DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

My guess is that it wouldn't work very well.  The first problem I see with Webmin is that it changes the configuration files for you, which is great, but on the DNS-323 the configuration files are only in RAM (they get replaced from flash memory every time you reboot).  So at best, Webmin could make changes for you, but then the changes would be lost after you reboot the DNS-323.  Unless someone has modified Webmin to specifically account for fun_plug, this would prevent it from being useful.

Hi Sally, thanks for the feedback.

Please continue to post your tests and results. I've been using Webmin since it was created and although it weakens my rusty skills in the beginning it always pays off in the end.

Once you think it's working and you've bug tested let me know and I'll follow your lead. (I've filled mine with 700GB of movies and music so I don't want to push my luck until your past the Alpha stage.)

The funny thing is I emailed the creator a few months back regarding Webmin on a HPMediavault and he said he doubted it would work. I only asked here as with most things Linux what fails to work one day will sometimes work the next.

Great job!

Hahahaha, I hear you. I've been using Debian and Knoppix off/on for over 10 years. My last server was running great for 3 years with little change. (I'd upgrade to the latest distro with apt-get or jump start with a Knoppix live CD and then switch it over to native Debian.) I was told if I could learn Debian other distros would be simple enough and apt-get would make it easier to maintain in the future, he was right.

The only down side is a few months after I build and configure the new server I forget all the research I put into Linux. The server is so reliable I don't need to be on top of everything like I do with Windows. The only reason my server crashed and burned was a major over heating issue I had one heatwave. I lost the CPU, 8 SCSI drives, 2 burners, and the video card.

Rather than build a new server I thought one of these small NAS/DNS devices would be better and faster to setup. So far, other than email, it's pretty much been able to replace most of what I had. (I used to have my server before my router to add an extra firewall and security before the home network but as I stream from the 323 I want it to be lass bogged down so it's behind my router...just hate the weakest link being the router.)

So, I'll watch for your posts and wait for a quick "HowTo" before I apply. Just being able to move files using the Webmin interface would be such a time saver and as I've been able to hack or modify Webmin in the past when updates failed to plug-in or thierd party modules needed to be fixed gives me a better edge. (Just being able to edit a file using the java editor would make life easier than telnet, copy file, run joe or Notepad++, replace.)

Anyway, thanks again.
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For anyone who's interested. I downloaded webmin off the webmin site and installed and I have it running.

It took a bit of tweeking to get it to install into the ffp directories, all of the default locations for the modules need to be set for ffp the first time you open them and the updater tries to use /tmp to unpack into which causes a disk full problem. The first problem required a bit of reading, the second a no problem, and the last required a bit of a manual search for /tmp/ and modify of script files. I expect to have to watch out for /tmp/ creeping back into scripts after future updates, but at least I know what to look for.

I wanted webmin because I don't have the time to learn the configuration files for all of the apps I want to run on my DNS.

If anyone needs help to install it let me know and I will see what I can do...

Has anyone seen a webmin module for lighty?