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Re: [webmin-l] error in documentation ???

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

That is very odd.
Try turning off the nscd process, which caches the password file. You can do
this in Webmin's Bootup and Shutdown module.

 - Jamie

On 31/Aug/2006 00:56 and...@fr... wrote ..
> Perhaps I found the explanation.....
> If I change the shell via webmin, I have to reboot the box to get the
> changes active... (?)
> 
> Stopping and restarting SSH server has not effect
> 
> So I changed the shell from /bin/bash to something not existing, but I
> still was using /bin/bash
> 
> If I reboot, then I get:
> 
> if /bin/bash   ----> login ok
> if /bin/false  -----> close putty window
> if /shellnotexists --> access denied, wrong username or password
> 
> everytime I change a shell of every user I have to reboot the
> box.........................
> SO documentation is OK, but actually it seems to me really strange having
> to reboot........
> 
> thanks,
> ANdrea
> 
> 
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> On 30/Aug/2006 05:31 and...@fr... wrote ..
> > Hi all,
> > I think that could exists an error in documentation.
> >
> > I am trying to create users which can only use mail.
> >
> > So I put /bin/false in their shell, and it is OK.
> >
> > But this is the end of the story; according to the webmin documentation
> > :
> >
> > ...
> > When a user logs in via telnet or at the console, or opens an xterm
> window
> > in X the users shell program will be run to interpret commands entered.
> > If
> > a user does not have a valid shell program or has one that does nothing
> > (like /bin/false), then that user will not be able to login. This can
> be
> > useful when creating users who can only read and send email.
> > ...
> >
> > If you leave the shell field empty, or put a non existing program (like
> > /shellnotexists as shell field)  you CAN login via putty (ssh)
> > (of course you had to permit login by password) and issue any kind of
> > commands (ls, cd ......)
> >
> > If you correctly put /bin/false in the shell field, you login via putty
> > (ssh) and the window is closed immediatly (correct)
> >
> > I am running Suse 10.1 with latest kernel and patch
> >
> > I think that could be fine to update the help field
> 
> So if the shell field is empty, when shell does a user get after logging
> in?
> I am very surprised that this works, unless the SSH server on some systems
> is automatically falling back to the /bin/sh shell if no valid shell is
> set
> in /etc/passwd.
> 
>  - Jamie
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[webmin-l] Problem editing Virtualmin created dns zones

[Jony H. <we...@j-...>]

Hi,

 I've ran into a problem with Webmin/Virtualmin that I can't seem to solve! I'm
using Virtualmin to create virtual servers, which all goes very smoothly.
Virtualmin is, as per its default configuration, creating dns zones for the
newly created servers. It puts these zones in ".hosts" files in the /etc/bind
directory which are included by named.conf.local.

So far, so good. My problem is that I'm unable to edit these zones with Webmin.
They don't show up at all on the webmin Servers->Bind page. Is it possible that
Webmin doesn't follow Bind "file" directives? Can anybody suggest a solution so
that I can edit these zones from Webmin (I want to be able to add A records to
the zones).

I'm running the latest versions of webmin and virtualmin.

Many thanks in advance,


Jony

Re: [webmin-l] error in documentation ???

[<and...@fr...>]

Perhaps I found the explanation.....
If I change the shell via webmin, I have to reboot the box to get the
changes active... (?)

Stopping and restarting SSH server has not effect

So I changed the shell from /bin/bash to something not existing, but I
still was using /bin/bash

If I reboot, then I get:

if /bin/bash   ----> login ok
if /bin/false  -----> close putty window
if /shellnotexists --> access denied, wrong username or password

everytime I change a shell of every user I have to reboot the
box.........................
SO documentation is OK, but actually it seems to me really strange having
to reboot........

thanks,
ANdrea



                                                                           
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On 30/Aug/2006 05:31 and...@fr... wrote ..
> Hi all,
> I think that could exists an error in documentation.
>
> I am trying to create users which can only use mail.
>
> So I put /bin/false in their shell, and it is OK.
>
> But this is the end of the story; according to the webmin documentation
> :
>
> ...
> When a user logs in via telnet or at the console, or opens an xterm
window
> in X the users shell program will be run to interpret commands entered.
> If
> a user does not have a valid shell program or has one that does nothing
> (like /bin/false), then that user will not be able to login. This can be
> useful when creating users who can only read and send email.
> ...
>
> If you leave the shell field empty, or put a non existing program (like
> /shellnotexists as shell field)  you CAN login via putty (ssh)
> (of course you had to permit login by password) and issue any kind of
> commands (ls, cd ......)
>
> If you correctly put /bin/false in the shell field, you login via putty
> (ssh) and the window is closed immediatly (correct)
>
> I am running Suse 10.1 with latest kernel and patch
>
> I think that could be fine to update the help field

So if the shell field is empty, when shell does a user get after logging
in?
I am very surprised that this works, unless the SSH server on some systems
is automatically falling back to the /bin/sh shell if no valid shell is set
in /etc/passwd.

 - Jamie

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[webmin-l] Simple DNS and Sendmail questions

[Michael R. <mic...@gm...>]

Hi, I just got a VPS server with FC4 and webmin.  I have been setting up
BIND and noticed that the three zones I created did not cause a zone file to
be written in /var/named.  /etc/named.conf seems to be getting updated, but
points to zone files that do not exist, and I think that this is causing
name resolution to not work.  Any suggestions?


Also, with Sendmail, I was wondering if someone could point me to some
documentation on how to create mailboxes via webmin for sendmail.  I do not
want to use system users for mail, just want mailboxes.  There doesn't seem
to be a straight-forward method to do this in webmin.

FYI, I have been spending the last few hours searching for all this stuff,
so I hope that this is appropriate, and thanks in advance.

[webmin-l] Qmail and Webmin

[Doug A. <dap...@av...>]

Hello..

Has anyone ever experienced any problems with properly stopping and then
restarting the qmail processes?

Always.. Doug

Re: [webmin-l] webmin: mail alias moves the messages, but i only want to copy to another account

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

On 30/Aug/2006 08:53 Departamento de Informatica wrote ..
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
Hi, with webmin i made=A0 a Alias to my account<br /><br /><a href=3D"_unsafe_link_">dep...@my...</a><br /><br />to another account:<br /><br /><a href=3D"_unsafe_link_">dep...@my...</a><br />
<br />but all the messages sended to <a href=3D"_unsafe_link_">dep...@my...</a> are moved to <a href=3D"_unsafe_link_">dep...@my...</a>, but i just want to copy the messages , not to move.=A0 Thanks for any help
<br /><br />Depto de Informatica<br />
</blockquote>To do that, you need to set two destinations for the alias. The first should be the email address <a href=3D"_unsafe_link_">dep...@my...</a>, and the second the mailbox of user deptoinfo .<br /><br />=A0- Jamie<br /><br />

Re: [webmin-l] error in documentation ???

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

On 30/Aug/2006 05:31 and...@fr... wrote ..
> Hi all,
> I think that could exists an error in documentation.
> 
> I am trying to create users which can only use mail.
> 
> So I put /bin/false in their shell, and it is OK.
> 
> But this is the end of the story; according to the webmin documentation
> :
> 
> ...
> When a user logs in via telnet or at the console, or opens an xterm window
> in X the users shell program will be run to interpret commands entered.
> If
> a user does not have a valid shell program or has one that does nothing
> (like /bin/false), then that user will not be able to login. This can be
> useful when creating users who can only read and send email.
> ...
> 
> If you leave the shell field empty, or put a non existing program (like
> /shellnotexists as shell field)  you CAN login via putty (ssh)
> (of course you had to permit login by password) and issue any kind of
> commands (ls, cd ......)
> 
> If you correctly put /bin/false in the shell field, you login via putty
> (ssh) and the window is closed immediatly (correct)
> 
> I am running Suse 10.1 with latest kernel and patch
> 
> I think that could be fine to update the help field

So if the shell field is empty, when shell does a user get after logging in?
I am very surprised that this works, unless the SSH server on some systems
is automatically falling back to the /bin/sh shell if no valid shell is set
in /etc/passwd.

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Webmin security risk!

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

On 30/Aug/2006 03:45 Andreas Moroder wrote ..
> Jamie Cameron schrieb:
> > On 24/Aug/2006 22:30 Munzir Taha (=?utf-8?q?=D9=85=D9=86=D8=B0=D8=B1?=
> =?utf-8?q?_=D8=B7=D9=87?=) wrote ..
> >>The real problem is having the root password on this file
> >>/etc/webmin/servers/1108941386.serv
> >>May be this is because I am monitoring another server from webmin.
> > 
> > 
> > That's right .. the master Webmin needs to store the password of the
> > other server.
> Hello,
> 
> is this the password for webmin or the root password of the other server

It is the Webmin password (which may be the same as the root password).

> ? Does webmin connect to the remote server through the webmin port or 
> does it direct call scripts/apps on the other server ?

The connection is made via the webmin port, using its built-in RPC-over-HTTP
mechanism.

 - Jamie

[webmin-l] webmin: mail alias moves the messages, but i only want to copy to another account

[Departamento de I. <dep...@gm...>]

Hi, with webmin i made  a Alias to my account

dep...@my...

to another account:

dep...@my...

but all the messages sended to dep...@my... are moved to
dep...@my..., but i just want to copy the messages , not to move.
Thanks for any help

Depto de Informatica

[webmin-l] error in documentation ???

[<and...@fr...>]

Hi all,
I think that could exists an error in documentation.

I am trying to create users which can only use mail.

So I put /bin/false in their shell, and it is OK.

But this is the end of the story; according to the webmin documentation :

...
When a user logs in via telnet or at the console, or opens an xterm window
in X the users shell program will be run to interpret commands entered. If
a user does not have a valid shell program or has one that does nothing
(like /bin/false), then that user will not be able to login. This can be
useful when creating users who can only read and send email.
...

If you leave the shell field empty, or put a non existing program (like
/shellnotexists as shell field)  you CAN login via putty (ssh)
(of course you had to permit login by password) and issue any kind of
commands (ls, cd ......)

If you correctly put /bin/false in the shell field, you login via putty
(ssh) and the window is closed immediatly (correct)

I am running Suse 10.1 with latest kernel and patch

I think that could be fine to update the help field

thanks,

Andrea

[webmin-l] Thinstation module

[Andreas M. <and...@sb...>]

Hello,

does anyoneknow if there is a webmin module for thinstation available ?
( http://thinstation.sourceforge.net )

Bye
Andreas

Re: [webmin-l] Webmin security risk!

[Andreas M. <and...@sb...>]

Jamie Cameron schrieb:
> On 24/Aug/2006 22:30 Munzir Taha (=?utf-8?q?=D9=85=D9=86=D8=B0=D8=B1?=  =?utf-8?q?_=D8=B7=D9=87?=) wrote ..
>>The real problem is having the root password on this file
>>/etc/webmin/servers/1108941386.serv
>>May be this is because I am monitoring another server from webmin.
> 
> 
> That's right .. the master Webmin needs to store the password of the
> other server.
Hello,

is this the password for webmin or the root password of the other server 
? Does webmin connect to the remote server through the webmin port or 
does it direct call scripts/apps on the other server ?

Bye
Andreas

Re: [webmin-l] information about mail

[<and...@fr...>]

Yes Thank you very much, I am trying to follow that way.
I just installed a new Linux - test - box with quota and an "ext2
partition" mounted as /var

thanks again,

Andrea



                                                                           
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How about disk quotas? These can be configured in Webmin, and if setup on
the filesystem that contains /var/mail will limit the size of mailboxes for
all mail and IMAP servers..

 - Jamie

-----Original Message-----

From:  and...@fr...
Subj:  [webmin-l] information about mail
Date:  Tue 29 Aug 2006 3:07 am
Size:  986 bytes
To:  web...@li...

Hi all,
this is not a strictly-webmin question, I am sorry about it

The question is : Is it a way to control the mailbox size limit , via
webmin or in any other way ?

I would like to control the maximum size of each mailbox in my suse linux
box, but I was not able to
find a place where to put this limit, nor in sendmail nor in dovecot.

And another question: Doesn't exist a Cyrus module for webmin ?

thanks in advance

Andrea

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Re: [webmin-l] information about mail

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

How about disk quotas? These can be configured in Webmin, and if setup on
the filesystem that contains /var/mail will limit the size of mailboxes for
all mail and IMAP servers..

 - Jamie

-----Original Message-----

From:  and...@fr...
Subj:  [webmin-l] information about mail
Date:  Tue 29 Aug 2006 3:07 am
Size:  986 bytes
To:  web...@li...

Hi all,
this is not a strictly-webmin question, I am sorry about it

The question is : Is it a way to control the mailbox size limit , via
webmin or in any other way ?

I would like to control the maximum size of each mailbox in my suse linux
box, but I was not able to
find a place where to put this limit, nor in sendmail nor in dovecot.

And another question: Doesn't exist a Cyrus module for webmin ?

thanks in advance

Andrea

[webmin-l] information about mail

[<and...@fr...>]

Hi all,
this is not a strictly-webmin question, I am sorry about it

The question is : Is it a way to control the mailbox size limit , via
webmin or in any other way ?

I would like to control the maximum size of each mailbox in my suse linux
box, but I was not able to
find a place where to put this limit, nor in sendmail nor in dovecot.

And another question: Doesn't exist a Cyrus module for webmin ?

thanks in advance

Andrea

Re: [webmin-l] small modification to LDAP Users and Groups

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

On 28/Aug/2006 04:20 Andreas Moroder wrote ..
> Jamie Cameron <jcameron <at> webmin.com> writes:
> 
> > How about if instead I add an option to show the groups as a'
> > text field, rather than a list? That would be more usable for
> > systems with a huge number of groups..
> > 
> Hello,
> 
> yes this is okay if you talk about an additional field and the actual list
> remains as is.

What I will add in the next Webmin release is a Module Config option to
show secondary groups as a text field instead of a list. This makes more
sense for large systems with hundreds of groups, where selecting them
from a list is painful..

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] User account creation

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

Hi Rich,
I see what you mean now ..
There is actually a better way to do this in Webmin - click on the Module
Config link, and set the 'Automatic home directory base' to /usr/home .
With this done, when creating a user you can set the home directory to
'Automatic', and it will be set to /usr/home/$username when adding the user.

 - Jamie

On 28/Aug/2006 14:07 Danford, Rich wrote ..
> Hi Jamie
> 
> Let's see if I can explain this better.  When creating a new user, Webmin
> will create the home directory that you enter into this field, meaning
> the
> "home directory" field.  How do I setup Webmin so that the input in the
> "username" field is automatically placed at the end of the input entered
> into the "home directory" field?
> 
> Example:
> 
> Username field = jdlow
> 
> Home Directory field = /usr/home
> 
>  
> 
> When "create" button is clicked or initiated, the home directory field
> is auto appended to look like this /usr/home/jdlow.  Thus webmin will create
> the new user account home directory as /usr/home/jdlow, without the manual
> input of /usr/home/jdlow in the home directory field.
> 
> There was an incident where a user account was created with $HOME as
> /usr/home and the 1130 user accounts in /usr/home were moved under the
> new user account, because of a home directory manual input error.  I have added
> the webmin log where the error occurred to help you better see what our
> user account maintenance department did, and hopefully understand if it
> would be possible to auto-append the username to the home directory.  We
> are using a webmin user account create template.
> 
>  
> 
> The webmin log:
> 
> 1156343136.18111.0 [23/Aug/2006 10:25:36] xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX useradmin save_user.cgi "create" "user" "smithd11"
> copy_files='1' expired='' expirem='1' expirey='' gid='macfcusr' gidmode='0'
> home='/usr/home/' home_base='0' inactive='180' makehome='1' max='64'
> min='0' newgid='' others='0' othersh='' passmode='0' real='Daniel Smith,
> 68907' shell='/bin/csh' uid='532589' uid_def='0' user='smithd11' warn='10'
> 
>  
> 
> The individual in the Webmin log record above received an error from Webmin
> stating "Unable to create home directory - already exist.
> 
>  
> 
> Then the individual in the User account maintenance department got
> creative, as you can see by the log information below, and the ensuing
> movehome=1 directive that was given to Webmin. 
> 
>  
> 
> 1156343354.27211.0 [23/Aug/2006 10:29:14] xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX useradmin save_user.cgi "modify" "user" "smithd11"
> chgid='1' chuid='1' expired='' expirem='1' expirey='' gid='macfcusr'
> home='/usr/home/smithd11' home_base='0' inactive='180' max='64' min='0'
> movehome='1' num='503' old='smithd11' others='0' othersh='' passmode='0'
> real='Daniel Smith, 68907' shell='/bin/csh' uid='532589' user='smithd11'
> warn='10'
> 
>  
> 
> And the other part of the new user account below from the webmin log.
> 
>  
> 
> 1156343423.3569.0 [23/Aug/2006 10:30:23] xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX  passwd save_passwd.cgi "passwd" "-" "smithd11" admchg='1'
> change='0' expire='' gid='413' home='/usr/home/smithd11' inactive='180'
> line='503' max='64' min='0' mod='useradmin' num='503' olduser='smithd11'
> passmode='3' real='Daniel Smith, 68907' shell='/bin/csh' sline='503'
> uid='532589' user='smithd11' warn='10'
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Clayton R. Danford 
> Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems 
> Computing and Network Services 
> UNIX Open Systems
> 
>  
> 
> An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the
> long
> run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone
> in
> the short run determines the long run.  --Sydney J. Harris
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: web...@li...
> [mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf Of Jamie
> Cameron
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 14:13
> To: Webmin users list
> Subject: Re: [webmin-l] User account creation
> 
>  
> 
> Hi,
> I don't quite understand what you are trying to do here .. do you want
> to
> put a file in the home directory of each new user that contains his UID?
> Or
> something different?
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
> On 28/Aug/2006 09:36 Danford, Rich wrote .. 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> How does one utilizing webmin 1.270 on Solaris 8 and 9 in the creation
> of a
> user account home directory to have webmin automatically place the new
> user
> account ID in the home directory path?
> 
>  
> 
> TIA
> 
>  
> 
> Rich
> 
>  
> 
> Clayton R. Danford 
> Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems 
> Computing and Network Services 
> UNIX Open Systems
> 
>  
> 
> An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the
> long
> run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone
> in
> the short run determines the long run.  --Sydney J. Harris
> 
>  
> 
>  

Re: [webmin-l] User account creation

[Danford, R. <ric...@lm...>]

Hi Jamie

Let's see if I can explain this better.  When creating a new user, Webmin
will create the home directory that you enter into this field, meaning the
"home directory" field.  How do I setup Webmin so that the input in the
"username" field is automatically placed at the end of the input entered
into the "home directory" field?

 

Example:

Username field = jdlow

Home Directory field = /usr/home

 

When "create" button is clicked or initiated, the home directory field is
auto appended to look like this /usr/home/jdlow.  Thus webmin will create
the new user account home directory as /usr/home/jdlow, without the manual
input of /usr/home/jdlow in the home directory field.

 

There was an incident where a user account was created with $HOME as
/usr/home and the 1130 user accounts in /usr/home were moved under the new
user account, because of a home directory manual input error.  I have added
the webmin log where the error occurred to help you better see what our
user account maintenance department did, and hopefully understand if it
would be possible to auto-append the username to the home directory.  We
are using a webmin user account create template.

 

The webmin log:

1156343136.18111.0 [23/Aug/2006 10:25:36] xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX useradmin save_user.cgi "create" "user" "smithd11"
copy_files='1' expired='' expirem='1' expirey='' gid='macfcusr' gidmode='0'
home='/usr/home/' home_base='0' inactive='180' makehome='1' max='64'
min='0' newgid='' others='0' othersh='' passmode='0' real='Daniel Smith,
68907' shell='/bin/csh' uid='532589' uid_def='0' user='smithd11' warn='10'

 

The individual in the Webmin log record above received an error from Webmin
stating "Unable to create home directory - already exist.

 

Then the individual in the User account maintenance department got
creative, as you can see by the log information below, and the ensuing
movehome=1 directive that was given to Webmin. 

 

1156343354.27211.0 [23/Aug/2006 10:29:14] xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX useradmin save_user.cgi "modify" "user" "smithd11"
chgid='1' chuid='1' expired='' expirem='1' expirey='' gid='macfcusr'
home='/usr/home/smithd11' home_base='0' inactive='180' max='64' min='0'
movehome='1' num='503' old='smithd11' others='0' othersh='' passmode='0'
real='Daniel Smith, 68907' shell='/bin/csh' uid='532589' user='smithd11'
warn='10'

 

And the other part of the new user account below from the webmin log.

 

1156343423.3569.0 [23/Aug/2006 10:30:23] xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX  passwd save_passwd.cgi "passwd" "-" "smithd11" admchg='1'
change='0' expire='' gid='413' home='/usr/home/smithd11' inactive='180'
line='503' max='64' min='0' mod='useradmin' num='503' olduser='smithd11'
passmode='3' real='Daniel Smith, 68907' shell='/bin/csh' sline='503'
uid='532589' user='smithd11' warn='10'

 

Thanks,

Rich

 

 

Clayton R. Danford 
Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems 
Computing and Network Services 
UNIX Open Systems

 

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long
run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in
the short run determines the long run.  --Sydney J. Harris

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From: web...@li...
[mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf Of Jamie
Cameron
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 14:13
To: Webmin users list
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] User account creation

 

Hi,
I don't quite understand what you are trying to do here .. do you want to
put a file in the home directory of each new user that contains his UID? Or
something different?

 - Jamie

On 28/Aug/2006 09:36 Danford, Rich wrote .. 

Greetings,

How does one utilizing webmin 1.270 on Solaris 8 and 9 in the creation of a
user account home directory to have webmin automatically place the new user
account ID in the home directory path?

 

TIA

 

Rich

 

Clayton R. Danford 
Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems 
Computing and Network Services 
UNIX Open Systems

 

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long
run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in
the short run determines the long run.  --Sydney J. Harris

 

 

Re: [webmin-l] User account creation

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

Hi,<br />I don't quite understand what you are trying to do here .. do you want to put a file in the home directory of each new user that contains his UID? Or something different?<br /><br />=A0- Jamie<br /><br />On 28/Aug/2006 09:36 Danford, Rich wrote ..
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[webmin-l] User account creation

[Danford, R. <ric...@lm...>]

Greetings,

How does one utilizing webmin 1.270 on Solaris 8 and 9 in the creation of a
user account home directory to have webmin automatically place the new user
account ID in the home directory path?

 

TIA

 

Rich

 

Clayton R. Danford 
Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems 
Computing and Network Services 
UNIX Open Systems

 

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long
run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in
the short run determines the long run.  --Sydney J. Harris

 

Re: [webmin-l] small modification to LDAP Users and Groups

[Andreas M. <and...@sb...>]

Jamie Cameron <jcameron <at> webmin.com> writes:

> How about if instead I add an option to show the groups as a'
> text field, rather than a list? That would be more usable for
> systems with a huge number of groups..
> 
Hello,

yes this is okay if you talk about an additional field and the actual list
remains as is.

Bye
Andreas

[webmin-l] clamav

[<bo...@de...>]

i accidently clicked 'deactivite clamav'  i did not see anything occurred,  if it did how can i activiate it again since the push button did not change 

Re: [webmin-l] Installing Webmin on Windows XP Pro Problem

[Terry A. <hm...@oz...>]

>Just a guess, I have not tried to do it myself, however... Have you 
>tried to install under cygwin?
>
><http://www.cygwin.com/>http://www.cygwin.com/
>
>rgrds,
>Braulio Gergull
>
Hi again,
	Thanks Braulio - I had thought of that, but one of the other 
apps on this guy's machine requires Activestate Perl, hence my 
problem.
	However, for the sake of continuity, Jamie did email back off 
list to let me know of a minor bug in the Windows segment of Webmin - 
the Environment Variable for the current (1.290) release of Webmin 
requires that the temp variable & tmp variables point to C:/temp - 
NOT C:\temp (note the backslash)
	I'm not saying tht Webmin installed flawlessly using this 
method, but it was certainly far less painful & did eventually 
complete the script.
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Re: [webmin-l] Accessing webmin from work via proxy

[Hamid H. <ha...@mo...>]

I think the quick solution is that to use REDIRECT feature in iptables. 
just imagine that your webmin is working on port 10000 and for any 
reason you can't access port 10000. You may access to it via port 25 ( 
or whatever you want ) with this iptables rule :

iptables -A PREROUTING -d server_ip_address -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -j 
REDIRECT --to-ports 10000

now you can try : http://server_ip_address:25/
you may change port 25 with any port that you have access .

_Hamid

Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On 25/Aug/2006 08:21 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Wax?= wrote ..
>   
>> Michael Ryerse a écrit :
>>     
>>> Hi, I am considering installing Webmin on my server, but need to know
>>> if I can access it from work, which filters all web connections 
>>> limiting me to port 80.  Will webmin work for me?  Seems to me webmin
>>> runs as it's own webserver and requires a different port to work 
>>> properly.  Sorry if this is a common question, I searched 
>>> www.webmin.com <http://www.webmin.com> FAQ's, searched this list, 
>>> googled, and searched some other sites but cannot find an answer.  
>>> Thank you!
>>>  
>>> -Mike
>>>       
>> You can install it on Apache, I recommand you this page 
>> "http://www.webmin.com/apache.html"
>>     
>
> I've been in this situation myself (where port 10000 is blocked), and
> the solution was to setup an apache virtual server which uses the 
> proxypass directives to forward traffic to port 10000 on the same
> machine. This is documented on the page above..
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Re: [webmin-l] Can't locate Compress/Zlib.pm

[Martin M. <mm...@me...>]

Hi Robert,

"Robert Lowery" <rl...@os...> wrote:

>	Can't locate Compress/Zlib.pm in @INC (@INC contains: =
/root/webmin-1.290
>/etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4
>/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8
>/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /root/webmin-1.290/dansguardian/logs.cgi =
line
>117.
>BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
>/root/webmin-1.290/dansguardian/logs.cgi line 117.

You need to install the perl module Compress::Zlib from CPAN.

ssh to the machine and connect as root.

# perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Bundle::CPAN

Compress::Zlib is part of that bundle.

>I have searched the system and cannot find "Zlib.pm" any where. The =
funny
>part is that this was working when I setup the machine in the lab for
>testing. Any help is much appreciated.

This may came from the fact, that on your testing machine this module
already was installed.

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