Re: [webmin-l] Feature request/neat idea

[David W. B. <dw...@we...>]

To help kick this around: what about the excellent functionality I have been getting from Joe's System Information module? I have been using this module for quite some time and I am happy with the display but I think it has room for more sys info display. Or, glean some of the features from the System Information module for the <<<neat/cool idea>>>. :-) David.

On 21/Sep/2005 19:32 Jamie Cameron wrote ..
> Hi Adam,
> That sounds like a pretty cool idea...
> 
> I'm thinking that it may make more sense as part of the existing System
> and Server Status module, which currently just displays if various
> services are up or down. However, it could be enhanced to display
> additional information as you suggested, such as the system load,
> connected users, etc..
> 
> What do you think?
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
> On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 02:06, Adam Kennedy wrote:
> > So I had this idea today. I know it would make my life easier.
> > 
> > A new webmin module named "Summary" or "Server Summary".
> > 
> > This module would display a simple status from all modules in webmin.
> It
> > could call a function from each webmin module, much like the function
> > when adding a system user. That function would return some status info
> > for that modules block. It would be up to each module's configuration
> > page as to what would be displayed in this "summary module".
> > 
> >
> > For example.
> > 
> > The module would start out with a section (each section is either in
> a
> > table cell which would be made pretty, or seperated by an <hr>) that
> > listed the status of webmin (perhaps how many users are logged in, port
> > it's using, ssl enabled, etc.). Then let's say the next section would
> be
> > from a module, say samba for example, and could list samba's daemon
> > statuses, then the next could be DansGuardian and list it's status,
> > filter levels etc, then Apache could list up/down and performance stuff.
> > 
> > I think it would be an awesome thing to use with the "go directly to
> > this module upon login" feature. A person could login to webmin and see
> > a quick status of the server, then optionally click on the section's
> > title to go directly to that module to change something.
> > 
> > 
> > Ideas? Thoughts? This would obviously require an API change for the new
> > function, but I think it would be an awesome thing to have.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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