Re: [webmin-l] usermin password

[Alan D. <We...@Om...>]

Okay, my mistake.  I thought it was enabled by default in my
installation, but maybe that was brought over from an older version, or
maybe I inadvertently turned it on in the past.

Thanks,
Alan

On 9/30/2005 9:23 AM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> Um .. it is disabled by default though, at least in the Webmin
> packages from www.webmin.com. Other vendors may have enabled it, but
> that is out of my control :-)
>
>  - Jamie
>
> On 30/Sep/2005 22:36 Alan Dobkin wrote ..
>> Since you recommend against using this feature (which I agree with),
>> then can it be disabled by default for new installations?
>>
>> Most people won't know to turn it off manually, and it would increase
>> security by disabling it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alan
>>
>> On 9/29/2005 8:04 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>>>
>>> That would only happen if you are using some kind of local proxy, such
>>> as an Apache ProxyPass directive. Then usermin would auto-login as the
>>> Apache user!
>>>
>>> Personally, I recommend against using that localauth feature, except in
>>> very limited circumstances, such as a non-network box that is only
>>> running a browser locally.