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[webmin-l] Cluster Copy Files Fails

[Vernon W. <ve...@cw...>]

I thought that cluster copy files was a way to copy files from one webmin
server to another. I have the box I want to copy files over to setup with
the second server I want to copy the files over to and can access the
server using webmin and the rpc works as I am successfully transferring
DNS information between the 2. However when I try to use the Cluster Copy
Files all files to be copied fail. Any ideas why?

Thanks

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[webmin-l] Re: Webmin Users Issue

[Javier D. <jdo...@gm...>]

On 11/11/05, Murray Trainer <mtr...@ce...> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 05:44, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 20:54, Murray Trainer wrote:
> > > Hi Jamie,
> > >
> > > I created a webmin user account only allowed to run the LDAP Users an=
d
> > > Group module.  I notice that they have the ability to change the
> > > module's configuration ( in 1.180 anyway).  Is it possible to turn of=
f
> > > the Module Config option when the user uses this module?  This probab=
ly
> > > should be a global option applied to all modules configured when
> setting
> > > up a webmin user.
> >
> > Yes, this can be done.. just do the following :
> >
> >  - Go to the Webmin Users module
> >  - Click on LDAP Users and Groups next to the user's name
> >  - On the page that appears, change the 'Can edit module configuration?=
'
> > option to No.
> >  - Click Save
> >
> > As you'll see, there are a bunch of other options on that page as well
> > for controlling exactly which LDAP users and groups the admin can
> > manage. Most modules have similar detailed access control pages..
>
> Thanks for that Jamie - obvious place to put the options.  I don't see
> any other options apart from the Edit Module Configuration option
> probably because I am still using 1.18 but it does what I require for
> now. I will try the latest Webmin version shortly.
>
> Murray
>
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Re: [webmin-l] Sourceforge/MySQL

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

On 10/Nov/2005 06:02 John Hinton wrote ..
> Any word on how much longer MySQL on Sourceforge is going to be broken?
> Can't access any of the add-on modules.

Ok, this is finally fixed .. for some reason it took sourceforge a while to
give me a access to the data in the old MySQL database used for third-party
modules, so I could load it into the new database.

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] OS Suggestion

[Paul C. <pcu...@op...>]

Kris Deugau wrote:
> Vernon Webb wrote:
> 
>>I have to setup a DNS server and that is it. I have an old machine
>>that runs to slow using Red Hat 9.0 and/or Debian 3.0. Does any one
>>have an suggestions for a very low overhead OS for this purpose?
> 
> 
> What sort of hardware are you talking about?
> 
> Try RedHat 7.3.  It's still supported by the Fedora Legacy project;  I
> found it ran fine on P100/32M and up.
> 
> If that's too heavy, try 7.0 - but note that there is NO security
> support provided for free anywhere I know of.
> 
> It sure won't be running Webmin if it's that ancient and creaky...
> 
> -kgd
If you need a GUI, then it will always be slow.  Without a GUI/X any 
current distro should work.  CentOS and Ubuntu are good depending on 
your taste.

A good discussion (but terrible colors) at 
http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux/oldpc/

Re: [webmin-l] OS Suggestion

[Kris D. <kd...@vi...>]

Vernon Webb wrote:
> I have to setup a DNS server and that is it. I have an old machine
> that runs to slow using Red Hat 9.0 and/or Debian 3.0. Does any one
> have an suggestions for a very low overhead OS for this purpose?

What sort of hardware are you talking about?

Try RedHat 7.3.  It's still supported by the Fedora Legacy project;  I
found it ran fine on P100/32M and up.

If that's too heavy, try 7.0 - but note that there is NO security
support provided for free anywhere I know of.

It sure won't be running Webmin if it's that ancient and creaky...

-kgd
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[webmin-l] OS Suggestion

[Vernon W. <ve...@cw...>]

Hey all,

I have to setup a DNS server and that is it. I have an old machine that
runs to slow using Red Hat 9.0 and/or Debian 3.0. Does any one have an
suggestions for a very low overhead OS for this purpose?

Thanks

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Re: [webmin-l] Webmin Users Issue

[Murray T. <mtr...@ce...>]

On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 05:44, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 20:54, Murray Trainer wrote:
> > Hi Jamie,
> > 
> > I created a webmin user account only allowed to run the LDAP Users and
> > Group module.  I notice that they have the ability to change the
> > module's configuration ( in 1.180 anyway).  Is it possible to turn off
> > the Module Config option when the user uses this module?  This probably
> > should be a global option applied to all modules configured when setting
> > up a webmin user.
> 
> Yes, this can be done.. just do the following :
> 
>  - Go to the Webmin Users module
>  - Click on LDAP Users and Groups next to the user's name
>  - On the page that appears, change the 'Can edit module configuration?'
> option to No.
>  - Click Save
> 
> As you'll see, there are a bunch of other options on that page as well
> for controlling exactly which LDAP users and groups the admin can
> manage. Most modules have similar detailed access control pages..

Thanks for that Jamie - obvious place to put the options.  I don't see
any other options apart from the Edit Module Configuration option
probably because I am still using 1.18 but it does what I require for
now. I will try the latest Webmin version shortly.

Murray

Re: [webmin-l] Creating E-mails

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

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 00:52, Ravi Gehlot wrote:
> Clients are asking to have a feature in usermin so they can create
> their own e-mail accounts. I haven't found this option. Any hints?

If such a feature exists, it would have to be in Webmin rather than
Usermin.. theoretically, a module could be created that allows a user to
create an account, and then you could grant anonymous access to this
module. However, no such module exists yet :-)

It would make an interesting plugin to Virtualmin though..

 - Jamie


> 
> 			
> 

Re: [webmin-l] Upload/Download Module

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

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 07:40, Morris Hooten wrote:
> Is there a way to limit the . files to show when using the download from
> server to pc option in the module?

No .. but I will add that in the next release.

> Is there also a way to download more than one file from server to pc
> like the upload to server option?

The File Manager module can download an entire directory, which it
archives up a a .zip or .tar file..

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] accessing webmin midules from command line and uploading/downloading quickly {Scanned}

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

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 12:56, Matt Lowe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just a couple of questions this time :)
> 
> Is there any documentation anyware that gives a list of the command line 
> versions of the webmin modules? i see plenty of referances to being able 
> to run certain command lines to do the equiv. of the webmin modules, but 
> cant find any referances to them in the books :(   (sorry folks if there 
> in there and ive not seen them, normally its not a complaint from me, 
> but theres a heck of a lot of pages in those books :)  )

Unfortunately Webmin doesn't have a general command-line interface. It
would be possible to write programs to perform some Webmin actions from
a shell prompt, but very few modules actually have any. Virtualmin is
probably the only exception ..

You would be better off using command-line programs and editors to do
the same things that Webmin does automatically when you use the web
interface.

> Another question, is there a module to allow downloading files from a 
> webmin server to a local machine? without using the java filemanager? I 
> know u can upload files using one of the modules, but i cant see any way 
> to do this without going into the file manager, which takes AGES to load 
> in comparison to all the other webmin modules :(

In the latest release, the Upload and Download module can do this.

> Also is there a way to increase the speed of the filemanager module in 
> any way? the basic startup after clicking on the link can be very 
> frustrating when u have a customer on the end of the phone, complaining 
> that they MUST have this or that file available :(

Not really .. it is a Java application which takes time to download, and
also there is the Java startup time on the client side to consider.

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] accessing webmin midules from command line and uploading/downloading quickly {Scanned}

[Craig W. <cra...@az...>]

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 01:56 +0000, Matt Lowe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just a couple of questions this time :)
> 
> Is there any documentation anyware that gives a list of the command line 
> versions of the webmin modules? i see plenty of referances to being able 
> to run certain command lines to do the equiv. of the webmin modules, but 
> cant find any referances to them in the books :(   (sorry folks if there 
> in there and ive not seen them, normally its not a complaint from me, 
> but theres a heck of a lot of pages in those books :)  )
> 
> Another question, is there a module to allow downloading files from a 
> webmin server to a local machine? without using the java filemanager? I 
> know u can upload files using one of the modules, but i cant see any way 
> to do this without going into the file manager, which takes AGES to load 
> in comparison to all the other webmin modules :(
> 
> Also is there a way to increase the speed of the filemanager module in 
> any way? the basic startup after clicking on the link can be very 
> frustrating when u have a customer on the end of the phone, complaining 
> that they MUST have this or that file available :(
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I always use command line for speed/precision and gui when I'm laid
back. That's the reason most people use a command shell.

Seriously though, if you want to use a fast non-java GUI interface, use
WinSCP2/WinSCP3 to exchange files but if you want to edit in place, use
a command shell.

Java does take time to set up. The faster the desktop, the less time it
takes.

Craig


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[webmin-l] accessing webmin midules from command line and uploading/downloading quickly {Scanned}

[Matt L. <we...@ma...>]

Hi,

Just a couple of questions this time :)

Is there any documentation anyware that gives a list of the command line 
versions of the webmin modules? i see plenty of referances to being able 
to run certain command lines to do the equiv. of the webmin modules, but 
cant find any referances to them in the books :(   (sorry folks if there 
in there and ive not seen them, normally its not a complaint from me, 
but theres a heck of a lot of pages in those books :)  )

Another question, is there a module to allow downloading files from a 
webmin server to a local machine? without using the java filemanager? I 
know u can upload files using one of the modules, but i cant see any way 
to do this without going into the file manager, which takes AGES to load 
in comparison to all the other webmin modules :(

Also is there a way to increase the speed of the filemanager module in 
any way? the basic startup after clicking on the link can be very 
frustrating when u have a customer on the end of the phone, complaining 
that they MUST have this or that file available :(

Yours

Matt


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Re: [webmin-l] ProFTP and Apache

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

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 00:51, da...@so... wrote:
> Hi,
> Jamie, great work on this for sure. I've been through hundreds of 
> the list emails and the book (and forum if you will) but haven't found 
> and answer for this, especially for the simple minded like me.
> 
> I'm trying to use ProFTP and Apache with shared IP addressing and 
> get the following out of the box results. 
> 
> **Virtual domain http access works but added email/FTP users don't 
> show up ( actually I haven't even figured what the URL would be).
> 
> **Virtual domain FTP won't log in (bad password) but the added 
> user can FTP
> 
> I understand that ProFTP has no protcol for shared IP and as such 
> Virtualmin doesn't create a virtual ftpserver. So how do I get around 
> this constraint? I know it can be done as I have remotely 
> administered sites that do this through IManager. I have Home 
> mounted on it's own disk. I know some of the user access is due to 
> being Unix user but I'm lost.
> 
> I appologize for such a low level question but it doesn't get 
> answered on the forum.

You are right that the FTP protocol has no way to know what site a user
is connecting to, unless they each have separate IP addresses. However,
this only matters if you are doing virtual anonymous FTP hosting.. If
you just want to allow domain owners and other users to FTP in to manage
files, any FTP server in the default configuration should work fine.

If your users are having trouble logging in, check /var/log/secure or
authlog for error messages .. perhaps they have the wrong shell?

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Failed to initialize SSL connection

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

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 09:55, Morris Hooten wrote:
> I getthe error below in my log files.
> 
> Why?
> 
> 
> 
> Failed to initialize SSL connection

Perhaps a browser connected to an SSL-mode Webmin without using SSL, or
cancelled the connection before the SSL negotiation was complete?

 - Jamie

[webmin-l] Failed to initialize SSL connection

[Morris H. <Mor...@Su...>]

I getthe error below in my log files.

Why?



Failed to initialize SSL connection

[webmin-l] Upload/Download Module

[Morris H. <Mor...@Su...>]

Is there a way to limit the . files to show when using the download from
server to pc option in the module?

Is there also a way to download more than one file from server to pc
like the upload to server option?

Thanks

RE: [webmin-l] Creating E-mails

[Vernon J S. <ve...@ve...>]

I do not want to design this module. But there is a way to do it with =
webmin
and virtualmin. Another option is squirrelmail. Have them stop using =
usermin
and move them toward squirrelmail there are virtual words and scripts =
that
can do what you are asking for.

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Re: [webmin-l] Creating E-mails

[John H. <web...@ew...>]

Ravi Gehlot wrote:

> Clients are asking to have a feature in usermin so they can create 
> their own e-mail accounts. I haven't found this option. Any hints?
>
> Ravi.

There was a question back some time ago, about what we'd like to see, 
where we'd like to go with Webmin.

As a hosting provider, the things that are 'constant' from our customers 
are mostly mail related. Address changes, add a box / remove a box, mail 
forwarding, autoresponders and an interface for reading mail or deleting 
mail when Outlook hangs on those corrupted emails.

Usermin is very close to filling this need (most of the tools are there 
but it's just too geeky). If it could tie in with Virtualmin with 
regards to the number of allowed email accounts, add remove 
mailboxes/aliases... quotas and such.... that would be great.

The problem is the terminology is way over the heads of or totally 
confusing to our 'average user'. I would greatly like to see a 
'simpleminded' dumb'User'min. As a provider, we could turn off many of 
the more advanced modules, which are an invitation to mess something up 
for most of our people.

I will volunteer myself and my partner to make suggestions with regards 
to the interface should you wish to consider this proposal. This would 
provide a solution to the biggest support issue we deal with.

Best,
John Hinton

[webmin-l] Creating E-mails

[Ravi G. <mai...@ra...>]

Clients are asking to have a feature in usermin so they can create their 
own e-mail accounts. I haven't found this option. Any hints?

Ravi.

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[webmin-l] ProFTP and Apache

[<da...@so...>]

Hi,
Jamie, great work on this for sure. I've been through hundreds of 
the list emails and the book (and forum if you will) but haven't found 
and answer for this, especially for the simple minded like me.

I'm trying to use ProFTP and Apache with shared IP addressing and 
get the following out of the box results. 

**Virtual domain http access works but added email/FTP users don't 
show up ( actually I haven't even figured what the URL would be).

**Virtual domain FTP won't log in (bad password) but the added 
user can FTP

I understand that ProFTP has no protcol for shared IP and as such 
Virtualmin doesn't create a virtual ftpserver. So how do I get around 
this constraint? I know it can be done as I have remotely 
administered sites that do this through IManager. I have Home 
mounted on it's own disk. I know some of the user access is due to 
being Unix user but I'm lost.

I appologize for such a low level question but it doesn't get 
answered on the forum.

Thanks,
Dan

Re: [webmin-l] Logging in via https consumes memory

[David G. <da...@mi...>]

David Gibbs wrote:
>> If you upgraded openssl, it may be worth re-installing the Net::SSLeay 
>> Perl module.
> According to the CPAN installer, it's up to date.  I'll try forcing a 
> re-install to see if that helps at all.

Well wadda ya know ... forcing the re-install did the trick.

Thanks!

david

Re: [webmin-l] Logging in via https consumes memory

[David G. <da...@mi...>]

Jamie Cameron wrote:
> Did you perhaps upgrade the openssl or Net::SSLeay packages recently? A change in one of them could cause a problem like this.

Not deliberately ... I've got openssl-0.9.7f-7.10 (via RPM) installed on 
my FC4 system.

> If you upgraded openssl, it may be worth re-installing the Net::SSLeay Perl module.

According to the CPAN installer, it's up to date.  I'll try forcing a 
re-install to see if that helps at all.

david

Re: [webmin-l] Logging in via https consumes memory

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

Hi David,
Did you perhaps upgrade the openssl or Net::SSLeay packages recently? A change in one of them could cause a problem like this.

If you upgraded openssl, it may be worth re-installing the Net::SSLeay Perl module.

 - Jamie

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I've got webmin 1.240 installed on a fedora core 4 system.

Up until recently, SSL access to the system worked fine.

All of a sudden, when I try to login via https, the
webmin perl process starts eating up all the available
memory until the system crashes.

I've been reconfiguring the system recently ... so it's
quite possible that I removed something that I
shouldn't have ... but I have no idea what it is that I
removed.

Any suggestions?

thanks!

david



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[webmin-l] Logging in via https consumes memory

[David G. <da...@mi...>]

I've got webmin 1.240 installed on a fedora core 4 system.

Up until recently, SSL access to the system worked fine.

All of a sudden, when I try to login via https, the
webmin perl process starts eating up all the available
memory until the system crashes.

I've been reconfiguring the system recently ... so it's
quite possible that I removed something that I
shouldn't have ... but I have no idea what it is that I
removed.

Any suggestions?

thanks!

david

[webmin-l] Spurious duplication in URL path

[Chris M. J. <ch...@gm...>]

Hello, webadmin-list world!

Using Webmin in an Apache "subdirectory" is causing some scripts to
duplicate the prefix directory in URLs when it &redirects.

I've followed the instructions on http://webmin.com/apache.html to set
up Webmin to be available in an apparent subdirectory, namely
http://$hostname/admin (I have not used virtual hosts deliberately,
since to use them across the many servers on the LAN would require
some non-trivial changes in the local DNS).

Using Debian "sarge" (a.k.a. 3.1) stable, Apache/2.0.54, Webmin/1.180
(both of which being the most up-to-date available in the
distribution), I have the following configuration in
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled (apparently it didn't like being in
/etc/apache2/conf.d):

# Apache config for Webmin

# Webmin files are installed in /usr/share
Alias /admin /usr/share/webmin
<Directory /usr/share/webmin>
        AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
        DirectoryIndex index.cgi
        # Reason for FollowSymLinks explained later
        Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
        SetEnv WEBMIN_CONFIG /etc/webmin
        SetEnv WEBMIN_VAR /var/webmin
        SetEnv SERVER_ROOT /usr/share/webmin
        SetEnv MINISERV_CONFIG /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
        # This shell expansion is mental-only ;-)
        AuthName "Webmin on $hostname"
        AuthType basic
        AuthUserFile /etc/webmin/htusers # file created with htpasswd
        require valid-user
</Directory>

As well as this, the CGIs themselves are now passing the -U option to
perl, and /etc/webmin/config now sports the line

        webprefix=3D/admin

When I try to execute some of the scripts, the prefix in the path gets
duplicated, e.g.

http://$hostname/admin/dhcp/list_leases.cgi - clicking on a lease to
delete it ...
http://$hostname/admin/dhcp/delete_lease.cgi - when it's done, it
redirects to ..
http://$hostname/admin/admin/dhcp/list_leases.cgi - note that "admin"
now appears twice

Originally, this returned a 404 (obviously, the path didn't exist).  I
added in a symlink, which predictably returned 403.  When I added the
FollowSymLinks option, I now get the curious message:

    Access denied : User root is not allowed to use the  module

(Note two spaces before "module", suggesting there's an empty variable
in there somewhere).

Is there something I've missed in my configuration, or is there a bug
(possibly one that has already been fixed) in there somewhere?

TIA,

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