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Re: [webmin-l] Virtualmin/BIND template

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

On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 01:04, Thomas E Dukes wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Apparently there have been some changes in virtualmin that I have not
> noticed.
> 
> Previously, I'm sure VM was creating DNS records for virtual servers,
> however now it is not.  In Server Tmplates under the BIND DNS records for
> new domains, the box is now blank.  The checkbox, Record mode, Add to
> automatically generated records is now checked.

That is the default setup. Basically, it means that Virtualmin will
generate the DNS records automatically based on the features you select
for a virtual server, and will not add any custom records. In 99% of
cases, this is what most admins want..

> I guess this is OK but what is it?  Also, I noticed none of my virtual
> servers are listed in named.conf.  Previously, they were.  I don't know if
> these are related but everything is still working.

That's odd, they should be listed in named.conf . When adding the
domain, did you select the 'Set up DNS zone?' option?

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] DNS handling?

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

Hi Thomas,

Webmin will always put new domains in a separate file, as they are also
listed separately in the named.conf file. The proper way to update the
secondary is for it to also have a slave domain with the same name,
fetched from the master.

If you are using Virtualmin and want to create a domain like
demo.foo.com, it may be better to not select the 'DNS' feature at all,
and instead manually add an A entry for demo to the existing foo.com
domain.

 - Jamie

On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 08:56, Thomas Leavitt wrote:
> I've set up a "demo" sub-server/sub-domain, to host demonstration
> projects and client prototypes...
> 
> the URL to access these is "demo.godmomasforge.com"
> 
> *normally*, in an unmanaged/unautomated situation, I would put the DNS
> entries for this in the same file as I do for the root domain and it's
> sub-hosts (www.godmomasforge.com, ftp.godmomasforge.com, etc.)
> 
> This is what I expected Webmin to do.
> 
> Instead, however, it created a separate file... which the secondary DNS
> server never picked up (since it is not managed), because I didn't
> expect to have to configure it to do so (this has resulted in a very
> puzzled customer whose attempts to access the demo site have failed
> inconsistently).
> 
> I'm assuming that putting this stuff in a separate file isn't a
> technical issue (since it works, on the main server)... but should
> webmin be doing this?
> 
> Also, instead of renaming or over-writing existing /etc/httpd/conf/vhost
> files when a domain is created (not imported), it appears to be
> appending to them... renaming the file would seem to make more sense,
> because the result appears to be that the new configuration directives
> are ignored in favor of the existing ones. 
> 
> Regards,
> Thomas Leavitt
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [webmin-l] flush mail queue

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

On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 07:13, Mark Frank wrote:
> * On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:36:09AM -0400 Fred Bacon wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 12:59 +1000, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > > Hi Marcos,
> > > That would be a cool feature, but as far as I know there is no Sendmail command to flush individual messages, so it cannot be done from within Webmin either.
> > > 
> > > However, if anyone does know of a way to flush a single message from the command line, I would be glad to include it in Webmin..
> > 
> > According to the 3rd edition Sendmail book from O'Reilly, you can select
> > a subset of queued messages to process.  This is on page 462, section
> > 11.8.2.3.  You can select by the queue id, recipient, sender or any
> > combination of those options.
> > 
> > /usr/sbin/sendmail -qIj8UFRokM015345
>  
> > So, it should be possible in Webmin to select a message and have a flush
> > selected button.
> 
> Jamie - If you're going to implement this, adding -v to see the
> resulting output of the SMTP conversation (user rejected, timed out,
> etc) would be nice.

Definately .. that is also already done on the existing page for
flushing all queued messages.

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Filesystem Backup Module Feedback

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

On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 22:56, Alan Dobkin wrote:

> On 9/29/2005 9:07 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote: 
> 
> > On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 03:52, Alan Dobkin wrote:
> >   
> > 
> > > As a possible resolution, perhaps each backup could be assigned a job
> > > number to identify it, and/or the selection list could other attributes,
> > > such as the dump level and the parent job's schedule.  Or, better yet,
> > > it could use a move up/down interface similar to the rule configuration
> > > tables in the Linux Firewall module.
> > >     
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > How about if the list of dumps includes the destination and level as
> > well? That way you could more easily know which one is being selected..
> >   
> 
> 
> That would be helpful, but there could still be multiple jobs with the
> same destination and level scheduled at different times.  For it to
> really be unique, I think it would have to display all three fields
> and/or a job number.  The move up/down interface seems like a more
> elegant direction though, because it would be easier to display and
> modify the connections based on a parent/child relationship, and they
> would all display in the correct order in the summary table.  But I'm
> sure the former is much easier to code than the latter, and it would
> still be functional.

I will have to see if I can fit the schedule in the list as well.
A table wouldn't really make sense, as you are not defining an ordering,
but more of a list or tree of backups.

> > > The other improvement that I would like to suggest is a way to retain
> > > multiple backups and auto-expire them after a given amount of time.  For
> > > example, it is bad practice to overwrite a good backup with a second
> > > (possibly bad) backup.  Instead, the second backup should be written to
> > > a second destination (file, tape, remote host, etc.), and then the first
> > > backup can be deleted after a set amount of time.  This could be
> > > extended to retain any number of old backups before expiring/deleting
> > > them, similar to how the logrotate program keeps a certain number of old
> > > backlogs.  In order to accomplish this now, I have to create multiple
> > > backup jobs for each repetition, which is very cumbersome.  But again, I
> > > would welcome any suggestions if someone knows of a better way to do
> > > this given the current interface.
> > >     
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I can't really make any suggestions here, apart from perhaps doing
> > backups with data-based filenames, and setting up a cron job to delete
> > backups older that a certain number of days.
> > 
> >  - Jamie
> 
> 
> I already set the filenames based on the directory that is being
> backed up, but how would that allow retention of multiple backups of
> the same directory?  I guess I could create separate jobs for each day
> of the week, for example, and then they would automatically overwrite
> the file from the previous week.  But setting that up for multiple
> directories would be cumbersome.  For example, all of these jobs would
> have to be created separately:
> 
> home-mon
> home-tues
> home-wed
> ...
> 
> etc-mon
> etc-tues
> etc-wed
> ...
> 
> same for var, usr, etc....
> 
> Is there an easier way to accomplish something like this, or am I
> asking too much of this module?

Have you looked into using the strftime format code feature, which can
be enabled on the Module Config page? You can then use codes like %d for
the day of the month or %a for the day of the week in the backup
destination.

 - Jamie

[webmin-l] [FAQ] Webmin/Usermin - Translation - Monthly HOWTO

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

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Webmin/Usermin - Translation - Monthly HOWTO
Webmin Translation Team - Last changed: 20.09.2005
Sent with Usermin's "Scheduled Mail"-Module
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History:
--------

20.09.2005
Webmin-Version 1.230 released as stable
Usermin-Version 1.160 released as stable

16.09.2005
Webmin-Development-Version 1.226 released
Usermin-Development-Version 1.155 released

16.07.2005
Virtualmin-Development-Version 2.601 released

03.05.2005
Virtualmin-Version 2.60 released as stable

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Current Stable Release for Webmin is 1.230
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/webmin-1.230.tar.gz
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/webmin-1.230-1.noarch.rpm
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/webmin-1.230-minimal.tar.gz

Current Development Release for Webmin is 1.226
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/webmin-1.226.tar.gz

Current Stable Release for Usermin is 1.160
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/usermin-1.160.tar.gz
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/usermin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm

Current Development Release for Usermin is 1.155
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/usermin-1.155.tar.gz

Current Stable Release for VirtualMin is 2.60
http://webmin.mamemu.de/download/virtualmin/virtual-server-2.60.wbm.gz

Current Development Release for VirtualMin is 2.601
http://webmin.mamemu.de/download/virtualmin/virtual-server-2.601.wbm.gz
	
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Administrative:
---------------

The Webmin Translation Team suggests, that you use the wbmtranslator
as the main tool for your translations you want to provide to the
Webmin Translation Team.
Stuff done with wbmtranslator will be processed at a higher level.

Current release: 0.6.0 (2005/05/19)
http://wbmtranslator.labs.libre-entreprise.org/wbmtranslator.wbm.gz

Virtualmin has gone Virtualmin Pro:
Jamie Cameron and Joe Cooper founded Virtualmin Inc.
Please visit: http://www.virtualmin.com/ for details

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E-Mail-Address for sending in translations to Webmin has changed.
Please send in all stuff to

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in the future.

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TOC:

1.	Adding New Languages to Webmin
2.	Using wbmtranslator
3.	Is there a way to use localization when developing
	a new theme?
4.	Special Hint

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1.	Adding New Languages to Webmin

New translations of the existing core Webmin modules are always
welcome. If you want to translate Webmin into a new language or update
one of the existing translations, follow these steps : 
Get the latest development version of Webmin so that you can see the
latest translations that have been done by other people. 

In the file lang_list.txt in the Webmin root directory, add a new line
for your language like :

lang=sw,titles=1,charset=iso-6666-6 Swahili

The "lang" part defines the short code for the language, and should
follow the ISO standard where possible. The "titles" part controls
whether Webmin should use letter images for displaying page titles in
the language, and should be set to 1 if your language uses european
characters. The optional "charset" part sets the character set that is
sent to the web browser when using the language, so that is can
automatically select the right font to use. 

Switch to your new language in the Webmin Configuration module under
the Language icon. 

In the directory lang under the Webmin root and in each of the lang
subdirectories under the module directories, create a new file called
sw (or whatever the short code for your language is) that is a
translation of the en file in the same directory. 

In each of the module.info files under the module directories, add a
new desc_sw= line that is a translation of the desc= line. 

In each of the module directories, create a new file called
config.info.sw which is a translation of config.info (if it exists). 

In the help subdirectory under each of the module directories (where
they exist), translate all of the something.html files into
something.sw.html. 

A table of currently translated languages is available so that you can
see how much has been done for each language and module so far. There
is also a list of other translators that you might want to contact
before doing your own translation work. 
You don't have to finish translating the entire of Webmin for your
translation to be useful. Many people just do a few modules at a time,
or skip the help pages initially. 

When your translation has made some progress, send a .tar.gz file of
all the translated files to the Webmin Translation Team at

          tra...@we...

so that they can include it in the main Webmin distribution. The best
way to tar up everything is with the command :

tar czf /tmp/translation.tar.gz \
       */lang/sw lang/sw */module.info \
       */config.info.sw */help/*.sw.html

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2.	Using wbmtranslator

This is a module by Emmanuel Saracco which can be downloaded here:

http://labs.libre-entreprise.org/projects/wbmtranslator/

It consists of an easy to use webinterface in order to update
current translations or setup new languages. Last not least it
enables you to officially send in translations to the Webmin
Translation Team at

	tra...@we...

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3.	Is there a way to use localization when developing
	a new theme?
	
Yes (by Jamie Cameron)
There is a way to do this - create a lang/ subdirectory under your
theme with the usual en, de and other files. Then in your theme CGIs
or .pl, use code like :

%mytext = &load_language("my-theme-directory");
print "<b>$mytext{'something'}</b> <p>\n";

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4.	Special hint

/usr/libexec/webmin/lang/en

<original>
feedback_desc2=This feedback will be sent to the developer of Webmin,
not your system administrator, ISP or hosting company. Please write
your feedback in english, even if you are currently running Webmin in
another language.
</original>

You should add the following (after translating it into your
language).

<br>If you have a question or a request on the <u>Arabic
Transalation</u>, please send a feedback <u>only</u> to
<u>tra...@we...</u>.

Complete line:
feedback_desc2=This feedback will be sent to the developer of Webmin,
not your system administrator, ISP or hosting company. Please write
your feedback in english, even if you are currently running Webmin in
another language.<br>If you have a question or a request on the
<u>Arabic Transalation</u>, please send a feedback <u>only</u> to
<u>tra...@we...</u>.

And please do not forget to set proper HTML-Entities!
If you want to take care of the translations yourself you may strip
off tra...@we... and replace it with your own eMail-Adress.

bis dahin - kind regards

Martin Mewes

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[webmin-l] [FAQ] Webmin/Usermin/Virtualmin - On the fly updates

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

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History:
--------

02.10.2005
Webmin-Development-Version 1.231 released

20.09.2005
Webmin-Version 1.230 released as stable
Usermin-Version 1.160 released as stable

16.09.2005
Usermin-Development-Version 1.155 released

16.07.2005
Virtualmin-Development-Version 2.601 released

03.05.2005
Virtualmin-Version 2.60 released as stable

######################################################################

Current Stable Release for Webmin is 1.230
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/webmin-1.230.tar.gz
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/webmin-1.230-1.noarch.rpm
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/webmin-1.230-minimal.tar.gz

Current Development Release for Webmin is 1.231
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/webmin-1.231.tar.gz

Current Stable Release for Usermin is 1.160
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/usermin-1.160.tar.gz
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/usermin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm

Current Development Release for Usermin is 1.155
http://webmin.mamemu.de/devel/tarballs/usermin-1.155.tar.gz

Current Stable Release for VirtualMin is 2.60
http://webmin.mamemu.de/download/virtualmin/virtual-server-2.60.wbm.gz

Current Development Release for VirtualMin is 2.601
http://webmin.mamemu.de/download/virtualmin/virtual-server-2.601.wbm.gz
	
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Important notice:
There are three announcments for stable versions.

a) Maybe the first one comes with a "on the fly"-update.
b) Paying sourceforge-members who are subscribed to notifications
about webmin/usermin-file uploads.
c) The one and only official one comes from Jamie Cameron directly.

Virtualmin has gone Virtualmin Pro:
Jamie Cameron and Joe Cooper founded Virtualmin Inc.
Please visit http://www.virtualmin.com/ for details

If you are anoyed by these post you can filter this with procmail
scanning for

X-Webmin: update

in the header.


bis dahin - kind regards

Martin Mewes

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Re: [webmin-l] Edit qutoa's problem

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

Hi Mark,
Do you have the latest update to the quotas module from www.webmin.com/updates.html installed? It may fix this bug ..

 - Jamie

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

From:  "Obantec Support" <su...@ob...>
Subj:  [webmin-l] Edit qutoa's problem
Date:  Mon 3 Oct 2005 7:46 am
Size:  781 bytes
To:  <web...@li...>

Hi

webmin1.230 on FC3

I am trying to update a quota for a user from 10MB soft  & 11MB hard to 20 &
21 respectively.
the browser is stuck at around 50% re-loading the page. i expect it will
time-out overnight!
its been 20 minutes so far.

Mark
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www.obantec.net
0845 458 3121
WebHosting and Domains
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[webmin-l] Edit qutoa's problem

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

Hi

webmin1.230 on FC3

I am trying to update a quota for a user from 10MB soft  & 11MB hard to 20 &
21 respectively.
the browser is stuck at around 50% re-loading the page. i expect it will
time-out overnight!
its been 20 minutes so far.

Mark
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0845 458 3121
WebHosting and Domains
Nominet UK Member & IPStag Holder
CentralNic Accredited Reseller

[webmin-l] DNS handling?

[Thomas L. <th...@th...>]

I've set up a "demo" sub-server/sub-domain, to host demonstration
projects and client prototypes...

the URL to access these is "demo.godmomasforge.com"

*normally*, in an unmanaged/unautomated situation, I would put the DNS
entries for this in the same file as I do for the root domain and it's
sub-hosts (www.godmomasforge.com, ftp.godmomasforge.com, etc.)

This is what I expected Webmin to do.

Instead, however, it created a separate file... which the secondary DNS
server never picked up (since it is not managed), because I didn't
expect to have to configure it to do so (this has resulted in a very
puzzled customer whose attempts to access the demo site have failed
inconsistently).

I'm assuming that putting this stuff in a separate file isn't a
technical issue (since it works, on the main server)... but should
webmin be doing this?

Also, instead of renaming or over-writing existing /etc/httpd/conf/vhost
files when a domain is created (not imported), it appears to be
appending to them... renaming the file would seem to make more sense,
because the result appears to be that the new configuration directives
are ignored in favor of the existing ones. 

Regards,
Thomas Leavitt

[webmin-l] Perl error - Undefined symbol "PL_exit_flags"

[Mark E. <ma...@an...>]

I'm getting the following error in the browser when trying to write a  
change to a crontab using the webmin crontab edit function:

/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/bin/perl: Undefined symbol  
"PL_exit_flags"
crontab: "/usr/local/lib/webmin/cron/cron_editor.pl" exited with  
status 1

A Google search turns up some articles about Perl being broken after  
a 5.8.7 upgrade on FreeBSD (I'm running FreeBSD 4.11), but before  
tearing apart my Perl install, I thought I would see if anyone has  
seen such and knows what causes it in this case.

I'm not seeing any other odd behavior from Perl, for what its worth.

Thanks!

--
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ma...@an...
cell: +46704070332

Re: [webmin-l] out of memory message

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

Hi Vincent, 
Unless your Webmin module is dealing with huge amounts of data, the most common cause of an 'out of memory' error is infinite recursion in a Perl function. Under Perl, if a function calls itself endlessly, this will use up all available memory and eventually cause the CGI to terminate.

 - Jamie

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

From:  "Vincent Fachero" <vin...@ca...>
Subj:  [webmin-l] out of memory message
Date:  Sat 1 Oct 2005 1:16 am
Size:  1K
To:  <Web...@li...>

       Hello,
 I have a question about use of memory with  PERL/Webmin.
 I write 9000 lines in PERL string variable (execute  by AIX server) with
 a webmin module and I send this string to my HTML  client. My program
 stop and I have a "out of memory" message in my log  file. 
 How I can correct this problem ? Is it a PERL  memory problem ?
 
 Thanks.
 Have a nice week-end.
 Vincent
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Re: [webmin-l] flush mail queue

[Mark F. <ma...@ma...>]

* On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:36:09AM -0400 Fred Bacon wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 12:59 +1000, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > Hi Marcos,
> > That would be a cool feature, but as far as I know there is no Sendmail command to flush individual messages, so it cannot be done from within Webmin either.
> > 
> > However, if anyone does know of a way to flush a single message from the command line, I would be glad to include it in Webmin..
> 
> According to the 3rd edition Sendmail book from O'Reilly, you can select
> a subset of queued messages to process.  This is on page 462, section
> 11.8.2.3.  You can select by the queue id, recipient, sender or any
> combination of those options.
> 
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -qIj8UFRokM015345
 
> So, it should be possible in Webmin to select a message and have a flush
> selected button.

Jamie - If you're going to implement this, adding -v to see the
resulting output of the SMTP conversation (user rejected, timed out,
etc) would be nice.

Mark
-- 
"The fix is only temporary...unless it works." - Red Green

[webmin-l] Virtualmin/BIND template

[Thomas E D. <ed...@al...>]

Hello,

Apparently there have been some changes in virtualmin that I have not
noticed.

Previously, I'm sure VM was creating DNS records for virtual servers,
however now it is not.  In Server Tmplates under the BIND DNS records for
new domains, the box is now blank.  The checkbox, Record mode, Add to
automatically generated records is now checked.

I guess this is OK but what is it?  Also, I noticed none of my virtual
servers are listed in named.conf.  Previously, they were.  I don't know if
these are related but everything is still working.

Any ideas?

TIA

Re: [webmin-l] flush mail queue

[Fred B. <ba...@ae...>]

On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 12:59 +1000, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> Hi Marcos,
> That would be a cool feature, but as far as I know there is no Sendmail command to flush individual messages, so it cannot be done from within Webmin either.
> 
> However, if anyone does know of a way to flush a single message from the command line, I would be glad to include it in Webmin..

According to the 3rd edition Sendmail book from O'Reilly, you can select
a subset of queued messages to process.  This is on page 462, section
11.8.2.3.  You can select by the queue id, recipient, sender or any
combination of those options.

/usr/sbin/sendmail -qIj8UFRokM015345

or just use a substring

/usr/sbin/sendmail -qIj8URok

Should flush the message with the queue id of j8UFRokM015345.

You can also negate the selection (in Sendmail 8.12 and above)

/usr/sbin/sendmail -q\!Ij8UFRokM015345

So, it should be possible in Webmin to select a message and have a flush
selected button.

Fred
-- 
Fred Bacon <ba...@ae...>
Aerodyne Research, Inc.

AW: WG: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2

[<ma...@an...>]

Yes this is the default configuration. I've found another option which =
is
wrong for Trustix 2.2. "Command to apply BIND configuration" should be
"/etc/init.d/named restart"

Mat

-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
Von: web...@li...
[mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von Jamie
Cameron
Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 15:29
An: web...@li...
Betreff: Re: WG: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2

Hi Mathias,

Glad you figured out the solution!
Does BIND on trustix 2.2 run under a chroot directory by default? If so, =
I
should
update the default webmin configuration on that distro..

 - Jamie

On 30/Sep/2005 18:07 =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathias_L=3DFCber?=3D wrote ..
> It works!!
> I've changed "Chroot directory to run BIND under" to
"/var/lib/named/chroot"
> (which is the chroot-dir of BIND), "Is named.conf under chroot =
directory?"
> to "no", "Default PID file location(s)" to "/var/run/named.pid" (which
> is
> standard) and "PID file is under chroot directory?" to "Yes".
>=20
> Thanks Jamie for pointing me the right course... ;-)
> (I hope you understand what I mean, my English is too bad)
>=20
> Mat
>=20
>=20
> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: web...@li...
> [mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von =
Jamie
> Cameron
> Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 09:14
> An: web...@li...
> Betreff: Re: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2
>=20
> Does it help if you symlink the same path under the chroot directory =
to
> the
> real PID file location? ie. with a command like :
>=20
> ln -s /var/run/named.pid /chroot/named/var/run/named.pid
>=20
>  - Jamie
>=20
> On 30/Sep/2005 16:34 =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathias_L=3DFCber?=3D wrote ..
> > Yes, I'm running BIND in a chroot environment. But I've set the =
option
> > "PID
> > file is under chroot directory?" to "no"...
> >=20
> > Mat
> >=20
> > -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: web...@li...
> > [mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von =
Jamie
> > Cameron
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 00:59
> > An: web...@li...
> > Betreff: Re: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2
> >=20
> > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 23:58, Mathias L=FCber wrote:
> > > Hallo All,
> > >=20
> > > I've problem with the BIND-Module of Webmin (1.230) running on =
Trustix
> > 2.2.
> > > There is always the button "Start Name Server" even if BIND is =
already
> > > running. If BIND isn't running I can start it by clicking this =
button.
> > If
> > > BIND is already running and I click on the button, nothing =
happens.
> (I
> > think
> > > in the background BIND says that it's already running)
> > >=20
> > > I've checked if webmin "knows" the right path to the PID-File of =
BIND.
> > But
> > > the path was correct.
> > >=20
> > > Does anyone know the solution or at least have an idea what could =
be
> > the
> > > problem.
> >=20
> > Are you running BIND in a chroot environment there? If so, Webmin =
will
> > by default expect the PID file to be under the chroot directory, =
which
> > could cause it to think that BIND is not running..
> >=20
> >  - Jamie
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
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[webmin-l] out of memory message

[Vincent F. <vin...@ca...>]

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Re: [webmin-l] usermin password

[Alan D. <We...@Om...>]

Okay, my mistake.  I thought it was enabled by default in my
installation, but maybe that was brought over from an older version, or
maybe I inadvertently turned it on in the past.

Thanks,
Alan

On 9/30/2005 9:23 AM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> Um .. it is disabled by default though, at least in the Webmin
> packages from www.webmin.com. Other vendors may have enabled it, but
> that is out of my control :-)
>
>  - Jamie
>
> On 30/Sep/2005 22:36 Alan Dobkin wrote ..
>> Since you recommend against using this feature (which I agree with),
>> then can it be disabled by default for new installations?
>>
>> Most people won't know to turn it off manually, and it would increase
>> security by disabling it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alan
>>
>> On 9/29/2005 8:04 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>>>
>>> That would only happen if you are using some kind of local proxy, such
>>> as an Apache ProxyPass directive. Then usermin would auto-login as the
>>> Apache user!
>>>
>>> Personally, I recommend against using that localauth feature, except in
>>> very limited circumstances, such as a non-network box that is only
>>> running a browser locally.

Re: WG: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2

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

Hi Mathias,

Glad you figured out the solution!
Does BIND on trustix 2.2 run under a chroot directory by default? If so, I should
update the default webmin configuration on that distro..

 - Jamie

On 30/Sep/2005 18:07 =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathias_L=3DFCber?=3D wrote ..
> It works!!
> I've changed "Chroot directory to run BIND under" to "/var/lib/named/chroot"
> (which is the chroot-dir of BIND), "Is named.conf under chroot directory?"
> to "no", "Default PID file location(s)" to "/var/run/named.pid" (which
> is
> standard) and "PID file is under chroot directory?" to "Yes".
> 
> Thanks Jamie for pointing me the right course... ;-)
> (I hope you understand what I mean, my English is too bad)
> 
> Mat
> 
> 
> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: web...@li...
> [mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von Jamie
> Cameron
> Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 09:14
> An: web...@li...
> Betreff: Re: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2
> 
> Does it help if you symlink the same path under the chroot directory to
> the
> real PID file location? ie. with a command like :
> 
> ln -s /var/run/named.pid /chroot/named/var/run/named.pid
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
> On 30/Sep/2005 16:34 =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathias_L=3DFCber?=3D wrote ..
> > Yes, I'm running BIND in a chroot environment. But I've set the option
> > "PID
> > file is under chroot directory?" to "no"...
> > 
> > Mat
> > 
> > -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: web...@li...
> > [mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von Jamie
> > Cameron
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 00:59
> > An: web...@li...
> > Betreff: Re: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2
> > 
> > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 23:58, Mathias L=FCber wrote:
> > > Hallo All,
> > > 
> > > I've problem with the BIND-Module of Webmin (1.230) running on Trustix
> > 2.2.
> > > There is always the button "Start Name Server" even if BIND is already
> > > running. If BIND isn't running I can start it by clicking this button.
> > If
> > > BIND is already running and I click on the button, nothing happens.
> (I
> > think
> > > in the background BIND says that it's already running)
> > > 
> > > I've checked if webmin "knows" the right path to the PID-File of BIND.
> > But
> > > the path was correct.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know the solution or at least have an idea what could be
> > the
> > > problem.
> > 
> > Are you running BIND in a chroot environment there? If so, Webmin will
> > by default expect the PID file to be under the chroot directory, which
> > could cause it to think that BIND is not running..
> > 
> >  - Jamie
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Re: [webmin-l] usermin password

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

Um .. it is disabled by default though, at least in the Webmin packages from www.webmin.com. Other vendors may have enabled it, but that is out of my control :-)<br /><br />=A0- Jamie<br /><br />On 30/Sep/2005 22:36 Alan Dobkin wrote ..
<blockquote type=3D"cite">

Since you recommend against using this feature (which I agree with),
then can it be disabled by default for new installations?<br />
<br />
Most people won't know to turn it off manually, and it would increase
security by disabling it.<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
Alan<br />
<br />
On 9/29/2005 8:04 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"http://fudu.home:20000/mailbox/mid...@te..."><br />
  <pre><!---->That would only happen if you are using some kind of local proxy, such<br />as an Apache ProxyPass directive. Then usermin would auto-login as the<br />Apache user!<br /><br />Personally, I recommend against using that localauth feature, except in<br />very limited circumstances, such as a non-network box that is only<br />running a browser locally.</pre>
</blockquote>
</blockquote><br />

Re: [webmin-l] Feature Request: CIDR in IP Access Control

[Alan D. <We...@Om...>]

On 9/25/2005 8:08 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 05:07, Alan Dobkin wrote:
>   
>> Hi Jamie,
>>
>> Can you add support for CIDR notation (i.e. 192.168.0.0/24 instead of
>> 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0) in the IP Access Control module?  If so,
>> please also add it in any other modules that also use the IP/Mask input,
>> such as in the Webmin Users module, where user logins are restricted by
>> IP address.
>>     
>
> That's a good idea .. I have just implemented this for the next Webmin
> release.
>
>  - Jamie

Thanks!

Alan

Re: [webmin-l] Filesystem Backup Module Feedback

[Alan D. <We...@Om...>]

On 9/29/2005 9:07 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 03:52, Alan Dobkin wrote:
>   
>> As a possible resolution, perhaps each backup could be assigned a job
>> number to identify it, and/or the selection list could other attributes,
>> such as the dump level and the parent job's schedule.  Or, better yet,
>> it could use a move up/down interface similar to the rule configuration
>> tables in the Linux Firewall module.
>>     
>
> How about if the list of dumps includes the destination and level as
> well? That way you could more easily know which one is being selected..
>   

That would be helpful, but there could still be multiple jobs with the
same destination and level scheduled at different times.  For it to
really be unique, I think it would have to display all three fields
and/or a job number.  The move up/down interface seems like a more
elegant direction though, because it would be easier to display and
modify the connections based on a parent/child relationship, and they
would all display in the correct order in the summary table.  But I'm
sure the former is much easier to code than the latter, and it would
still be functional.

>> The other improvement that I would like to suggest is a way to retain
>> multiple backups and auto-expire them after a given amount of time.  For
>> example, it is bad practice to overwrite a good backup with a second
>> (possibly bad) backup.  Instead, the second backup should be written to
>> a second destination (file, tape, remote host, etc.), and then the first
>> backup can be deleted after a set amount of time.  This could be
>> extended to retain any number of old backups before expiring/deleting
>> them, similar to how the logrotate program keeps a certain number of old
>> backlogs.  In order to accomplish this now, I have to create multiple
>> backup jobs for each repetition, which is very cumbersome.  But again, I
>> would welcome any suggestions if someone knows of a better way to do
>> this given the current interface.
>>     
>
> I can't really make any suggestions here, apart from perhaps doing
> backups with data-based filenames, and setting up a cron job to delete
> backups older that a certain number of days.
>
>  - Jamie

I already set the filenames based on the directory that is being backed
up, but how would that allow retention of multiple backups of the same
directory?  I guess I could create separate jobs for each day of the
week, for example, and then they would automatically overwrite the file
from the previous week.  But setting that up for multiple directories
would be cumbersome.  For example, all of these jobs would have to be
created separately:

home-mon
home-tues
home-wed
...

etc-mon
etc-tues
etc-wed
...

same for var, usr, etc....

Is there an easier way to accomplish something like this, or am I asking
too much of this module?

Thanks,
Alan

Re: [webmin-l] usermin password

[Alan D. <We...@Om...>]

Since you recommend against using this feature (which I agree with),
then can it be disabled by default for new installations?

Most people won't know to turn it off manually, and it would increase
security by disabling it.

Thanks,
Alan

On 9/29/2005 8:04 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>
> That would only happen if you are using some kind of local proxy, such
> as an Apache ProxyPass directive. Then usermin would auto-login as the
> Apache user!
>
> Personally, I recommend against using that localauth feature, except in
> very limited circumstances, such as a non-network box that is only
> running a browser locally.

WG: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2

[<ma...@an...>]

It works!!
I've changed "Chroot directory to run BIND under" to =
"/var/lib/named/chroot"
(which is the chroot-dir of BIND), "Is named.conf under chroot =
directory?"
to "no", "Default PID file location(s)" to "/var/run/named.pid" (which =
is
standard) and "PID file is under chroot directory?" to "Yes".

Thanks Jamie for pointing me the right course... ;-)
(I hope you understand what I mean, my English is too bad)

Mat


-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
Von: web...@li...
[mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von Jamie
Cameron
Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 09:14
An: web...@li...
Betreff: Re: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2

Does it help if you symlink the same path under the chroot directory to =
the
real PID file location? ie. with a command like :

ln -s /var/run/named.pid /chroot/named/var/run/named.pid

 - Jamie

On 30/Sep/2005 16:34 =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathias_L=3DFCber?=3D wrote ..
> Yes, I'm running BIND in a chroot environment. But I've set the option
> "PID
> file is under chroot directory?" to "no"...
>=20
> Mat
>=20
> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: web...@li...
> [mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von =
Jamie
> Cameron
> Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 00:59
> An: web...@li...
> Betreff: Re: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2
>=20
> On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 23:58, Mathias L=FCber wrote:
> > Hallo All,
> >=20
> > I've problem with the BIND-Module of Webmin (1.230) running on =
Trustix
> 2.2.
> > There is always the button "Start Name Server" even if BIND is =
already
> > running. If BIND isn't running I can start it by clicking this =
button.
> If
> > BIND is already running and I click on the button, nothing happens. =
(I
> think
> > in the background BIND says that it's already running)
> >=20
> > I've checked if webmin "knows" the right path to the PID-File of =
BIND.
> But
> > the path was correct.
> >=20
> > Does anyone know the solution or at least have an idea what could be
> the
> > problem.
>=20
> Are you running BIND in a chroot environment there? If so, Webmin will
> by default expect the PID file to be under the chroot directory, which
> could cause it to think that BIND is not running..
>=20
>  - Jamie
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
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AW: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2

[<ma...@an...>]

1. Do you know how to find out the chroot-directory?

2. In my webmin configuration "Chroot directory to run BIND under" =
points to
"/" by default. This would mean that I don=92t use a chroot environment =
for
BIND. Or am I wrong?? Why does BIND tell me that it's creating a chroot
jail? I'm a bit confused now... :-(

Sorry, for the stupid questions, but I'm new to BIND and webmin.

Mat

-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
Von: web...@li...
[mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von Jamie
Cameron
Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 09:14
An: web...@li...
Betreff: Re: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2

Does it help if you symlink the same path under the chroot directory to =
the
real PID file location? ie. with a command like :

ln -s /var/run/named.pid /chroot/named/var/run/named.pid

 - Jamie

On 30/Sep/2005 16:34 =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathias_L=3DFCber?=3D wrote ..
> Yes, I'm running BIND in a chroot environment. But I've set the option
> "PID
> file is under chroot directory?" to "no"...
>=20
> Mat
>=20
> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: web...@li...
> [mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von =
Jamie
> Cameron
> Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 00:59
> An: web...@li...
> Betreff: Re: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2
>=20
> On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 23:58, Mathias L=FCber wrote:
> > Hallo All,
> >=20
> > I've problem with the BIND-Module of Webmin (1.230) running on =
Trustix
> 2.2.
> > There is always the button "Start Name Server" even if BIND is =
already
> > running. If BIND isn't running I can start it by clicking this =
button.
> If
> > BIND is already running and I click on the button, nothing happens. =
(I
> think
> > in the background BIND says that it's already running)
> >=20
> > I've checked if webmin "knows" the right path to the PID-File of =
BIND.
> But
> > the path was correct.
> >=20
> > Does anyone know the solution or at least have an idea what could be
> the
> > problem.
>=20
> Are you running BIND in a chroot environment there? If so, Webmin will
> by default expect the PID file to be under the chroot directory, which
> could cause it to think that BIND is not running..
>=20
>  - Jamie
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Re: AW: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2

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

Does it help if you symlink the same path under the chroot directory to the
real PID file location? ie. with a command like :

ln -s /var/run/named.pid /chroot/named/var/run/named.pid

 - Jamie

On 30/Sep/2005 16:34 =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathias_L=3DFCber?=3D wrote ..
> Yes, I'm running BIND in a chroot environment. But I've set the option
> "PID
> file is under chroot directory?" to "no"...
> 
> Mat
> 
> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: web...@li...
> [mailto:web...@li...] Im Auftrag von Jamie
> Cameron
> Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 00:59
> An: web...@li...
> Betreff: Re: [webmin-l] BIND-Module and Trustix 2.2
> 
> On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 23:58, Mathias L=FCber wrote:
> > Hallo All,
> > 
> > I've problem with the BIND-Module of Webmin (1.230) running on Trustix
> 2.2.
> > There is always the button "Start Name Server" even if BIND is already
> > running. If BIND isn't running I can start it by clicking this button.
> If
> > BIND is already running and I click on the button, nothing happens. (I
> think
> > in the background BIND says that it's already running)
> > 
> > I've checked if webmin "knows" the right path to the PID-File of BIND.
> But
> > the path was correct.
> > 
> > Does anyone know the solution or at least have an idea what could be
> the
> > problem.
> 
> Are you running BIND in a chroot environment there? If so, Webmin will
> by default expect the PID file to be under the chroot directory, which
> could cause it to think that BIND is not running..
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
> 
> 
> 
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