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Slider10
05-30-2002, 04:41 PM
I am trying to get into my webmin control panel so I can configure my server on my Mandrake machine.
I have sucessfully installed webmin and kept all its defaults, including the port of 1000. When i try to access the panel on http://mymachine:10000/ I do not get in and I get an error message. I do know that webmin told me the server was up and running when I tried this.
Why can't I access this? I'd apprecaite any help you guys could provide. Thanks!
chikn
05-30-2002, 05:35 PM
because you are not using
https://
Edit bad grammer it you're or you are instead of your
[ 30 May 2002: Message edited by: chikn ]
cowanrl
05-30-2002, 05:48 PM
By default Webmin does not use SSL. You have to specifically set it up. You should not have to use https.
I have version .94 installed on my servers here and I did not set up SSL. I don't use https.
What error message are you getting when you try to connect?
If you do a ps -ax on your server, you should see something like this running to indicate that Webmin is up:
872 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/we
873 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/we
876 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/we
877 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/we
878 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/we
879 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/we
Those lines were truncated by the terminal window. There is more after the /etc/we but you should get the general drift of it.
[ 30 May 2002: Message edited by: cowanrl ]
chikn
05-30-2002, 05:57 PM
Originally posted by cowanrl:
<STRONG>By default Webmin does not use SSL. You have to specifically set it up. You should not have to use https.
I have version .94 installed on my servers here and I did not set up SSL. I don't use https.
</STRONG>
Always been default setup for me under all installations.
And I wouldnt keep transferring your webmin password over an insecure connection, plain text is easy to snatch. ;)
My advice would be to avoid webmin and learn how to configure things on your own.
cowanrl
05-30-2002, 06:04 PM
I have SSL set up on the servers I'm using Webmin on at work, but not here at home. Just never felt the need. My network here is pretty secure since I don't have an always on connection to the Internet. I have a pretty good firewall too.
There's nothing I'd like better than one of the family members here at home to learn how to use Etherreal and capture dad's root password. It ain't gonna happen though.
cowanrl
05-30-2002, 06:06 PM
Originally posted by RTFM:
<STRONG>My advice would be to avoid webmin and learn how to configure things on your own.</STRONG>
I thought if I configured it with Webmin, I was configuring it on my own.
Slider10
05-30-2002, 06:15 PM
here are the errors I recieved:
1. When I was setting up the webmin, after i put in the server host name, I recieved the message "The Perl SSLeay is not installed. SSL not available"
2. When I try to pull up the control panel for webmin in my browser, i get a "Unknown Host" error.
I hope this helps in trying to help me. Thanks.
chikn
05-30-2002, 06:16 PM
There's nothing I'd like better than one of the family members here at home to learn how to use Etherreal and capture dad's root password. It ain't gonna happen though.
You never know, Old Aunt Bessy might be a l33t h4x0r. :D
chikn
05-30-2002, 06:25 PM
http://www.webmin.com/webmin/ssl.html
Check that site it makes reference to the SSLeay, It sounds to me as if its setup for SSL but you dont have this. Download it and install it.
cowanrl
05-30-2002, 06:28 PM
Originally posted by Slider10:
<STRONG>here are the errors I recieved:
1. When I was setting up the webmin, after i put in the server host name, I recieved the message "The Perl SSLeay is not installed. SSL not available"
2. When I try to pull up the control panel for webmin in my browser, i get a "Unknown Host" error.
I hope this helps in trying to help me. Thanks.</STRONG>
Hmmm! You guys must be setting this up differently than I do. I've always installed it as an RPM under Red Hat. I lead a sheltered life I guess.
When installing from an RPM, you have to already have Webmin up and running to config
ure it to use SSL.
chikn
05-30-2002, 06:35 PM
And whats your server machine anyway? This is usually packaged with all distros and if so would make it much easier for you.
Slider10
05-30-2002, 06:39 PM
i'm running mandrake linux 8.1
chikn
05-30-2002, 06:45 PM
Open up the software manager, find the webmin package and install it from there./
Slider10
05-31-2002, 11:04 AM
Okay, I was able to get into Webmin's control panel. What had happened was that I reformatted the machine and re-installed Mandrake due to a problem earlier in the day.
I didn't know you had to have your internet connection set up in order to access localhost. I'm in there now.
Thanks for all your help. I will get the SSL files I need so my server is secure. Thanks!