Re: [webmin-l] Re: change password changes available modules for webmin user

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

On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 14:25, Marc Petitmermet wrote:
> > these are 3 modules more than in my initial setup. can anybody  
> > explain this? is my configuration not correct? thanks for any advice.
> 
> well, i think that i can answer my questions myself. my guess is that  
> the specific webmin user in this case is under control of virtualmin  
> virtual server. the general settings of virtualmin override the all  
> setting of the webmin user. so when i delete a module in the webmin  
> user setup which is controlled by virtualmin it just gets added  
> again. and when i add a module in the webmin user setting which is  
> not allowed in the general setup of virtualmin it gets deleted.  
> therefore, i cannot control these virtualmin controlled webmin user  
> individually? i tried to add the System and Server Status module  
> through the webmin user setting. but as soon as i change the password  
> (as described in my last email) this module disappears again form the  
> list of available modules.
> 
> if this is intended behavior then i ask myself why are these  
> virtualmin controlled webmin users configurable/editable by the  
> webmin users module at all when everything is reset to the defaults  
> anyway? i still think that i have a missconfiguration here or i don't  
> grasp the virtualmin concept at all.

This is normal behaviour actually .. it is best not manually edit users
created by Virtualmin, as it has it's own idea of what modules and
settings they should have, and will over-write manual changes. Because
virtualmin is just a plugin to webmin, it cannot stop you from making
manual changes though.

If you want to do something like grant access to an extra module, the
only way to do this currently is to edit
/etc/webmin/virtual-server/domains/XXX (where XXX is the file for the
domain) and add a line like :

webmin_modules=status

Then edit and re-save the virtual server.

 - Jamie