Re: [cobalt-developers] Automating Virtual Site / User Creation

[MistaAviB@xxxxxxx]

Hi! I would have to dissagree with Jeff. If Jackson meant that he wanted to 
add the vsite and user from one place, that is very easy to do on a cobalt 
using the shell tools (We do that with our company, and we are going to add 
an addon very soon, to our control panel (http://www.elitehosts.com/RaQBaQ) 
that will allow you to add the vsite/user/dns from one screen)

If you are talking about allowing your customers to add domains/users/dns  
you can do that as well, but you will need to keep a record of what they add 
for billing. 

In a message dated 10/18/00 11:12:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< ames Jackson wrote:
 
 > Hi all,
 >         I am considering buying some Raq3s for hosting duties, and there 
is one
 > query that will be the deciding factor... Is it possible to write 'web
 > powered' front ends (other than the one that already exists) to set up
 > Virtual Sites / User Accounts?
 
 Jesse is a real wise guy.  About a year ago, in Sunday school, the
 teacher said, "With God all things are possible."  Jesse,
 nine-years-old, piped up with "oh yeah, ever try striking a match on a
 wet cake of soap?"
 
 While all things are possible (including striking a match on a wet cake
 of soap, some things are a lot easier than others.
 
 You'd have to remove or disable the Cobalt gui so they can't use it (or
 leave it if you don't care), and then create/install a new Apache server
 running on another port (port 82 for example), and write your own
 website to call scripts that'll do the work.
 
 And of course, the scripts will have to do the work in a way that
 doesn't break compatibility with the Cobalt gui, or else you'll never be
 able to add, delete or change anything with the Cobalt gui again.
 
 Cobalt has scripts designed to run from the command line which can
 probably be rewritten to work as cgi scripts and do the job.
 
 Lots of work, though, I'd imagine.
 
 Jeff
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