You will then be asked the version; select 6.2. The defaults should be fine for the other questions (which is how I installed it).

Webmin is entirely to complex for me to instruct you on how to use even the basic modules. Once it's installed, play around with it and consult the Webmin documentation at www.webmin.com/index2.html.