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[webmin-l] Problems with enabling SSL for Webmin

[John P. <jpa...@ro...>]

I'm having some problems getting SSL to install for Webmin.   When I
download, make and install the OpenSSL library and Net::SSLeay libraries =
I'm
getting a few errors on the make.
=20
Webmin 1.270 is installed on Redhat Linux Fedora 3 and I am using Webmin =
to
take care of enabling SSL
=20
These are the errors:

*** Could not figure out which C compiler was used to compile
/usr/bin/openssl. It is essentiall that OpenSSL, perl, and Net::SSLeay =
are
compiled with the same compiler and flags. Mixing and matching=20
compilers is not supported. at Makefile.PL line 140

and at the end of the make:

make[1]: Leaving directory
`/tmp/.webmin/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.30/Net-SSLeay-Handle-0.50'
/usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ExtUtils/typemap -
typemap typemap  SSLeay.xs > SSLeay.xsc && mv SSLeay.xsc SSLeay.c
gcc -c  -I/usr/include -I/usr/inc32 -I/usr/kerberos/include -D_REENTRANT
-D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAV
E_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSE
T_BITS=3D64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O   -DVERSION=3D\"1.30\" =
-DXS_VERSION=3D\"1.30\"
-fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl5/
5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE"  -DPERL5 -DOPENSSL_NO_KRB5 SSLeay.c
/bin/sh: gcc: command not found
make: *** [SSLeay.o] Error 127
=20

Any advice?
=20
John
=20
=20

Re: [webmin-l] bind module service addresses

[<ax...@ax...>]

Many thanks Jamie

TLS will be used by corporate companies more and more now. The whole
technology of microsoft's Live communication Server will not work without=
 TLS.
For internal networks only tcp and the udp is needed last time I heard.

Once their office 2007, sharepoint 3 is released, you will find that Serv=
ice
records are going to play a big role next year. I will let you know if
anything else comes up.

Also thanks again for your help on all my bind issues, we now host close =
to
600 domains
on bind. All of it is managed by webmin accross several machines (cluster
slaves)


Jamie Cameron (jca...@we...) wrote:
>
> On 23/May/2006 07:54 ax...@ax... wrote ..
> > Hi
> >
> > The option to enter TLS as a protocol is not available in the service=
 records.
> > The possible options are only TCP and UDCP.
> >
> > I have to edit the zone file manually to put in the TLS options as a =
service
> > record. Once I edit the file manually and then click on the drop down=
 list,
> > the list of protocols is expanded to include TLS.
> >
> > So this means for each of my domain that I host voice for, I need to =
first
> > edit the zone file manually to put in the TLS sections.
> >
> > Is this done on purpose or is TLS just too new to be in webmin?
>
> I didn't know that TLS was an allowed protocol in SRV records when
> I added that feature. It will be supported in the next release though.
>
> Do you know of any other protocols (apart from TCP and UDP) that are al=
lowed
> in SRV records?
>
>  - Jamie
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, securit=
y?
> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job =
easier
> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geron=
imo
> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dlnk&kid=3D120709&bid=3D263057&dat=
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Re: [webmin-l] Disk Quotas

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

On 23/May/2006 13:58 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> 
> On 23. Mai 2006, at 20:46 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 
> > On 23/May/2006 13:40 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> >>
> >> On 23. Mai 2006, at 19:37 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 23/May/2006 12:20 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> >>>>
> >>>> On 23. Mai 2006, at 18:52 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 23/May/2006 07:46 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> >>>>>> Dear List Members
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The "Disk Quotas" module tells me "No local filesystems can  
> >>>>>> support
> >>>>>> quotas". But this is not true! because in the "Disk and Network
> >>>>>> Filesystems" I see for each local file system that quotas are
> >>>>>> enabled
> >>>>>> for "User and Group". This is RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Up 2.  
> >>>>>> Am I
> >>>>>> doing something wrong?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What type of filesystem are you trying to enable quotas on?
> >>>>> The problem may be that it is one of the types not supported by
> >>>>> Webmin ..
> >>>>> right now, only quotas on ext2, ext3 and xfs are handled.
> >>>>
> >>>> It is ext3...
> >>>
> >>> That should work then ..
> >>> What does the /etc/fstab file contain on your system?
> >>
> >> Ah, this might be the problem. We do not use /etc/fstab to mount the
> >> disks, we use custom made shell scripts which mounts the filesystems
> >> we want under certain conditions. Is an entry in /etc/fstab really
> >> necessary? After all "Disk and Network Filesystems" knows already if
> >> and what quotas are enabled...
> >
> > Yes, in the current design on Webmin /etc/fstab is needed. In fact, 
> > many
> > commands like quotaon/quotaoff won't enable quotas unless they can  
> > find an
> > entry in /etc/fstab.
> 
> This is not true, at least in our case. All quota commands work  
> perfectly.

Really? I may have to update Webmin then, as I am pretty sure that the
quotaon command used to look at /etc/fstab.

> Would Webmin work if we had the filesystems in /etc/fstab but with  
> the noauto option?

Yes, it would work fine in that case..

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Disk Quotas

[Marc P. <pet...@ma...>]

On 23. Mai 2006, at 20:46 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:

> On 23/May/2006 13:40 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
>>
>> On 23. Mai 2006, at 19:37 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>>
>>> On 23/May/2006 12:20 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
>>>>
>>>> On 23. Mai 2006, at 18:52 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 23/May/2006 07:46 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
>>>>>> Dear List Members
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The "Disk Quotas" module tells me "No local filesystems can  
>>>>>> support
>>>>>> quotas". But this is not true! because in the "Disk and Network
>>>>>> Filesystems" I see for each local file system that quotas are
>>>>>> enabled
>>>>>> for "User and Group". This is RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Up 2.  
>>>>>> Am I
>>>>>> doing something wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> What type of filesystem are you trying to enable quotas on?
>>>>> The problem may be that it is one of the types not supported by
>>>>> Webmin ..
>>>>> right now, only quotas on ext2, ext3 and xfs are handled.
>>>>
>>>> It is ext3...
>>>
>>> That should work then ..
>>> What does the /etc/fstab file contain on your system?
>>
>> Ah, this might be the problem. We do not use /etc/fstab to mount the
>> disks, we use custom made shell scripts which mounts the filesystems
>> we want under certain conditions. Is an entry in /etc/fstab really
>> necessary? After all "Disk and Network Filesystems" knows already if
>> and what quotas are enabled...
>
> Yes, in the current design on Webmin /etc/fstab is needed. In fact,  
> many
> commands like quotaon/quotaoff won't enable quotas unless they can  
> find an
> entry in /etc/fstab.

This is not true, at least in our case. All quota commands work  
perfectly.

Would Webmin work if we had the filesystems in /etc/fstab but with  
the noauto option?

> I strongly recommend using it where you can, and only using a  
> custom script
> to mount filesystems that cannot be handled by /etc/fstab for some  
> reason ..
> otherwise you are re-inventing the wheel :)

The filesystems in question are several raid systems which we only  
want to mount when certain conditions are met.

Regards,
Marc

Re: [webmin-l] Disk Quotas

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

On 23/May/2006 13:40 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> 
> On 23. Mai 2006, at 19:37 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 
> > On 23/May/2006 12:20 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> >>
> >> On 23. Mai 2006, at 18:52 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 23/May/2006 07:46 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> >>>> Dear List Members
> >>>>
> >>>> The "Disk Quotas" module tells me "No local filesystems can support
> >>>> quotas". But this is not true! because in the "Disk and Network
> >>>> Filesystems" I see for each local file system that quotas are  
> >>>> enabled
> >>>> for "User and Group". This is RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Up 2. Am I
> >>>> doing something wrong?
> >>>
> >>> What type of filesystem are you trying to enable quotas on?
> >>> The problem may be that it is one of the types not supported by
> >>> Webmin ..
> >>> right now, only quotas on ext2, ext3 and xfs are handled.
> >>
> >> It is ext3...
> >
> > That should work then ..
> > What does the /etc/fstab file contain on your system?
> 
> Ah, this might be the problem. We do not use /etc/fstab to mount the  
> disks, we use custom made shell scripts which mounts the filesystems  
> we want under certain conditions. Is an entry in /etc/fstab really  
> necessary? After all "Disk and Network Filesystems" knows already if  
> and what quotas are enabled...

Yes, in the current design on Webmin /etc/fstab is needed. In fact, many
commands like quotaon/quotaoff won't enable quotas unless they can find an
entry in /etc/fstab.

I strongly recommend using it where you can, and only using a custom script
to mount filesystems that cannot be handled by /etc/fstab for some reason ..
otherwise you are re-inventing the wheel :)

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Disk Quotas

[Marc P. <pet...@ma...>]

On 23. Mai 2006, at 19:37 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:

> On 23/May/2006 12:20 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
>>
>> On 23. Mai 2006, at 18:52 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>>
>>> On 23/May/2006 07:46 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
>>>> Dear List Members
>>>>
>>>> The "Disk Quotas" module tells me "No local filesystems can support
>>>> quotas". But this is not true! because in the "Disk and Network
>>>> Filesystems" I see for each local file system that quotas are  
>>>> enabled
>>>> for "User and Group". This is RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Up 2. Am I
>>>> doing something wrong?
>>>
>>> What type of filesystem are you trying to enable quotas on?
>>> The problem may be that it is one of the types not supported by
>>> Webmin ..
>>> right now, only quotas on ext2, ext3 and xfs are handled.
>>
>> It is ext3...
>
> That should work then ..
> What does the /etc/fstab file contain on your system?

Ah, this might be the problem. We do not use /etc/fstab to mount the  
disks, we use custom made shell scripts which mounts the filesystems  
we want under certain conditions. Is an entry in /etc/fstab really  
necessary? After all "Disk and Network Filesystems" knows already if  
and what quotas are enabled...

Regards,
Marc

Re: [webmin-l] usermin read mail a feature request

[Obantec S. <su...@ob...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] usermin read mail a feature request


> On 23/May/2006 02:46 Obantec Support wrote ..
> > Hi
> >
> > a few customers like using usermin to access their mail but don't like
> > having to insert their From: address each time.
> >
> > say user fred_bloggs logs in can you add a save preferences so the
> > fre...@th... is not used but fr...@hi... is instead.
>
> There are a couple of ways of doing this :
>
> 1) Login to Webmin, and go to Usermin Configuration -> Usermin Module
>    Configuration -> Read Mail , and change the 'Default hostname for
>    From: addresses' .
> 2) In Usermin, click on the Manage Address Book button, and add a new
>    entry with the preferred from address. Make sure 'Yes, Default' is
selected
>    from the drop-down menu next to it.
>
>  - Jamie
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?
> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job
easier
> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo
> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642
> -
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web...@li...
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>
Hi Jamie

thanks for the info, its just what i needed.

Mark

RE: [webmin-l] Maintaining a Webmin login session

[Dave I. <dav...@en...>]

This works, thanks!
 
This should be a built-in feature.
 
Thanks
 
Dave I

-----Original Message-----
From: web...@li...
[mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf Of Jamie
Cameron
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:37 PM
To: web...@li...
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Maintaining a Webmin login session


On 23/May/2006 10:28 Dave Isaacs wrote .. 

I have noticed that when logged into Webmin on a remote computer, I can
restart Webmin and even reboot the entire computer and maintain my login
session.  That is, once the computer is back up I can resume my existing
Webmin session without having to log in again.  This occurs whether or not I
have enabled session authentication on the Webmin
Configuration/Authentication page.

I would prefer that when the computer is restarted, any existing Webmin
sessions are discarded.  Is this possible? 

Thanks 

Dave Isaacs 

There is no built-in feature for this ... but you could hack it by switching
to session authentication mode, and then adding a bootup script that runs
before Webmin it started to delete /var/webmin/sessiondb*

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Disk Quotas

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

On 23/May/2006 12:20 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> 
> On 23. Mai 2006, at 18:52 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 
> > On 23/May/2006 07:46 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> >> Dear List Members
> >>
> >> The "Disk Quotas" module tells me "No local filesystems can support
> >> quotas". But this is not true! because in the "Disk and Network
> >> Filesystems" I see for each local file system that quotas are enabled
> >> for "User and Group". This is RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Up 2. Am I
> >> doing something wrong?
> >
> > What type of filesystem are you trying to enable quotas on?
> > The problem may be that it is one of the types not supported by  
> > Webmin ..
> > right now, only quotas on ext2, ext3 and xfs are handled.
> 
> It is ext3...

That should work then ..
What does the /etc/fstab file contain on your system?

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Maintaining a Webmin login session

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

On 23/May/2006 10:28 Dave Isaacs wrote ..
<blockquote type=3D"cite">


<p><font size=3D"2">I have noticed that when logged into Webmin on a remote computer, I can restart Webmin and even reboot the entire computer and maintain my login session.=A0 That is, once the computer is back up I can resume my existing Webmin session without having to log in again.=A0 This occurs whether or not I have enabled session authentication on the Webmin Configuration/Authentication page.</font></p>

<p><font size=3D"2">I would prefer that when the computer is restarted, any existing Webmin sessions are discarded.=A0 Is this possible?</font>
</p>

<p><font size=3D"2">Thanks</font>
</p>

<p><font size=3D"2">Dave Isaacs</font>
</p>

</blockquote>There is no built-in feature for this ... but you could hack it by switching to session authentication mode, and then adding a bootup script that runs before Webmin it started to delete /var/webmin/sessiondb*<br /><br />=A0- Jamie<br /><br />

Re: [webmin-l] Disk Quotas

[Marc P. <pet...@ma...>]

On 23. Mai 2006, at 18:52 Uhr, Jamie Cameron wrote:

> On 23/May/2006 07:46 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
>> Dear List Members
>>
>> The "Disk Quotas" module tells me "No local filesystems can support
>> quotas". But this is not true! because in the "Disk and Network
>> Filesystems" I see for each local file system that quotas are enabled
>> for "User and Group". This is RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Up 2. Am I
>> doing something wrong?
>
> What type of filesystem are you trying to enable quotas on?
> The problem may be that it is one of the types not supported by  
> Webmin ..
> right now, only quotas on ext2, ext3 and xfs are handled.


It is ext3...

Regards,
Marc

Re: [webmin-l] Webmin Users <-> NIS Users

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

On 23/May/2006 08:08 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> Dear List Members
> 
> Is it true that webmin does not support NIS users as webmin users?  
> When I choose "Convert Users" I can choose from NIS users but when I  
> start "Convert now" the chosen user is not in the presented list; it  
> seems that only local users are in this list.

That is correct, Webmin cannot convert NIS users to its own internal
users as it cannot get their passwords using the standard getpw* functions.

However, there is another option called 'Unix user authenticatioin' which
you can use to allow Unix users (from /etc/passwd, NIS or LDAP) to login
to Webmin. However, it depends on the Authen::PAM perl module being installed,
and /etc/pam.d/webmin being set up.

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] bind module service addresses

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

On 23/May/2006 07:54 ax...@ax... wrote ..
> Hi
> 
> The option to enter TLS as a protocol is not available in the service records.
> The possible options are only TCP and UDCP.
> 
> I have to edit the zone file manually to put in the TLS options as a service
> record. Once I edit the file manually and then click on the drop down list,
> the list of protocols is expanded to include TLS.
> 
> So this means for each of my domain that I host voice for, I need to first
> edit the zone file manually to put in the TLS sections.
> 
> Is this done on purpose or is TLS just too new to be in webmin?

I didn't know that TLS was an allowed protocol in SRV records when 
I added that feature. It will be supported in the next release though.

Do you know of any other protocols (apart from TCP and UDP) that are allowed
in SRV records?

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Disk Quotas

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

On 23/May/2006 07:46 Marc Petitmermet wrote ..
> Dear List Members
> 
> The "Disk Quotas" module tells me "No local filesystems can support  
> quotas". But this is not true! because in the "Disk and Network  
> Filesystems" I see for each local file system that quotas are enabled 
> for "User and Group". This is RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Up 2. Am I  
> doing something wrong?

What type of filesystem are you trying to enable quotas on?
The problem may be that it is one of the types not supported by Webmin ..
right now, only quotas on ext2, ext3 and xfs are handled.

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Re: webadmin-list digest, Vol 1 #2287 - 14 msgs

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

On 23/May/2006 04:15 John Harrop wrote ..
> Hi.
> Installed SVN and DAV modules from Webmin 3rd party modules page
> Both show up under "Plugin modules" in Virtualmin, can configure both,
> but neither are available to users.
> Virtualmin 2.611

Are they actually selected on the plugin modules page though?
The list just shows available plugins - you need to select (ctrl-click)
them to make them active.

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] usermin read mail a feature request

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

On 23/May/2006 02:46 Obantec Support wrote ..
> Hi
> 
> a few customers like using usermin to access their mail but don't like
> having to insert their From: address each time.
> 
> say user fred_bloggs logs in can you add a save preferences so the
> fre...@th... is not used but fr...@hi... is instead.

There are a couple of ways of doing this :

1) Login to Webmin, and go to Usermin Configuration -> Usermin Module
   Configuration -> Read Mail , and change the 'Default hostname for
   From: addresses' .
2) In Usermin, click on the Manage Address Book button, and add a new
   entry with the preferred from address. Make sure 'Yes, Default' is selected
   from the drop-down menu next to it.

 - Jamie

[webmin-l] Maintaining a Webmin login session

[Dave I. <dav...@en...>]

I have noticed that when logged into Webmin on a remote computer, I can
restart Webmin and even reboot the entire computer and maintain my login
session.  That is, once the computer is back up I can resume my existing
Webmin session without having to log in again.  This occurs whether or not I
have enabled session authentication on the Webmin
Configuration/Authentication page.

I would prefer that when the computer is restarted, any existing Webmin
sessions are discarded.  Is this possible?

Thanks

Dave Isaacs

[webmin-l] Webmin Users <-> NIS Users

[Marc P. <pet...@ma...>]

Dear List Members

Is it true that webmin does not support NIS users as webmin users?  
When I choose "Convert Users" I can choose from NIS users but when I  
start "Convert now" the chosen user is not in the presented list; it  
seems that only local users are in this list.

Regards,
Marc

[webmin-l] bind module service addresses

[<ax...@ax...>]

Hi

The option to enter TLS as a protocol is not available in the service rec=
ords.
The possible options are only TCP and UDCP.

I have to edit the zone file manually to put in the TLS options as a serv=
ice
record. Once I edit the file manually and then click on the drop down lis=
t,
the list of protocols is expanded to include TLS.

So this means for each of my domain that I host voice for, I need to firs=
t
edit the zone file manually to put in the TLS sections.

Is this done on purpose or is TLS just too new to be in webmin?

[webmin-l] Disk Quotas

[Marc P. <pet...@ma...>]

Dear List Members

The "Disk Quotas" module tells me "No local filesystems can support  
quotas". But this is not true! because in the "Disk and Network  
Filesystems" I see for each local file system that quotas are enabled  
for "User and Group". This is RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Up 2. Am I  
doing something wrong?

Regards,
Marc

[webmin-l] Re: webadmin-list digest, Vol 1 #2287 - 14 msgs

[John H. <jd...@nu...>]

Hi.
Installed SVN and DAV modules from Webmin 3rd party modules page
Both show up under "Plugin modules" in Virtualmin, can configure both, 
but neither are available to users.
Virtualmin 2.611

Regards
John Harrop

[webmin-l] usermin read mail a feature request

[Obantec S. <su...@ob...>]

Hi

a few customers like using usermin to access their mail but don't like
having to insert their From: address each time.

say user fred_bloggs logs in can you add a save preferences so the
fre...@th... is not used but fr...@hi... is instead.

Mark
--
Obantec Support
www.obantec.net
0845 458 3121
WebHosting and Domains
Nominet UK Member & IPStag Holder
CentralNic Accredited Reseller

Re: [webmin-l] RHEL 4 named issues

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

On 23/May/2006 01:06 Thomas Cameron wrote ..
> Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > On 22/May/2006 22:35 Thomas Cameron wrote ..
> >   
> >> Howdy All -
> >>
> >> I did a cursory search and didn't find anyone else who has run into
> >> this, forgive me if this has already been discussed.
> >>
> >> I am running webmin-1.270-1 installed from RPM on a RHEL 4 AS i386 
> >> server.  The server is up to date as of today.  It has 
> >> caching-nameserver-7.3-3, bind-libs-9.2.4-2, bind-chroot-9.2.4-2, 
> >> bind-9.2.4-2 and bind-utils-9.2.4-2 installed.  When I create DNS zone
> >> files, they are created as expected in /var/named/chroot/var/named.
> >> However, the /etc/named.conf file is configured by webmin to look for
> >> the files under /var/named.  The other zones files in 
> >> /var/named/chroot/var/named are symlinked to /var/named, but webmin
> does
> >> not create the appropriate symlinks for those files it creates.
> >>
> >> Is this a webmin bug?
> >>     
> >
> > Maybe :)
> > Is it really necessary to create synlinks from /var/named to the chroot
> > directory? 
> 
> Honestly, I would think that sort of negates the whole point of chroot
> anyway.  Not sure what the logic behind that is.
> 
> > Normally when BIND is run in a chroot environment, it will always
> > look for named.conf and the zone files under /var/named/chroot , meaning
> that
> > the files under /var/named are never accessed directly. 
> 
> Makes sense, but in my case it was not working until I created the symlinks.

What went wrong exactly?
If the zone files were missing from BIND's point of view, you would have gotten
errors in /var/log/messages saying so when it was started..

> > So Webmin doesn't
> > bother to create then ..
> >
> >  - Jamie
> 
> OK.  I will poke around and see if there was something knuckle-headed I
> did and just don't realize it.
> 
> Thanks!
> TC
> 
> PS - Jamie, are you Clan Cameron of Lochiel?

No idea - the Camerons in my family emigrated to australia several
generations back..

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] RHEL 4 named issues

[Thomas C. <tho...@ca...>]

Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On 22/May/2006 22:35 Thomas Cameron wrote ..
>   
>> Howdy All -
>>
>> I did a cursory search and didn't find anyone else who has run into 
>> this, forgive me if this has already been discussed.
>>
>> I am running webmin-1.270-1 installed from RPM on a RHEL 4 AS i386 
>> server.  The server is up to date as of today.  It has 
>> caching-nameserver-7.3-3, bind-libs-9.2.4-2, bind-chroot-9.2.4-2, 
>> bind-9.2.4-2 and bind-utils-9.2.4-2 installed.  When I create DNS zone
>> files, they are created as expected in /var/named/chroot/var/named.  
>> However, the /etc/named.conf file is configured by webmin to look for 
>> the files under /var/named.  The other zones files in 
>> /var/named/chroot/var/named are symlinked to /var/named, but webmin does
>> not create the appropriate symlinks for those files it creates.
>>
>> Is this a webmin bug?
>>     
>
> Maybe :)
> Is it really necessary to create synlinks from /var/named to the chroot
> directory? 

Honestly, I would think that sort of negates the whole point of chroot 
anyway.  Not sure what the logic behind that is.

> Normally when BIND is run in a chroot environment, it will always
> look for named.conf and the zone files under /var/named/chroot , meaning that
> the files under /var/named are never accessed directly. 

Makes sense, but in my case it was not working until I created the symlinks.

> So Webmin doesn't
> bother to create then ..
>
>  - Jamie

OK.  I will poke around and see if there was something knuckle-headed I 
did and just don't realize it.

Thanks!
TC

PS - Jamie, are you Clan Cameron of Lochiel?

Re: [webmin-l] RHEL 4 named issues

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

On 22/May/2006 22:35 Thomas Cameron wrote ..
> Howdy All -
> 
> I did a cursory search and didn't find anyone else who has run into 
> this, forgive me if this has already been discussed.
> 
> I am running webmin-1.270-1 installed from RPM on a RHEL 4 AS i386 
> server.  The server is up to date as of today.  It has 
> caching-nameserver-7.3-3, bind-libs-9.2.4-2, bind-chroot-9.2.4-2, 
> bind-9.2.4-2 and bind-utils-9.2.4-2 installed.  When I create DNS zone
> files, they are created as expected in /var/named/chroot/var/named.  
> However, the /etc/named.conf file is configured by webmin to look for 
> the files under /var/named.  The other zones files in 
> /var/named/chroot/var/named are symlinked to /var/named, but webmin does
> not create the appropriate symlinks for those files it creates.
> 
> Is this a webmin bug?

Maybe :)
Is it really necessary to create synlinks from /var/named to the chroot
directory? Normally when BIND is run in a chroot environment, it will always
look for named.conf and the zone files under /var/named/chroot , meaning that
the files under /var/named are never accessed directly. So Webmin doesn't
bother to create then ..

 - Jamie