Hi, I have recently set up a headless samba/apache server for my dept in the company. (Using a borrowed monitor to complete the initial installation, and thereafter using putty/ssh in another M$ machine to finisihed up the whole set up). Samba and apache is working, but i prefer to use webmin to manage the servers. after i apt-get webmin-samba webmin-apache, i realized that debian has defaulted the access to only the localmachine. That means I need to have X installed in order to start a browser and enter webmin to disable the restriction. But my server's onboard vga just wont work with etch or sarge. It kept failing.

So my question is, how can I remove or change the access restriction without entering X in the localhost? I dont have any other linux boxes, the server is the one and only in the small dept that I am working in.

I wanted to install wordpress, but my understanding on setting up mysql are all based on webmin, without it i am lost. Furthermore, I enjoy using webmin, it's , IMO, a really good tool. Lastly, I can get webmin from source, and install it , all without the defaulted restrictions but i dont like this as i am deviating from the debian pool of packages and fear incompatability in the future.

Looking forward for a tip or direction.

TIA

HAHA, i think I found the answer:

http://www.webmin.com/faq.html

FAQ #19:

How can I change Webmin's list of allowed IP addresses from the shell?

The file you need to modify is /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf , in particular the allow= or deny= lines. If the allow= line exists, it contains a list of all addresses and networks that are allowed to connect to Webmin. Similarly, the deny= line contains addresses that are not allowed to connect. After modifying this file, you need to run /etc/webmin/stop ; /etc/webmin/start for the changes to take effect. Naturally, the file can only be edited by the root user.

Sorry for listing this question here, I should have known, it's all in the FAQ

I just fire up lynx the text browser and make the change... no GUI needed for that approach either.

farslayer, thanks, i found out the same too, i always use links for my console browser, it wont work in SSL(at least to my limited knowledge), but lynx can do it so wonderfully. Thanks anyway.

It should work fine with https actually, just do: links https://localhost:10000 at least that's how I do it with lynx