Re: [webmin-l] Webmin 1.290 Debian package available

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

On 12/Jul/2006 07:45 Albert Charron wrote ..
> Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > If you run Webmin on a Debian or Ubuntu system, a new .deb package
> > is available from :
> > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.290.deb
> > 
> > Unlike previous Debian packages of Webmin, this one was created by
> > me and so includes the latest Webmin release. It also puts all standard
> > modules into a single package, just like the RPM and tar.gz distributions.
> > 
> > This will eventually make its way into Debian's APT repository,
> > but I am releasing it on www.webmin.com first for testing purposes.
> > 
> > Upgrading from the old Debian package of Webmin *should* work, but
> > has not been fully tested.
> > 
> >  - Jamie
> > 
> 
> Hi Jamie.  Thanks for this release.  I installed it on my laptop running
> under Ubuntu DapperDrake (6.06).  It's working perfectly.  The only 
> problem I can see is the following... On Ubuntu, root access is disabled
> by default.  Users are using sudo to perform admin tasks.  While 
> installing your package, how will webmin configure itself to use the 
> root account if the password is unknown from the users?
> 
> On my laptop, this wasn't an issue because I've reset the root password
> so I can use it.  I'll try it tonight on my desktop, were root account
> is with the default...

Hi Albert,
Thanks for pointing this out - I wasn't aware the Ubuntu was set up like this.
Currently, Webmin wouldn't handle this too well..

What does the /etc/sudoers file contain on Ubuntu by default?

 - Jamie