Questions tagged [graphical-user-interface]
A Graphical User Interface is a human-computer interface which predominantly uses images to communicate state to the user, and often involves use of a pointing device for receiving input.
152
questions
32
votes
3
answers
182k
views
WinSCP alternative for OS X (that supports sudo and without virtualizing WinSCP) [closed]
I recently switched from administering my systems using Windows to OS X. I've found really nice alternatives to damn near everything I used previously, however I have not found a nice GUI editor (...
- 6,870
12
votes
8
answers
15k
views
Any good PostgreSQL client for linux? [closed]
stackoverflow points me "belongs-on-serverfault" on this, so crossposting.
I am frustrated of not having a good Linux GUI administration and development tool for PostgreSQL.
pgAdmin III is buggy and ...
user3370
12
votes
1
answer
16k
views
Is installing a GUI on my CentOS server a good idea?
I have a new dedicated server that I'm going to create a couple of VMs on. OS will be CentOS 6.5, for the host and the VMs.
Does the GUI on the host (Gnome etc) give any real benefit when it comes ...
- 1,138
11
votes
9
answers
12k
views
Nagios configuration GUI [closed]
We've implemented Nagios for services on our network and it is working great. The notifications are nice and the wide range of configuration options are very handy. Up to this point, we've done all ...
- 4,369
9
votes
11
answers
4k
views
GUI tools to administer Linux Box
What GUI tools do you advise to improve the usability of Linux for those accustomed to doing system administration the windows-way?
Users new to Linux often get confused when they need to configure ...
9
votes
6
answers
4k
views
GUI on Ubuntu server?
I'm primarily a developer, but as part of this I'm running an Ubuntu server for a client where he has several small to medium sized websites. Although my main development environment has generally ...
- 429
8
votes
6
answers
638
views
Control Panels for Servers without a monitor [closed]
What is the best way to manage a server without a monitor?
I can deal with consoles, but I still think it may be more convenient to have a GUI where a single click can save much repetitive typing.
...
- 1,715
7
votes
12
answers
462
views
Graphical MySQL tools
Are there any good graphical tools (preferably free) for navigating a MySQL database? I find myself doing a lot of the same SQL queries to look at data in the tables. I would imagine there's a GUI ...
- 99
7
votes
2
answers
21k
views
How to modify IIS role services in Windows Server 2012?
I have a clean Windows Server 2012 installation. I installed the Web Server (IIS) role, and during the process it asked me which Role Services I would like (asp.net, iis6 metabase compatibility, etc.)...
7
votes
3
answers
13k
views
Scheduled Tasks w/ GUI issue
Are there issues running Scheduled Tasks in Windows 2003 when the task has a GUI? I have one that worked fine in Windows 2000 but won't run on Windows 2003.
Details:
I have a .bat job that ran every ...
- 3,434
7
votes
3
answers
8k
views
Best practices for remote GUI access to ubuntu server
I would like to get an overview of available solutions for having a remote GUI access to ubuntu server:
-do you recommend installing a basic GUI then administrating over VNC?
-is X11 forwarding a good ...
- 3,563
6
votes
19
answers
3k
views
Do you prefer to administer servers through a GUI or CLI? [closed]
Do you prefer to administer servers through a GUI or CLI?
Please state which system OS's you are answering for.
- 297
6
votes
3
answers
2k
views
How to disable VGA on new server... reversibly?
Strange question here. I have a server with 1GB of RAM, however when booted this shows as 768MB. I've discovered the reason for it – and that is that it has an unboard graphics card which shares ...
- 163
6
votes
2
answers
482
views
Software for automating Windows GUI applications [closed]
I am looking for software that will allow me to automate some GUI tasks, including clicking on buttons and sending keystrokes to a GUI application running in the foreground.
Are there any ...
- 439
6
votes
1
answer
9k
views
Is there a way to fix Cluster-SSH windows positions automatically?
Have you used Cluster-SSH? It's a GUI (frontend) to secure shell (ssh) which function it's to let you write the very same commands to a lot of hosts. If you open a lot of hosts at the same time, ...
- 353
5
votes
1
answer
24k
views
Disable Metro in RDP Session: Windows Server 2012 R2
I have never used Windows Server 2012, but I am considering upgrading. Before I do, I must know if I can completely disable metro if I remotely log-into a Windows Server 2012 machine. Is it possible?...
- 261
5
votes
2
answers
7k
views
GUI tool for packet replay [closed]
Is there a freeware Windows/Linux GUI packet replay tool that has the advanced features of tcpreplay (http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/) or bittwist (http://bittwist.sourceforge.net)? I'm particularly ...
- 189
4
votes
4
answers
7k
views
What is the best graphical terminal/console for Linux? [closed]
Well, I'm often tired of the basic functionalities of terminal provided as is when installing a new distribution.
What is the best console in a graphical mode?
For now, all I want to is:
Tabs ...
4
votes
3
answers
13k
views
What is a check_mk sticky comment when acknowledging a host/service?
I wanted to attach a comment to a system that is being monitored with Nagios. I prefer using check_mk as GUI. Now I stumbled across this: I can set a comment as sticky and/or persistent.
So I asked ...
- 7,745
4
votes
2
answers
6k
views
Is it possible to run an OS X GUI app as root?
Is it possible to run a Mac OS X GUI app as root when you are logged in as a different user? [Yes, I recognize that this is usually a bad idea.]
When I try
sudo open /Path/To/My.app
it runs as ...
- 3,540
4
votes
2
answers
747
views
ZFS Status Graph
In many of the Sun videos about ZFS I see them using some kind of graphing program to show the read write IO of the disks.
ie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGIwg6ye1gE
See them red and green bars?
...
- 612
4
votes
4
answers
4k
views
GUI based remote sessions for end users
I am setting up a ubuntu 12.04 LTS server that several non-technical users will need remote access on to run GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software, and other software.
I need users to be able ...
- 141
4
votes
5
answers
239
views
Enterprise Samba fileserver management [closed]
Can anyone recommend a gui (webbased or windows) to manage a samba fileserver (active directory integration, smbcquotas,...)?
- 112
4
votes
5
answers
39k
views
DNS server with easiest GUI [closed]
I want to setup a DNS server. Which one has the easiest to use GUI?
I've been looking at djbdns and powerdns and I can't decide.
I used bind before, but I hated the webmin GUI for it, and the ...
- 1,715
3
votes
5
answers
3k
views
Is there a GUI for DNS lookups
I am looking for a graphical interface to interogate a local server about the DNS entries it has. Basically I want a graphical dig / nslookup environment similar to Zenmap.
I would also prefer it to ...
- 2,533
3
votes
4
answers
10k
views
iSeries DB2 - SQL GUI Tool
Can someone suggest a good free Database tool with SQL support for connection to an iSeries. Currently I am using the green screen and it is quite frustrating.
- 207
3
votes
3
answers
2k
views
Webadmin or GUI for ZFS in OpenSolaris
How do you enable the ZFS Webadmin or GUI in OpenSolaris? It seems possible, but not as a directly available package. Has anyone got it working with just OpenSolaris packages, or do I have to take ...
- 1,996
3
votes
1
answer
104k
views
Kali linux does not boot in gui [closed]
I got kali linux installed on my pc for a while but now linux will not boot in gui mode , only in text mode ( terminal ).
I get no errors on booting it goes directly to the login screen .
Hope you ...
- 51
3
votes
1
answer
12k
views
How to completely (all the packages were installed) remove or disable the tasksel desktop environment?
I accidentally installed desktop environment at the debian install. Now I'm trying to remove it but no chance: tasksel remove desktop changed only i to u if tasksel --list-tasks.
sudo apt-get remove ...
- 361
3
votes
1
answer
5k
views
GUI Tests in Hudson (Jenkins) on Windows
I will try to keep this question simple. I've done much research on the topic, and haven't found any solution.
GUI Tests fail when doing maven builds on Hudson (Jenkins). Hudson is running as a ...
- 158
3
votes
1
answer
3k
views
How do i install gnome on Debian and remote to it?
I have a debian server that's been up and running for a while now, I access it via putty and it works great, however i would like to add a gui to make things prettier to look at and easier for me to ...
- 621
2
votes
3
answers
861
views
Is It a Bad Idea to Install the OS GUI on a Server That Will Host Asterisk?
We have a server onto which we plan to install CentOS 6.2. The server will host Asterisk for our office, but is not a webserver.
If we install the minimal installation for CentOS - that is, no GUI ...
- 726
2
votes
4
answers
6k
views
Should I use an Asterisk GUI?
In the near future I'm going to be setting up an Asterisk box to handle all the phones in our office (a linux software developer). I've had a play and the basic setup seems fairly simple, and the ...
- 2,227
2
votes
3
answers
3k
views
Suggestions for a LDAP Gui suitable for a help desk to manage users
I am running a Solaris 10 environment using Sun Directory Server (LDAP) 5.2 and now 6.3 for managing user accounts. So far I have been managing the environment via scripts to add users and groups but ...
- 33
2
votes
4
answers
33k
views
Stuck at low resolution: Monitor as well as display adaptor not recognized in Windows Server 2012
We're testing an on-premise Windows Server 2012 (Datacenter) server. It has been installed with the GUI because it's internal, test only - we don't care about the attack surface until we're ready.
...
- 699
2
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Running a program with root privilages in Ubuntu [closed]
How do I run a GUI program with root privileges from Ubuntu's Alt+F2 Run dialog?
- 2,407
2
votes
1
answer
13k
views
Cherokee-like WebUI for nginx [closed]
Is there any nginx module that will provide Cherokee-like web administration panel? It will be very helpful to manage virtual servers and another stuff.
I'm looking for it because I love nginx for ...
- 139
2
votes
3
answers
6k
views
Linux network configuration GUI frontend
I know that this is not how a true admin would do it, but this is for a small home network and for a person who's not very comfortable with the command line iptables configuration.
There's a small ...
- 267
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Network Interface binding order on Windows 8.1
When I query the local interfaces on windows 8 in the command line, I could see the results listed below:
C:\> netsh interface show interface
Admin State State Type ...
- 123
2
votes
3
answers
2k
views
Git: Is there any GUI for setup a central repository?
I am looking for a wizard-GUI-like interface to create a central repository Git accessible to multiple users with authentication.
Is there any GUI for an easy setup a central repository on windows or ...
- 123
2
votes
1
answer
108
views
Logging Windows GUI Activity by Sysadmin
I need to logg the activity of a system admin working on a windows 2008 server. We must have a log of all activity, keystrokes and responses. Is there a way to do this - its for regulatory needs in ...
- 21
2
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Desktop GUI tools to administer Apache2 [closed]
Are there any (Linux compatible) desktop GUI tools to administer Apache2?
- 753
2
votes
2
answers
4k
views
Run GUI application via cronjob in Ubuntu?
I have a remote server running "Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop". From it I want to run a script that walks through a list of websites and captures screenshots of them.
The script is working and thoroughly ...
- 257
2
votes
2
answers
5k
views
Running gui based desktop software in a headless VM
I am dealing with some software that "wants" to be run from a system that has a desktop (call it the primary package). This software invokes other packages that also run as user level applications on ...
- 1,036
2
votes
1
answer
170
views
Dialogs still ask for user password (instead of root's) after adding rootpw to sudoers file
To add an extra layer of security I'm using the rootpw option in the sudoers file and while it works perfectly fine from the shell, when a specific command invokes the GUI version of "elevation", only ...
- 31
2
votes
1
answer
10k
views
FreeNAS Web UI not responding
Our FreeNAS is running; I can login via ssh.
But the Web UI is not responding.
From How to restart web ui on freenas I tried
service nginx restart
which gave:
Performing sanity check on nginx ...
- 969
2
votes
2
answers
342
views
OpenVPN administration GUI
Is there a GUI for OpenVPN ? anything I can use to administrate it easily and perhaps create groups of users etc? with access restrictions on specific groups etc?
I can't afford to pay for licenses ...
- 93
2
votes
2
answers
6k
views
Recommended dhcpd Web Interfaces?
Can anyone recommend a solid dhcpd web interface? Google searches turn up all kinds of results, including projects that haven't been updated since 2002. I'm looking for something that is a little more ...
- 8,944
2
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Is it possible to run X on a ESX Service Console?
Ok, we all know (or should know) the ESX Service Console isn't actually a Linux system, but a custom Linux distribution running inside the ESX hypervisor, in order to allow its management.
Yet, ...
- 71.3k
2
votes
0
answers
95
views
Graphicsless server running graphical VMs
I'm considering renting a dedicated AX server at hetzner.de. Those are built with Ryzen 1700X (more powerful ones with threadripper) which has no graphics whatsoever.
That server would be running ...
- 233