How to start webmin login page on runlevel 3

satimis · 12-31-2007, 07:57 PM

Hi folks,

Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64

IIRC webmin does not require X to run. Performed following steps on runlevel 3;

$ sudo /etc/webmin/start login

Code:

Password:
Starting Webmin server in /usr/share/webmin

$ /usr/share/webmin/

Code:

Display all 151 possibilities? (y or n)

Please advise how to start webmin console/login in page on runlevel 3 instead of running "https://localhost:10000" on browser. TIA

B.R. and Happy New Year
satimis

OR I need text browser to start webmin?

SonJelfn · 01-02-2008, 04:13 PM

Webmin requires that you use a browser that supports tables and forms (and Java for the File Manager module).

You could use a console based browser like links or lynx if you really want to connect to webmin in a console, but I think that's against the whole idea of webmin in the first place. I've never used Webmin with a console based browser but I can't imagine that it's pretty.

I hope the info helps,

Good luck

Shade · 01-02-2008, 08:33 PM

Webmin runs as a service on your server. You have to access it from a browser, but it can be running and functioning perfectly fine without X.

You'll need to use a client to manipulate it though.

If you want webmin to start on boot in runlevel 3, you'll need to use ubuntu's service manager to set it up.

satimis · 01-02-2008, 08:51 PM

Hi folks,

Thanks for your advice.

On my server webmin starts automatically when the server is up. I tried lynx/links/elinks/w3m/links2. None of them can make webmin to work. The only solution to use webmin w/o X is on a remote PC running "https://ipadress:10000" on a GUI browser. I haven't discovered a text browser which can use webmin without starting X.

satimis