47.1. Introduction to Usermin
Usermin is a web interface similar to Webmin, but designed for normal UNIX users to carry out tasks that they should normally do at the shell prompt. It was written by the same author as Webmin, shares a lot of the same code, and has a similar underlying design and user interface. Whereas Webmin allows you do to things that would normally be done by logging in as root, Usermin lets you do things that can be done by logging in as a normal user.
Usermin is a very useful program to install if you want to give users on your system the ability to read and send email, change passwords, or edit files through an easy-to-use web interface. It groups all of these functions together and allows the administrator to choose which ...
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