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

[Roger B.A. K. <ro...@qu...>]

Would I be correct in:
- disabling the option to set the MySQL password to agree with the user 
password
- importing the servers with a blank password
- re-enabling the password synchronization
- telling users to log in and change their passwords to the current value
...so Webmin could save the password for future database uses?


Vernon J. Spangler wrote:

>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.
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>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.
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>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
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>Subject: [webmin-l] Virtualmin Deinstall/Install losing configuration
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>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.
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>Any idea what I did wrong so it doesn't happen again?
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