Re: [webmin-l] Network Configuration Module

[John H. <web...@ew...>]

Thomas E Dukes wrote:

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: web...@li... 
>>[mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf 
>>Of John Hinton
>>Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 11:07 AM
>>To: web...@li...
>>Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Network Configuration Module
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>>Jamie Cameron wrote:
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>>>This happens because Webmin doesn't detect CentOS 4.2 
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>>properly, due to 
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>>>the removal of the /etc/centos-release file that existed on older 
>>>versions. The best fix would be to copy /etc/redhat-release to 
>>>/etc/centos-release , and remove and re-install Webmin. However, 
>>>re-installing like that will cause all webmin and virtualmin 
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>>settings to be lost, so don't do it if you have any that you 
>>want to preserve!
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>>>Alternatively, you can just go to the Webmin Configuration module, 
>>>click on the Operating System icon and change the OS 
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>>manually to CentOS 4.2.
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>>>- Jamie
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>>>On 22/Oct/2005 23:26 Thomas E Dukes wrote ..
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>>>>Jamie,
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>>>>I noticed my network configuration module was missing.  I deleted a 
>>>>few unused modules a couple of weeks ago and thought I might have 
>>>>inadvertently deleted it as well.  So I went to the webmin site and 
>>>>downloaded it but was unable to install it because my OS was not 
>>>>supported??????
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>>>>I'm running CentOS 4.2 based on RHEL 4.  Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasup?
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>>>>TIA
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>>Hmmm.... On a CentOS 4 (upgraded to 4.1), upgrade to 4.2, the 
>>OS is listed as 4.0 in webmin. On a fresh install of CentOS 
>>4.2, it shows up as CentOS 4.2 in both redhat-release and 
>>webmin. Webmin put the Network Configuration module on both 
>>systems. But, maybe the fly in the soup here is trying to 
>>re-install a module that was removed? Looking for 
>>centos-release on a CentOS 3.5 install, I see the same thing... 
>>/etc/redhat-release and no /etc/centos-release. That would be 
>>the oldest I can check. I do recall the Whitebox replaced the 
>>redhat-release with wbel or whitebox-release. All of this I'm 
>>sure due to redhat trademark fears. It wouldn't surprise me 
>>if centos-release reappeared as so much else has been renamed 
>>that way, like all the redhat server management programs. 
>>Would it create various program confusion to have both 
>>redhat-release and centos-release in /etc? I bet so.
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>>I'm not complaining here.. only providing information.
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>>John Hinton
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>Hello John,
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>It was previously there when I was at 4.1 after upgraging from WBEL 4.  Not
>sure when it disappeared.  Probably on the latest upgrade of webmin.  Any
>ideas on how to fix it?  
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>TIA
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I would try suggestion 2 from Jamie. Manually configure the OS and 
release within Webmin. Mine is set to CentOS Linux 4.2.

Also, don't forget to check your ACL list. Maybe it's still there but 
somehow was set to unavailable.

Did you use the Webmin RPM or the Dag RPM? I use the Dag repository but 
have Webmin set as an exclude. There are serious conflicts between the 
two versions. Dag says his is the best, Jamie says his is the best. More 
than likely they are both right from their point of view on things. I 
decided to use the Webmin version as it left all the update functions 
available from within Webmin, not an option with the dag version. I had 
a BIG mess going on several machines for a long time due to this issue. 
At the top of the list was ACLs changing after any update, even for root.

Good luck.

John Hinton