Need help with end-user interface
 

Okay, here's what I'm trying to do.

I have a fresh install of Slack with all packages update to date. I would like to have a web-based front end for end users to be able to create new accounts, host web sites and run scripts, all with quotas.

Bottom line is that I would like for the user to be able to do all of these things (and be billed for it) without me having to do it all.

Where should I start? What steps do I need to take to make this possible?

Thank you in advance for your help!

i think this is the sort of thing cPanel is great at.

cPanel doesn't work on Slackware ;(

Thank you for the suggestion of cPanel. But you're right mdarby, it does not support Slackware.

Is there a comparable package that is Slackware capable?

In my searches (a couple years back), I didn't find a thing comparable. If you do find something please report back!

I found phpCoin (http://www.phpcoin.com/), but it appears to only be a front end for creating the initial site. There is nothing for logs or e-mail creation.

Although I've never done this personally, I have seen the potential for it to be done ...

If you have a shell script located on your box that:
1. Accepts username/password arguments (for account generation)
2. Generates the necessary directories & sets quotas
3. Updates a MySQL database for your billing reference
4. Sends an email out with a paypal link in for them to pay you (idk about the paypal link - it's just an example)
5. Sends you confirmation of a new signee

Then you can run apache on that box and have apache execute that shell script on-button-click.

The plus side is that it does exactly what you want it to.
The downside is that you gotta write it yourself!

If you can do it by command line, then you can write a script for it, and if you can write a script, then you can execute that script remotely.

- Piete.

There is ensim, but it is for rh and fedora.