Re: How can I allow specific Unix users (based on unix groups) to login to Webmn?

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 06:46, Stephen Ollinger wrote:
> I have read FAQ #24 (How can I allow any Unix user to login to Webmin?) and 
> would like to know who to do the following:
> 
> In the Webmin Users module, I would create a user called staffunixer.  I 
> would give this webmin user access to the modules that I would want all my 
> Unix users in the 'staff' unix group to have access to.  Whenever a user 
> logs into webmin using their unix account username and password, webmin 
> would give them the modules that I setup for staffunixer if they belong to 
> the unix group 'staff'.  This would allow me to create unix users and put 
> add them into the unix group that would give them the right webmin modules.  
> I wouldn't have to create specific webmin users for each user I wanted to 
> give access to webmin.
> 
> Hope that makes sense.  Basically my question is :
> 
> How can I allow specific Unix users based on specific Unix groups to login 
> to Webmin without creating specific Webmin users for each user?

This is not currently possible in Webmin unfortunately .. only a single
Unix authentication user can exist. Usermin gives you more flexibility
in controlling which Unix users a Webmin user can access, but it's
modules are of course different ..

 - Jamie