Can not get Webmin to start on Current

camorri · 02-15-2023, 03:17 PM

This is a fairly new install of Slackware current 64 bit.

I installed Webmin from the Ponce repo.

Code:

webmin-2.013-noarch-1_SBo

and JDK,

Code:

zulu-openjdk8-8.0.362-x86_64-1_SBo

.

When webmin was being installed, I saw the following:

Code:

Executing install script for webmin-2.013-noarch-1_SBo.tgz.
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/reload.new': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/restart.new': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/restart-by-force-kill.new': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/start.new': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/stop.new': No such file or directory
Package webmin-2.013-noarch-1_SBo.tgz installed.

In rc.d I chmod'd rc.webmin and added the appropriate lines to rc.local as shown on SBo.

Webmin does not start, either from a cold boot or by running '/etc/rc.d/rc.webmin start' as root.

I did some searching, and did see some hits, however most are on Sys-d. So not much help there.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

The first time I tried to run webmin, I did see the "first run" message, if that matters.

Chuck56 · 02-16-2023, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camorri

Code:

Executing install script for webmin-2.013-noarch-1_SBo.tgz.
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/reload.new': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/restart.new': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/restart-by-force-kill.new': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/start.new': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'etc/webmin/stop.new': No such file or directory
Package webmin-2.013-noarch-1_SBo.tgz installed.

On my webmin setup(s), those files are all links to similarly named dot (.) files in the same directory.

reload -> .reload-init
restart -> .restart-init
restart-by-force-kill -> .restart-by-force-kill-init
start -> .start-init
stop -> .stop-init

Hopefully it's something simple to get you running.

camorri · 02-16-2023, 10:12 AM

Well, this is not so simple. I have it running right now, however, there is a problem with first run, I believe.

The reason I get the error "cannot stat" on the move is, I clear the /tmp directory on shutdown. I have had problems running out of /tmp space, so the fix is to clear it on shutdown. Of course that blows away /tmp/SBo/ and all its contents.

I looked at one of my 15.0 systems, in /etc/webmin. On 15.0 'start' is a script to start webmin, and it works. The symlinks we see on currnet are not getting updated, I'm guessing by FIRSTRUN. As long as I leave /tmp as is now, I think webmin will start.

I don't think I should have to keep /tmp "as is" to make a application run.

For clarity this is the webmin version on current webmin-2.013-noarch-1_SBo and the pre-req zulu-openjdk8-8.0.362-x86_64-1_SBo

Not sure where to go from here.

willysr · 02-17-2023, 08:15 PM

should be fixed on next public update, sorry for the issue

camorri · 02-18-2023, 07:23 AM

WillySR Thank-you.

I did mange to get the system more permently fixed, I deleted the sym-links to start, restart etc, in /etc/webmin. Then I copied the start restart files from a 15.0 install to current. That worked.

bitfuzzy · 02-18-2023, 11:54 AM

Why not just install from tarball?

I've never had a issue

camorri · 02-18-2023, 01:53 PM

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Why not just install from tarball?

Its just my preference to manage packages with SBo. This is the first problem I have ever had with a package on SBo.

willysr · 02-18-2023, 08:38 PM

you can use the same slackbuild to use for current machine