Summary - A GUI CRON Utility
2007-12-24 19:32:00
I'm relativity new to UNIX and Solaris system admin.
I've searched the archives and FAQ and also the web
and haven't found what I'm interested in.
I have a customer that doesn't like crontab -e; he
would prefer a GUI type scheduler. So does anyone
recommend a GUI (HTML or other) interface to CRON on
Solaris 2.6 or Solaris 8.
Thanks
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Thanks to all that replied
The majority of the responses suggested
http://www.webmin.com and it looks good so I will give
it a try.
All replies follow:
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Leonid S. Knyshov" <lknyshov at verticalnet.com
http://www.webmin.com - enjoy (I know I do :-)
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Robert Alexander <ra at ftn.net>
Hi Kathy,
One of the best GUI tools for 'less than experienced'
Unix types (which
sometimes includes me :>) is Webmin.
Webmin runs in a browser, is all written in Perl, and
is GPL. It has
modules for just about everything you can think of,
and has completely
customizable user access.
You can find it at http://www.webmin.com.
I run it on all my Solaris boxes, and just wouldn't
want to be without
it.
Hope this helps.
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Sreenivasan,Rohit G" <Rohit.g.sreenivasan at intel.com>
There are a couple of batch schedular software'e you
can try the one i
used
was LSF. It is a GUI tool also multi-platform, but
can't really call it
a
crontab versioned gui. It is actually a client-server
architecture
kinda
stuff.. where you can schedule on all the machines
from the server.
Hope this helps...
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boss <boss at shell.i-sphere.com>
Wellllll first of all i'd tell your customer to stop
whining.
I can't believe someone is complaining about the cron
interface.
I mean, can this person be more high maintenance?
Doesn't want to
learn
vi?
OK, off my soapbox. Surf to
http://www.bossconsulting.com/sysadmin/
and click on the "3rd party" products link. Scroll
down (or search)
for the "Scheduling" apps and you might find something
you're looking
for.
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Jim Taylor <Jimt at allconnect.com>
I know of two packages:
One by Tidal Software - it is multi-platform
Another called Maestro - forgot who makes it or
whether it's multi-platform
I have not used either one personally, all I know
is that they're expensive.
Good Luck,
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O'Neal, Chris" <onealwc at AGEDWARDS.com>
Yes, there is an Xwindows interface program. I don't
remember name but it is in O'Reilly's Xwindows
Power-Tools book.
Hope this helps...
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Mark Thomasson" <mthomass at scad.edu>
Kathy,
There is web-based admin utility utilizing
Perl scripts I use
that
is very nice for non -Unix users.There is a version
for Solaris as well
.
It can be found at http://www.webmin.com/
webmin is a powerful
web-based administration interface for Unix systems.
Using Webmin you
can
configure DNS, Samba, NFS, local/remote
filesystems,cron jobs and more
using
your web browser.
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Kathy Ange
Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Information Systems
(804) 786-1340 Voice Mail
(804) 786-2110 FAX
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