Topic: Feature Requests (Dansguardian, SARG and minor improvements)

[mxkz]

Dansguardian is an excellent content filtering application which would be
perfect combination for SME Server. SME is so damn easy to setup as a gateway,
but it lacks the ability to filter content processed by suid. To setup
dansgaurdian, you have to buy Dungog.net's Dansguardian, which has its own
sme-servermanager panel. Otherwise you're stuck with managing dansguardian
through the console, which kind of sucks if you are used to the server-manager
and dont know any console commands (most people out there).

Squid Analysis Report Generator (or SARG) is an extremely handy tool which
gives you a report on the internet usage processed by squid. This would be
extremely useful for network administrators, especially schools, where the
network admins dont have enough time to sit there browsing through the usage
log (or waiting for it to load :->)(squid.access.log or whatever it is) to find
out what's happening with the internet connection.

Minor Improvements to think about:
-More detailed DHCP Configuration (like the contrib for SME6)
-More detailed FTP Management (like the contrib for SME6)
-Statistics: CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Hard Drive Usage. Network Usage etc(like
the contrib for SME6)
-phpMyAdmin pre-installed and configured (and accessible with
sme-servermanager)
-Maybe add another yum channel for SME-Extras, and actually have some extras
(like the ones above for example, and let users choose and install the ones
they want, and configure them - including sme-servermanager panel for most of
them)

Well thats about it for the moment.
The real reason I would like it if these features were added to SME Server, is
because I love SME Server, but it isn't really as customizable as Windows or a
linux server from scratch (CentOS, Debian etc).

Thanks for reading,

Michael Raynor

[gordonr]

Well thats about it for the moment.

What a huge list. Are you planning to fund any developers to work on this list? Even where contribs exist, it takes a lot of effort to make them "production ready".

The real reason I would like it if these features were added to SME Server, is
because I love SME Server, but it isn't really as customizable as Windows or a
linux server from scratch (CentOS, Debian etc).

I'll have to strongly disagree there. It is precisely as configurable as a CentOS server from scratch.

[mxkz]

SME does email and domains very nicely, but not DHCP, you cant reserve any addresses or see the lease table (you can with SME6 and the DHCP Manager contrib).

I'm not trying to start trouble, but the people who created the modules for SME6, should help convert them to SME7.

Some people just want more functionality and control over the server, but cant do anything about it.

[gordonr]

I'm not trying to start trouble, but the people who created the modules for SME6, should help convert them to SME7.

Yep - that would be great. And the SME7 developers can provide help with the transition. But we can't require anyone to do anything.

Some people just want more functionality and control over the server, but cant do anything about it.

Of course you can - you can write documentation, you can help out in the forums, you can update the FAQ, you can even fund some development for the things critical to you. We can all help in various ways.

[filippoc]

I have SARG nearly ready for SME 7. Stay tuned.

[byte]

I have SARG nearly ready for SME 7. Stay tuned.

That would be Excellent, I'll test it when your ready filippoc.  

[CharlieBrady]

but not DHCP, you cant reserve any addresses ...

You can indeed. Use the hostnames panel, and set name and IP address using MAC address as the key.

or see the lease table (you can with SME6 and the DHCP Manager contrib).

cat /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases

Not as nice as a panel, but it's there if you want it.

[mxkz]

I have SARG nearly ready for SME 7. Stay tuned.

That would be Excellent, I'll test it when your ready filippoc.  

Same. Thanks for looking into this.

How hard is it to make a panel for sme?

I dont know any php, mysql c++ etc

What language do i need other than html to make one?

[raem]

mxkz

> How hard is it to make a panel for sme?
> What language do i need other than html to make one?

See the Documentation link at left, & particularly look at the section on Customizing.
You may also want to read the new sme7 Developers guide in the Development link at left.