Programming Language for Systems Administrator

[Uwe Grauer]

Kanthi Kiran Narisetti wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Thank You for your suggestions....I request you all to eloborate the
> Uses(In Practical) for systems administrator.Some of my questions
> regarding the same follows.
> 
> 1)Can i build web applications in Python ? If so how. I am planning to
> build a web application for intranet use which deals with workflow of
> Internal office communication.
> 
Look here:
http://www.python.org/moin/WebProgramming

> 2)Which is best opensource database to be used with Python ?
> 
I personally think that Firebird is a very good Database:
http://www.firebirdsql.org/
http://kinterbasdb.sourceforge.net/

> 3)When i write a remote execution script in python is it required that
> python should be installed in remote system.
> 
> 4)I heard about Perl/CGI and that CGI application done by python
> too.....Is CGI still valid when PHP has taken over the WebApplication
> Development, Dominating.
> 
> Sorry if these questions are out of this group , but answers to these ?
> will help me a lot.
> 
> Thanks in Advance
> 
> Kanthi.
>