#4834 Document follows : This web server is running in SSL mode

[M.T.R]

hi jamie,

this bug is still there:
"Document follows : This web server is running in SSL mode. Try the URL <a href='https:" etc ...

sure i connect via ssl with no problems all the time.

this was also reported by other user.

cheers mike

[Jamie Cameron]

So you were using an https:// URL when you got the original error message?

[M.T.R]

exactly,
i'm always using the same saved connection ssl.

sometimes the message appears, sometimes not.

cheers mike

[Jamie Cameron]

Which browser are you using?

[M.T.R]

ie11

cheers

[Jamie Cameron]

Does the same thing happen in other browsers?

[M.T.R]

this happened also with ie10.

also this was reported by other user.

cheers

[M.T.R]

this was reported by Tim Reeves:

https://sourceforge.net/p/webadmin/bugs/4767/

quote
I was having the same problem. I'm on Debian 8.5 and have configured a Class 2 SSL certificate (from StartCom) with all elements (key, cert, ca-cert) in one .pem file. The actual access to Webmin via SSL in the browser works fine. I also got both messages noted above - initially the "Document follows" message, but I think that was before I got Webmin configured properly. Then regularly "Failed to initialize SSL connection" appeared in the log, a new line every few of minutes. So I looked for a cron job which might cause that, but found none. Then I remembered: Ha, I'm monitoring the Webmin port with Monit!

That was it, I commented out the port test in the Monit config file, and the error message disappeared. It may even be possible to do a working test with Monit, I had not added "protocol https" to the Monit config line. But have not checked that out.

Hope this helps!

quote

[Jamie Cameron]

I think that's a different issue.

What about non-IE browsers? That would be useful to track down what's triggering the problem.

[M.T.R]

hi,

excuse for the delay, i was ill.

i have no access to other browser.
the owner wants only internet explorer and connects to webmin with fixed and saved connection.

however, it is easy to very:

if i ping from a vbscript to verify if webmin is alive i get

in webmin error log:

[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] Document follows : This web server is running in SSL mode. Try the URL https://my.host:10000/ instead.

and the script gets the message:

"200 Document follows"

apache would return:

"200 OK"

so the issue is not browser related, cause no browser is involved calling from vbscript.

hope this helps

cheers

[Jamie Cameron]

So if you connect in non-SSL mode, that "This web server is running in SSL mode" message is expected. What's confusing is that you're also getting it when presumably making an HTTPS connection from IE?

[M.T.R]

hi,

this is the script, which i use to verify if i'm connected and if webmin server is live:

wscript.echo GetPingSite("https://my.host:10000/")

Function GetPingSite(URL)
Dim objHTTP

Set objHTTP = CreateObject( "WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1" )

objHTTP.Open "GET", URL, False
objHTTP.SetRequestHeader "User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MyApp 1.0; Windows NT 5.1)"

On Error Resume Next

objHTTP.Send
GetPingSite = objHTTP.Status & " " & objHTTP.StatusText

If Err.Number <> 0 Then
    Err.Clear
End If

On Error GoTo 0

Set objHTTP = Nothing

End Function

if the webmin server is live i get wscript.echo: "200 Document follows"

and in webmin error log is the error message :

[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] Document follows : This web server is running in SSL mode. Try the URL https://my.host:10000/ instead.

if i use the browser to connect to webmin i get the same error message in webminerror log,
but not everytime.

this is the difference.

hope i could make things clear.

<bg>

cheers

[M.T.R]

just to give more details:

if i verify the webmin server state (say connect)
with my script or interet-explorer makes no difference.

in both cases the error message in webmin error log (miniserv error log) appears randomly.

cheers

[Jamie Cameron]

Does it appear only when you're accessing the site with your browser, or at other times? It's possible that some other client is also making connections to Webmin.

[M.T.R]

i don't know,
i will check this out and keep you informed.
have to check if it also appears with my script.

cheers

[M.T.R]

last one appeared exactly at the same time like this message in miniserv access log:
"GET /session_login.cgi?logout=1 HTTP/1.1" 401 2930
(browser access)
cheers

[Jamie Cameron]

I'm mystified ... however, unless you're seeing errors in your browser, I'd recommend ignoring these messages in the logs.

[M.T.R]

as long as i can see, this comes only when using browser to connect to webmin site.
is it possible, that this is a ssl settings issue in webmin perhaps?

cheers