Getting webmin to work on debian

Red Squirrel · 02-04-2006, 04:44 PM

I installed it and it works, but when I log in, there's NOTHING, just webmin config, but no actual system config. how can I get it to work properly? I had it running on red hat a while back and I remember having way more options. I'm mostly interested in user management, like creating/deleting users/groups and adding users to groups. So if there's an entirely different script for that it would do the job but if I can get webmin working it would be great too.

if I type apt-get install webmin-core (which I think is what I have to do) it does not work.

I get this:

Code:

borg:/etc/webmin# apt-get install webmin-core
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package webmin-core is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package webmin-core has no installation candidate
borg:/etc/webmin#

btmiller · 02-04-2006, 05:41 PM

I'm not a webmin expert, but doing "apt-cache search webmin" shows a number of modules that can be download. I'm guessing that the core only includes very basic functionality, and you should download some of these modules.

Red Squirrel · 02-04-2006, 11:32 PM

Oh nice, does that command search through the apt-get repository? Good to know for future reference.

When I run it on webmin I only get webmin itself though.

btmiller · 02-05-2006, 12:02 AM

Hmm ... what version of Debian are you running (cat /etc/debian_version to find out)? I have Sarge (3.1) and I get the following:

Code:

fctest:~# apt-cache search webmin
webmin - web-based administration toolkit
webmin-adsl - PPPOE (ADSL client) control module for webmin
webmin-apache - apache control module for webmin
webmin-bandwidth - bandwidth monitoring module for webmin
webmin-bind - bind 8+ control module for webmin
webmin-burner - CD burning module for webmin
webmin-cfengine - cfengine module for webmin
webmin-cluster - cluster control modules for webmin
webmin-core - core modules for webmin
webmin-cpan - CPAN module for webmin
webmin-dhcpd - dhcpd control module for webmin
webmin-exim - exim mail server control module for webmin
webmin-exports - NFS exports control module for webmin
webmin-fetchmail - fetchmail mail retrieval module for webmin
webmin-firewall - iptables control module for webmin
webmin-freeswan - FreeSWAN IPSEC VPN administration module for webmin
webmin-frox - frox control module for webmin
webmin-fsdump - dump/restore module for webmin
webmin-grub - grub control module for webmin
webmin-heartbeat - heartbeat monitor control module for webmin
webmin-htaccess - htaccess/htpasswd module for webmin
webmin-inetd - inetd control module for webmin
webmin-jabber - jabber server control module for webmin
webmin-ldap-netgroups - LDAP webmin module for editing netgroups
webmin-ldap-user-simple - Ldap users control module for webmin (skolelinux)
webmin-ldap-useradmin - LDAP user administration module for webmin
webmin-lilo - lilo control module for webmin
webmin-logrotate - log rotation module for webmin
webmin-lpadmin - printer control module for webmin
webmin-lvm - lvm control module for webmin
webmin-mailboxes - user mail reading module for webmin
webmin-mon - mon control module for webmin
webmin-mysql - mysql-server control module for webmin
webmin-nis - NIS clients/servers control module for webmin
webmin-openslp - SLP server control module for webmin
webmin-postfix - postfix control module for webmin
webmin-postgresql - postgresql control module for webmin
webmin-ppp - PPP configuration module for webmin
webmin-pptp-client - PPTP client configuration module for webmin
webmin-pptp-server - PPTP server configuration module for webmin
webmin-procmail - procmail module for webmin
webmin-proftpd - Proftpd module for webmin
webmin-pserver - CVS pserver module for webmin
webmin-quota - disk quota control module for webmin
webmin-samba - samba control module for webmin
webmin-sarg - sarg control module for webmin
webmin-sendmail - sendmail control module for webmin
webmin-shorewall - shorewall firewall control module for webmin
webmin-slbackup - Webmin module for Skolelinux Backup (slbackup)
webmin-smart-status - SMART drive status module for webmin
webmin-snort - snort control module for webmin
webmin-software - software packages control module for webmin
webmin-spamassassin - spamassassin control module for webmin
webmin-squid - squid control module for webmin
webmin-sshd - SSH server control module for webmin
webmin-status - server and system status control module for webmin
webmin-stunnel - stunnel control module for webmin
webmin-updown - File transfer module for webmin
webmin-usermin - usermin control module for webmin
webmin-vgetty - vgetty control module for webmin
webmin-virtual-server - virtual hosting management module for webmin (virtualmin)
webmin-webalizer - webalizer control module for webmin
webmin-wuftpd - wu-ftpd control module for webmin
webmin-wvdial - wvdial configuration module for webmin
webmin-xinetd - xinetd control module for webmin

Red Squirrel · 02-05-2006, 11:42 AM

I have testing/unstable unfortunately, I only found out later on that I had downloaded the wrong disc, and there is simply too much configuration on this server to do a clean install so I hope this it can still work on the unstable version...

Red Squirrel · 02-07-2006, 04:00 PM

bump, can't seem to figure out how to update it. I think if I update it, I will be able to simply download the modules using the module utility that is built in, but I get an error that I need version 1.260 and I only have 1.210. So how can I upgrade it? I can't use apt-get install since it just says it's already installed, and won't let me just install the latest.

sylvaticus · 05-13-2006, 07:35 AM

You need to:
apt-get install cvs wembin-pserver