Re: Running Webmin under Apache problem

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

Adhamh Findlay wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to run Webmin under Apache.   I have followed the
> directions at http://webmin.com/webmin/apache.html and I think I have
> done everything right.   However, I am not able to access Webmin.  I
> get a login panel from Apache when I hit the website,  I
> authenticate, but then webmin tells me that I do not have access to
> any modules.
> 
> Here is my /etc/webmin/htusers file:
> 
> root# more /etc/webmin/htusers
> admin:<encryptedpasswd>
> 
> My webmin.acl file
> 
> root# more /etc/webmin/webmin.acl
> admin: acl apache bind8 bsdexports cpan cron custom dfsadmin dhcpd
> dialog dnsadm
> in exports fdisk fetchmail file format grub hpuxexports inetd init inittab lilo
> lpadmin majordomo man mount mysql net nis pam pap passwd postfix
> postgresql proc
>   quota raid samba sendmail servers shell software squid status syslog
> telnet tim
> e useradmin webmin webminlog wuftpd xinetd
> 
> Here is the authentication options I created in my httpd.conf:
> 
> #more webmin stuff, this time for auth
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName webmin
> AuthUserFile /etc/webmin/htusers
> Require valid-user
> 
> Any suggestions on what could cause this?

Sounds like the WEBMIN_CONFIG and WEBMIN_VAR environment
variables haven't been set, so webmin can't find the
/etc/webmin/webmin.acl file. You need to add lines to
your apache config like :

SetEnv WEBMIN_CONFIG /etc/webmin
SetEnv WEBMIN_VAR /var/webmin

 - Jamie