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

[Albert C. <ach...@vi...>]

Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On 12/Jul/2006 07:45 Albert Charron wrote ..
>> 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

Thanks for your quick answer. Here's the content of the file you 
requested...

#---- start of the file ----

# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# Defaults

Defaults        !lecture,tty_tickets,!fqdn

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

#---- End of File ----

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