[Debian-uk] OT: What's required for a debian based small business server?

[paddy@panici.net]

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 03:59:57PM +0100, Joel Merrick wrote:
> On 4/4/07, Sam Bashton <sam@bashton.com> wrote:
> 
> >http://ebox-platform.com/
> >
> >It has a pretty web-based front-end, and fulfils most of the
> >requirements for a small business server.
> >
> 
> Wow, that's awesome.. exactly the kind of thing that I was looking for!
> 
> I can't believe I've never heard of it yet
> 
> Thanks for the heads-up

note:

"eBox is meant to be installed on a dedicated machine, all configuration
tasks are performed through the eBox web interface. This means that the
configuration of the underlying services is one-way: eBox modules
generate configuration files, overwriting system files in some cases
(although that tends to be avoided if possible) and manual changes to
those files are not detected by eBox."

I was very interested up until that point.

Actually, it's still interesting enough that I will boot one up for a
look-see, but past experience suggests that the above is a show-stopper
for me.  Contrast webmin which, whatever faults it may have, tries to 
get this right.

Are there any other contenders ?


Regards,
Paddy