The Design and Implementation of a Remote Management Tool for Linux
Abstract
The operating system of Linux has become one of the most popular operating systems nowadays. It provides many kinds of service. In order to configure and manage the service remotely, the tool of remote management of the operating system of Linux is needed. Webmin is a good tool of software based on the model of B/S. This design is implemented based on the model of C/S. The main functions of the system include addition, modification, deletion of users and groups of Linux operating system and configuration and management of the service of application of the system, such as the DNS, FTP, Apache and the management of booting service. The remote management of service is implemented by modifying the files of configuration. The model of C/S is selected by this system. In the Client, the operating interface is made by the programming of GTK. In the Server, the functions of transferring of files of Linux operating system are used to write and read the data of the configuration files. The communication of Client and Server is implemented by the programming of Sock TCP. The testing demonstrates that the system has reached the prospective goal. But lots of improvements should be made and the problems of security should be considered more. After being modified and perfected, the system can be used to manage the system remotely.
