For an email/web server is it a good idea to put webmin on? Or for security would it be wise to leave webmin off?

TIA

My security stance is anything that isn't needed is an extra risk. So if you feel capable of doing everything from the command line, I would leave it off. If you're still learning your way around, it might be a useful crutch for a while.

Thanks!

If you really have to use it, then set it up to listen on localhost only and then use SSH port fowarding to access the webmin page.

Anything that you can justify using, you can use.

Webmin does have ACLs, so you can lock it down to only certain IPs that can access it. In tandem with that, you can also add a FW ACL to block access from anything you don't specifically allow.

SSH tunneling may not work if you're in a corporate environment, but HTTP/S traffic is almost always allowed (not that I'm telling you to duck corporate security posture). When I'm at work, the only way for me to access my server is Webmin. I've been flagged before by the security office for tunneling or directly shelling into the server, so, for me at least, HTTP/S is the only option (unless its via my iPhone...not a pretty solution, tho).

Right - webmin w/ strong passwords + sane ACLs should be fine.

If you really don't need it, then of course don't use it. (But I'm unsure about why you would be asking this if you didn't need it.)

Can you briefly explain how to do that? Thanks