Re: inetd/xinetd, webmin-manual changes

[Joe C. <jo...@sw...>]

Have you stopped your original always on Webmin miniserv?  If it's 
already on the port, it can't start there again.

Sergey Arutiunov wrote:

> Jamie,
> 
> I have followed your instructions trying to make Webmin started from xinetd
> on Red Hat 7.0, xinetd updated to the current version.
> here is what I did:
> 
> added file /etc/xinetd.d/webmin  : 
> 
> # default: on
> # description: webmin miniserver runs sysadmin scripts.
> 
> service webmin
> {
> 	socket_type		= stream
> 	wait			= no
> 	user			= root
> 	server		= /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl
>       server_args       = /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf	
>       log_type          = FILE /var/log/webmin.log
> 	log_on_success    = PID HOST USERID EXIT DURATION
> 	log_on_failure    = HOST USERID ATTEMPT RECORD
> 			
> }
> 
> added the following line to /etc/services : 
> webmin          10000/tcp                       #webmin web admin
> 
> When I try to connect to webmin at port 10000, I get the following message
> in the browser window:
> Failed to bind port 10000 : Address already in use at
> /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl line 247. 
> 
> - any suggestions ?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Sergey
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jamie Cameron [mailto:jca...@we...]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 5:48 PM
>> To: web...@li...
>> Subject: Re: inetd/xinetd, webmin-manual changes
>> 
>> 
>> Sergey Arutiunov wrote:
>> 
>>> 1. Is it possible to run webmin via inetd/xinetd, like 
>> 
>> linuxconf, so that
>> 
>>> the miniserver does not run continuously ?
>> 
>> Yes, this can be done. You can stop webmin, edit the file 
>> /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
>> and add the line  inetd=1  and then add an inetd entry to run 
>> /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
>> on whatever port you want.
>> 
>> The downside is that some features (such as being able to 
>> change the port/address
>> webmin listens on) will no longer work..
>> 
>> 
>>> 2. Does Webmin module (as a rule) remember the state of the 
>> 
>> last changes
>> 
>>> done through webmin and make a distinction between the 
>> 
>> webmin-made and
>> 
>>> manual changes ?
>> 
>> Webmin reads and writes directly to the config files, so any 
>> changes that you
>> make manually will be visible (and editable) in webmin. Does 
>> that anwser your
>> question?
>> 
>>  - Jamie
>> 
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