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[webmin-devel] How do I add a new default user to a webmin rpm?

[Scott W. <sw...@gm...>]

I am using webmin 1.410 installed from the RPM. I want to build my own rpm
for internally distributing on some servers.

The key feature I want to add to this build is another user without root
access. I want a webmin account called "box-admin" that only has access to a
few modules like firewall, net, time, etc. This way, certain level of users
are not overwhelmed by all the functions available in webmin.

I have searched but could not find where the user information is stored in
webmin, so I can add it to a distribution.  If it is easier, I can add a
group/user to the linux box, but I really want the scaled down options for
this user base.

Very cool and impressive application.

Thanks-
Scott

Re: [webmin-devel] How do I add a new default user to a webmin rpm?

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

On 10/Apr/2008 12:52 Scott White wrote ..
<blockquote type="cite">
I am using webmin 1.410 installed from the RPM. I want to build my own rpm for internally distributing on some servers. <br /><br />The key feature I want to add to this build is another user without root access. I want a webmin account called &quot;box-admin&quot; that only has access to a few modules like firewall, net, time, etc. This way, certain level of users are not overwhelmed by all the functions available in webmin. <br />
<br />I have searched but could not find where the user information is stored in webmin, so I can add it to a distribution.&nbsp; If it is easier, I can add a group/user to the linux box, but I really want the scaled down options for this user base.<br />
<br />Very cool and impressive application.<br /></blockquote><p>Thanks!<br />The files you need to modify are /etc/webmin/miniserv.users and /etc/webmin/webmin.acl .<br /><br />In the first you will need to append a line like :<br />box-admin:XXXXX<br />where XXXXX is the unix-encrypted password.</p><p><br />
In webmin.acl you should add the line :<br />box-admin: firewall net etc..<br /><br />Make sure you run /etc/webmin/restart after changing those files.<br /><br />&nbsp;- Jamie<br /><br /></p>

Re: [webmin-devel] How do I add a new default user to a webmin rpm?

[Scott W. <sw...@gm...>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:

> On 10/Apr/2008 12:52 Scott White wrote ..
>
> I am using webmin 1.410 installed from the RPM. I want to build my own rpm
> for internally distributing on some servers.
>
> The key feature I want to add to this build is another user without root
> access. I want a webmin account called "box-admin" that only has access to a
> few modules like firewall, net, time, etc. This way, certain level of users
> are not overwhelmed by all the functions available in webmin.
>
> I have searched but could not find where the user information is stored in
> webmin, so I can add it to a distribution.  If it is easier, I can add a
> group/user to the linux box, but I really want the scaled down options for
> this user base.
>
> Very cool and impressive application.
>
> Thanks!
> The files you need to modify are /etc/webmin/miniserv.users and
> /etc/webmin/webmin.acl .
>
> In the first you will need to append a line like :
> box-admin:XXXXX
> where XXXXX is the unix-encrypted password.
>
>
> In webmin.acl you should add the line :
> box-admin: firewall net etc..
>
> Make sure you run /etc/webmin/restart after changing those files.
>
>  - Jamie
>
>  That makes sense, but I want to repackage this as an RPM. Would suggest
patching those files after the install or should I try to modify setup.sh?
It looks like it creates those files now.

Re: [webmin-devel] How do I add a new default user to a webmin rpm?

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

On 10/Apr/2008 13:58 Scott White wrote ..
<blockquote type="cite">
<br /><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jamie Cameron &lt;<a href="reply_mail.cgi?new=1&amp;to=jcameron%40webmin%2Ecom">jca...@we...</a>&gt; wrote:<br /><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">

On 10/Apr/2008 12:52 Scott White wrote ..
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><blockquote type="cite">
I am using webmin 1.410 installed from the RPM. I want to build my own rpm for internally distributing on some servers. <br /><br />The key feature I want to add to this build is another user without root access. I want a webmin account called &quot;box-admin&quot; that only has access to a few modules like firewall, net, time, etc. This way, certain level of users are not overwhelmed by all the functions available in webmin. <br />

<br />I have searched but could not find where the user information is stored in webmin, so I can add it to a distribution.&nbsp; If it is easier, I can add a group/user to the linux box, but I really want the scaled down options for this user base.<br />

<br />Very cool and impressive application.<br /></blockquote></div></div><p>Thanks!<br />The files you need to modify are /etc/webmin/miniserv.users and /etc/webmin/webmin.acl .<br /><br />In the first you will need to append a line like :<br />
box-admin:XXXXX<br />where XXXXX is the unix-encrypted password.</p><p><br />
In webmin.acl you should add the line :<br />box-admin: firewall net etc..<br /><br />Make sure you run /etc/webmin/restart after changing those files.<br /><br />&nbsp;- Jamie<br /><br /></p>
</blockquote></div>&nbsp;That makes sense, but I want to repackage this as an RPM. Would suggest patching those files after the install or should I try to modify setup.sh? It looks like it creates those files now.<br />
</blockquote>I'd suggest adding code to the %post section of the RPM to made these additions.<br /><br />&nbsp;- Jamie<br /><br />

Re: [webmin-devel] How do I add a new default user to a webmin rpm?

[Nizar T. <niz...@to...>]

On Thursday 10 April 2008 11:07:34 pm Jamie Cameron wrote:
>  On 10/Apr/2008 13:58 Scott White wrote ..
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:
>  On 10/Apr/2008 12:52 Scott White wrote ..
>  I am using webmin 1.410 installed from the RPM. I want to build my own rpm
> for internally distributing on some servers.
>
> The key feature I want to add to this build is another user without root
> access. I want a webmin account called "box-admin" that only has access to
> a few modules like firewall, net, time, etc. This way, certain level of
> users are not overwhelmed by all the functions available in webmin.
>
> I have searched but could not find where the user information is stored in
> webmin, so I can add it to a distribution.  If it is easier, I can add a
> group/user to the linux box, but I really want the scaled down options for
> this user base.
>
> Very cool and impressive application.
> Thanks!
> The files you need to modify are /etc/webmin/miniserv.users and
> /etc/webmin/webmin.acl .
>
> In the first you will need to append a line like :
>  box-admin:XXXXX
> where XXXXX is the unix-encrypted password.
>
>  In webmin.acl you should add the line :
> box-admin: firewall net etc..
>
> Make sure you run /etc/webmin/restart after changing those files.
>
>  - Jamie
>
>  That makes sense, but I want to repackage this as an RPM. Would suggest
> patching those files after the install or should I try to modify setup.sh?
> It looks like it creates those files now.
>
> I'd suggest adding code to the %post section of the RPM to made these
> additions.
>
>  - Jamie

You could do it by a simple patch file that you call from the %post section of 
your rpm .spec file

Re: [webmin-devel] How do I add a new default user to a webmin rpm?

[Scott W. <sw...@gm...>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:

> On 10/Apr/2008 13:58 Scott White wrote ..
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...<http://reply_mail.cgi?new=1&to=jcameron%40webmin%2Ecom>>
> wrote:
>
> > On 10/Apr/2008 12:52 Scott White wrote ..
> >
> > I am using webmin 1.410 installed from the RPM. I want to build my own
> > rpm for internally distributing on some servers.
> >
> > The key feature I want to add to this build is another user without root
> > access. I want a webmin account called "box-admin" that only has access to a
> > few modules like firewall, net, time, etc. This way, certain level of users
> > are not overwhelmed by all the functions available in webmin.
> >
> > I have searched but could not find where the user information is stored
> > in webmin, so I can add it to a distribution.  If it is easier, I can add a
> > group/user to the linux box, but I really want the scaled down options for
> > this user base.
> >
> > Very cool and impressive application.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > The files you need to modify are /etc/webmin/miniserv.users and
> > /etc/webmin/webmin.acl .
> >
> > In the first you will need to append a line like :
> > box-admin:XXXXX
> > where XXXXX is the unix-encrypted password.
> >
> >
> > In webmin.acl you should add the line :
> > box-admin: firewall net etc..
> >
> > Make sure you run /etc/webmin/restart after changing those files.
> >
> >  - Jamie
> >
> >  That makes sense, but I want to repackage this as an RPM. Would suggest
> patching those files after the install or should I try to modify setup.sh?
> It looks like it creates those files now.
>
> I'd suggest adding code to the %post section of the RPM to made these
> additions.
>
>  - Jamie


I will try that out. I did notice that if you install webmin as part of the
OS (i.e. include it you own distribution), the root password is blank. It
looks like the setup.sh is looking for /etc/passwd which may not be setup
during the initial install.

Re: [webmin-devel] How do I add a new default user to a webmin rpm?

[Joseph L. <jl...@hd...>]

I realize you want this all done in an rpm...but perhaps just clustering 
the install from RPM and then syncing that user over all the machines 
through the Cluster Users & Groups and/or Cluster Webmin Servers module 
would be a bit more in line with what you should be doing.

J. Laws

Scott White wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we... 
> <mailto:jca...@we...>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/Apr/2008 13:58 Scott White wrote ..
>>
>>
>>     On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jamie Cameron
>>     <jca...@we...
>>     <http://reply_mail.cgi?new=1&to=jcameron%40webmin%2Ecom>> wrote:
>>
>>         On 10/Apr/2008 12:52 Scott White wrote ..
>>>         I am using webmin 1.410 installed from the RPM. I want to
>>>         build my own rpm for internally distributing on some servers.
>>>
>>>         The key feature I want to add to this build is another user
>>>         without root access. I want a webmin account called
>>>         "box-admin" that only has access to a few modules like
>>>         firewall, net, time, etc. This way, certain level of users
>>>         are not overwhelmed by all the functions available in webmin.
>>>
>>>         I have searched but could not find where the user
>>>         information is stored in webmin, so I can add it to a
>>>         distribution.  If it is easier, I can add a group/user to
>>>         the linux box, but I really want the scaled down options for
>>>         this user base.
>>>
>>>         Very cool and impressive application.
>>
>>         Thanks!
>>         The files you need to modify are /etc/webmin/miniserv.users
>>         and /etc/webmin/webmin.acl .
>>
>>         In the first you will need to append a line like :
>>         box-admin:XXXXX
>>         where XXXXX is the unix-encrypted password.
>>
>>
>>         In webmin.acl you should add the line :
>>         box-admin: firewall net etc..
>>
>>         Make sure you run /etc/webmin/restart after changing those files.
>>
>>          - Jamie
>>
>>      That makes sense, but I want to repackage this as an RPM. Would
>>     suggest patching those files after the install or should I try to
>>     modify setup.sh? It looks like it creates those files now.
>     I'd suggest adding code to the %post section of the RPM to made
>     these additions.
>
>      - Jamie
>
>
> I will try that out. I did notice that if you install webmin as part 
> of the OS (i.e. include it you own distribution), the root password is 
> blank. It looks like the setup.sh is looking for /etc/passwd which may 
> not be setup during the initial install.
>
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Re: [webmin-devel] How do I add a new default user to a webmin rpm?

[Scott W. <sw...@gm...>]

For completeness, here is what I did.
I created a new RPM called webmin-mystuff. This rpm requires the base webmin
rpm.
On my machine I configure the system for users and access control to various
modules.
Then I use the /etc/webmin/miniserv.users and /etc/webmin/webmin.acl as
source for the new RPM.
I update my distribution media and kickstart files to include the new rpm
and I am done.

My new RPM is not portable to other non-Redhat like distributions, but that
is not an issue for me.

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Joseph Laws <jl...@hd...> wrote:

> I realize you want this all done in an rpm...but perhaps just clustering
> the install from RPM and then syncing that user over all the machines
> through the Cluster Users & Groups and/or Cluster Webmin Servers module
> would be a bit more in line with what you should be doing.
>
> J. Laws
>
> Scott White wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...
> > <mailto:jca...@we...>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 10/Apr/2008 13:58 Scott White wrote ..
> >>
> >>
> >>     On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jamie Cameron
> >>     <jca...@we...
> >>     <http://reply_mail.cgi?new=1&to=jcameron%40webmin%2Ecom>> wrote:
> >>
> >>         On 10/Apr/2008 12:52 Scott White wrote ..
> >>>         I am using webmin 1.410 installed from the RPM. I want to
> >>>         build my own rpm for internally distributing on some servers.
> >>>
> >>>         The key feature I want to add to this build is another user
> >>>         without root access. I want a webmin account called
> >>>         "box-admin" that only has access to a few modules like
> >>>         firewall, net, time, etc. This way, certain level of users
> >>>         are not overwhelmed by all the functions available in webmin.
> >>>
> >>>         I have searched but could not find where the user
> >>>         information is stored in webmin, so I can add it to a
> >>>         distribution.  If it is easier, I can add a group/user to
> >>>         the linux box, but I really want the scaled down options for
> >>>         this user base.
> >>>
> >>>         Very cool and impressive application.
> >>
> >>         Thanks!
> >>         The files you need to modify are /etc/webmin/miniserv.users
> >>         and /etc/webmin/webmin.acl .
> >>
> >>         In the first you will need to append a line like :
> >>         box-admin:XXXXX
> >>         where XXXXX is the unix-encrypted password.
> >>
> >>
> >>         In webmin.acl you should add the line :
> >>         box-admin: firewall net etc..
> >>
> >>         Make sure you run /etc/webmin/restart after changing those
> files.
> >>
> >>          - Jamie
> >>
> >>      That makes sense, but I want to repackage this as an RPM. Would
> >>     suggest patching those files after the install or should I try to
> >>     modify setup.sh? It looks like it creates those files now.
> >     I'd suggest adding code to the %post section of the RPM to made
> >     these additions.
> >
> >      - Jamie
> >
> >
> > I will try that out. I did notice that if you install webmin as part
> > of the OS (i.e. include it you own distribution), the root password is
> > blank. It looks like the setup.sh is looking for /etc/passwd which may
> > not be setup during the initial install.
> >
> >
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