Release: JTbox (Jon's Toolbox)

jmstacey said:
What tool would you like to see added in the next version?

Depending on the complexity I might even add it to the standard distribution. :)
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I've just taken a quick look in the admin panel of another control panel system. Things which are missing (for me) are:

a link to phpmyadmin as root

updating system software (I guess this is a bigger issue of managing the server).

security checks/virus scanning config

manage mail queue

process killer

script checker (e.g. like the one which checks for outdated versions of phpbb).

Hope that helpse :)
 
Admin restore facility
Phpmyadmin as root
Toggle system info on/off
Custom Help Pages

This is good and I like the idea but I also feel bad in the fact that end of the day the DA staff should be doing stuff like this themselves. However I will be grabbing a licence as it is good someone has took it on. :)
 
Don't know if you are busy working down our wishlists, but looking at a tool to manage mail queues etc, I reckon mailwatch (@ sourceforge) might do the trick.
 
Bloory/Chrysalis: a link to phpmyadmin as root
I can create a phpmyadmin link (such as on the user level) that will automatically log you in as da_admin. The da_admin password is the only one that would be accessible without having to configure the root password in JTbox beforehand.

Bloory: updating system software (I guess this is a bigger issue of managing the server).
I might be able to provide a frontend to customapache. Other software such as MySQL would be to dependent on the particular setup to be much use.
This feature is lower in the priority list though.

Bloory: security checks/virus scanning config
I might also be able to provide an interface to some application such as chkrootkit, however it would require additional installation of the backend programs themselves.

Bloory: manage mail queue
I haven't done this from the command line even, so I'll have to look into it some more :o

Bloory: process killer
As in, for example, display top and making the pid's clickable or checkboxes next to them to kill them? (beyond what DirectAdmin already provides with service monitoring?)

Bloory: script checker (e.g. like the one which checks for outdated versions of phpbb).
I think Installatron is already capable of this.

matrixx: A gui for the cpanel import tool
Mmm yes, conversion utilities.
I'll see if I can get permission from l0rdphi1 to use his existing tool to cut down on some of the work. Do you have a cpanel backup you could send for testing?

Chrysalis: Admin restore facility
I assume your talking about a restore function for the sysbak backups?

Chrysalis: Toggle system info on/off
What system info are we talking about?
If it's the user level system info, I don't think that can be done without skin modifications and I don't really want to do that because it might cause issues with skins that have already been modified.

Chrysalis: Custom Help Pages
In otherwords an interface to the directadmin.conf file? (to reconfigure the location of the help files) Or did you have something else in mind.

Thankyou for the suggestions! keep em comming.
 
*** Satisfied User ***

Purchased JT Toolbox today -- saved a lot of grief moving A LOT of domains from one user to another.

Highly recommended.

Recommended to JT the ability to "wildcard" moving domains so I can do a lot at once.

Keep up the good work!
:)
 
Re: *** Satisfied User ***

panamaspace said:
Recommended to JT the ability to "wildcard" moving domains so I can do a lot at once.
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This will be included in the next version, slated for tomorrow (the 5th). as well as a code rewrite for the move domain tool frontend and backend safety checks. :)

Not to mention some bug fixes:p
 
Admin restore, basically restore whatever Admin backup backs up.

Toggle system info, to hide the system information button or disable it from functioning.

Custom help pages, when user clicks on help instead of getting standard DA help can have predefined text settable by admin in GUI.
 
jmstacey said:
matrixx: A gui for the cpanel import tool
Mmm yes, conversion utilities.
I'll see if I can get permission from l0rdphi1 to use his existing tool to cut down on some of the work. Do you have a cpanel backup you could send for testing?
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I don't - maybe somebody else does ?

Rob
 
PHP safe_mode must be off and functions such as exec() and shell_exec() should not be disabled.
I have attempted to overide this by providing a custom php.ini, however I'm am not confident that it is working properly yet,
however feel free to give it a try and let me know how it works out.
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There are no plans of forcing the admin to overwrite their existing php.ini with a custom one correct?

Also has any user been able to get this functioning on FreeBSD as of yet?

-Justin
 
jschurawlow said:
There are no plans of forcing the admin to overwrite their existing php.ini with a custom one correct?
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Absolutely not. The custom php.ini is stored in the plugin directory. It's the default that DA installs, but by using it, hopefully you can still make configurations server-wide which won't affect JTbox operations.

So far it seems to be working, but if it turns out it causes other problems and does require changes to the /usr/local/lib/php.ini file, then I'd have it ask for confirmation or provide manual configuration instructions. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there. :)
 
jmstacey that server I told you about is freed up so for a small time I can give you the access you need on a Freebsd 5.3 DA box.

will email you with the info.
 
Hello

but i have a quick question.

I have a reseller named : reseller a
but i want to move all accounts under "reseller a' to "admin" user account, basically i am taken over that ressellers accounts. can the plugin tool do this.

I know i have to create the same package plans under admin before i make the switch right.

Thank You
 
The reassign user tool should be able to do what you want.
It only reassigns one user a time, but it's faster than doing it manually.

I'll add a better way to mass reassign users. Any suggestions?
 
That is fine if it has to reassign one user a time like you said much better than doing it manually.

Suggestion about the tool box.

May be include a function where you can transfer a user from one DA box A to another DA box B and also transfer ther account details and files fully restored on the new DA box.

Thanks
 
tamino said:
May be include a function where you can transfer a user from one DA box A to another DA box B and also transfer ther account details and files fully restored on the new DA box.

Thanks
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Nice :)
 
tamino said:
Suggestion about the tool box.

May be include a function where you can transfer a user from one DA box A to another DA box B and also transfer ther account details and files fully restored on the new DA box.
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Don't forget about the DNS as we've seen in another thread recently DA does not restore the zone file when restoring users, it simply creates a new zone file based on the default zone template. This is very frustrating when transferring accounts with custom DNS settings.

Also try to finish the backend checks before adding new functionality, better have a "safe" application than have lots of functions that can screwup your server.

Regards,
Onno
 
One thing that I can think of that would be a good tool was mentioned in this thread. Any addition or variation to this would work for a lot of people I think.

Also, the ability for a reseller to download (or ftp) all of the reseller accounts that they have on their server. We have about 40 accounts on ours now and I see that DA can create all the backups for those accounts but I see no tool to easily download them or have then sent to ftp somewhere.
 
The reseller backup will allow you to backup the user accounts under your reseller to any FTP server you choose. Maybe you have an old version of DA or a custom skin that does not allow this?

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg
 
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