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How can I allow specific Unix users (based on unix groups) to login to Webmin?

[Stephen O. <sol...@ho...>]

I have read FAQ #24 (How can I allow any Unix user to login to Webmin?) and 
would like to know who to do the following:

In the Webmin Users module, I would create a user called staffunixer.  I 
would give this webmin user access to the modules that I would want all my 
Unix users in the 'staff' unix group to have access to.  Whenever a user 
logs into webmin using their unix account username and password, webmin 
would give them the modules that I setup for staffunixer if they belong to 
the unix group 'staff'.  This would allow me to create unix users and put 
add them into the unix group that would give them the right webmin modules.  
I wouldn't have to create specific webmin users for each user I wanted to 
give access to webmin.

Hope that makes sense.  Basically my question is :

How can I allow specific Unix users based on specific Unix groups to login 
to Webmin without creating specific Webmin users for each user?

Thanks,
Stephen.



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How can I allow specific Unix users (based on unix groups) to login to Webmin?

[Stephen O. <sol...@ho...>]

On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 06:46, Stephen Ollinger wrote:
>I have read FAQ #24 (How can I allow any Unix user to login to Webmin?) and 
>would like to know who to do the following:
>
>In the Webmin Users module, I would create a user called staffunixer.  I 
>would give this webmin user access to the modules that I would want all my 
>Unix users in the 'staff' unix group to have access to.  Whenever a user 
>logs into webmin using their unix account username and password, webmin 
>would give them the modules that I setup for staffunixer if they belong to 
>the unix group 'staff'.  This would allow me to create unix users and put 
>add them into the unix group that would give them the right webmin modules. 
>  I wouldn't have to create specific webmin users for each user I wanted to 
>give access to webmin.
>
>Hope that makes sense.  Basically my question is :
>
>How can I allow specific Unix users based on specific Unix groups to login 
>to Webmin without creating specific Webmin users for each user?

>>This is not currently possible in Webmin unfortunately .. only a single
>>Unix authentication user can exist. Usermin gives you more flexibility
>>in controlling which Unix users a Webmin user can access, but it's
modules are of course different ..

>>- Jamie


Jamie:

If this is not possible then how do I add webmin users from the command 
line?  I followed the last instructions from the FAQ but it does work.  Here 
is my process:

I add a linux user web3 with a password
I edit miniserv.users and add the line web3:x:0::
I edit the webmin.acl and add the line web3: quota ... extra modules etc

I can't login with web3. If I go in with an admin account and edit web3 user 
and just save the info it will then work.  How do I get this to work so I 
add users through a command line script?

I have tried adding a line in config too (web3: quota)

This would do the same thing.

Stephen.




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Re: How can I allow specific Unix users (based on unix groups) to login to Webmin?

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

Stephen Ollinger wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 06:46, Stephen Ollinger wrote:
> 
>> I have read FAQ #24 (How can I allow any Unix user to login to 
>> Webmin?) and would like to know who to do the following:
>>
>> In the Webmin Users module, I would create a user called staffunixer.  
>> I would give this webmin user access to the modules that I would want 
>> all my Unix users in the 'staff' unix group to have access to.  
>> Whenever a user logs into webmin using their unix account username and 
>> password, webmin would give them the modules that I setup for 
>> staffunixer if they belong to the unix group 'staff'.  This would 
>> allow me to create unix users and put add them into the unix group 
>> that would give them the right webmin modules.  I wouldn't have to 
>> create specific webmin users for each user I wanted to give access to 
>> webmin.
>>
>> Hope that makes sense.  Basically my question is :
>>
>> How can I allow specific Unix users based on specific Unix groups to 
>> login to Webmin without creating specific Webmin users for each user?
> 
> 
>>> This is not currently possible in Webmin unfortunately .. only a single
>>> Unix authentication user can exist. Usermin gives you more flexibility
>>> in controlling which Unix users a Webmin user can access, but it's
>>
> modules are of course different ..
> 
>>> - Jamie
>>
> 
> 
> Jamie:
> 
> If this is not possible then how do I add webmin users from the command 
> line?  I followed the last instructions from the FAQ but it does work.  
> Here is my process:
> 
> I add a linux user web3 with a password
> I edit miniserv.users and add the line web3:x:0::
> I edit the webmin.acl and add the line web3: quota ... extra modules etc
> 
> I can't login with web3. If I go in with an admin account and edit web3 
> user and just save the info it will then work.  How do I get this to 
> work so I add users through a command line script?
> 
> I have tried adding a line in config too (web3: quota)
> 
> This would do the same thing.
> 
> Stephen.

Updating those files is all that is needed, but you have to re-start 
Webmin for the changes to take effect. Just run  /etc/webmin/stop ; 
/etc/webmin/start  to do it.

  - Jamie

Re: How can I allow specific Unix users (based on unix groups) to login to Webmn?

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

On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 06:46, Stephen Ollinger wrote:
> I have read FAQ #24 (How can I allow any Unix user to login to Webmin?) and 
> would like to know who to do the following:
> 
> In the Webmin Users module, I would create a user called staffunixer.  I 
> would give this webmin user access to the modules that I would want all my 
> Unix users in the 'staff' unix group to have access to.  Whenever a user 
> logs into webmin using their unix account username and password, webmin 
> would give them the modules that I setup for staffunixer if they belong to 
> the unix group 'staff'.  This would allow me to create unix users and put 
> add them into the unix group that would give them the right webmin modules.  
> I wouldn't have to create specific webmin users for each user I wanted to 
> give access to webmin.
> 
> Hope that makes sense.  Basically my question is :
> 
> How can I allow specific Unix users based on specific Unix groups to login 
> to Webmin without creating specific Webmin users for each user?

This is not currently possible in Webmin unfortunately .. only a single
Unix authentication user can exist. Usermin gives you more flexibility
in controlling which Unix users a Webmin user can access, but it's
modules are of course different ..

 - Jamie