RE: [webmin-l] Virtualmin Deinstall/Install losing configuration

[Vernon J. S. <ve...@ve...>]

There are actually two different methods I would have attempted but one that
is crucial. First is to always make backup. Since Virtualmin has a backup
utility you should use it before you make any changes to your server.

When changing the version of Webmin you have two choices you can make.
1. This is to upgrade the by using the Webmin section of the web interface
and going to the Webmin configuration. This is the one I would recommend
doing before any sudden changes.
2. Uninstall and re-install Webmin after having made all the backups.

You can still recover the Virtualmin accounts by using the import feature of
the module. Granted it may require you to reset the passwords and you may
run into errors with the passwords with SQL portion. But you technically did
not loose the users or the actual information. Recovery is a pain staking
event but it does teach a vital lesson. Backups and logs are your friend. I
understand that this does not resolve the actual issue with the
fail-to-restart but at least you will have a better ideal when upgrading and
some weight off your shoulders on the lost accounts.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Roger B.A. Klorese [mailto:ro...@qu...] 
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 12:24 AM
To: web...@li...
Subject: [webmin-l] Virtualmin Deinstall/Install losing configuration

In order to address the fails-to-restart issue, I deinstalled Webmin 
1.220 and installed 1.226... which then required that I install 
Virtualmin... which then lost my 60+ defined virtual servers.

Any idea what I did wrong so it doesn't happen again?