Managing Linux® Systems with Webmin™ System Administration and Module Development

1.4. What is this Book About?

This book explains how to install Webmin, how to use almost all of its modules, and how to write your own. The book focuses on the standard modules that come with the Webmin package, not those written by other people. Not all of the 83 standard modules are covered, however, as some are not very useful to the average administrator.

Although this book is written primarily for Linux users, the program behaves almost identically on other operating systems. Each chapter also lists any differences between Linux and other UNIX variants in their “Other Operating Systems” sections. This means that it is still very useful if you are running Webmin on FreeBSD, Solaris, MacOS X, or some other variety of UNIX.

Each chapter in ...