Webmin Utilization

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19:48

Is anyone currently using Webmin for anything in a production/mission critical environment? If so, what has your experience been and would you recommend the product? Thanks

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Ken Schneider

20 May 20 May

20:11

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On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 19:48 +0000, a.bridge@insightbb.com wrote:

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Is anyone currently using Webmin for anything in a production/mission critical environment? If so, what has your experience been and would you recommend the product?

Thanks

I have used it extensively and recommend it anyone. If you are using SuSE 9.3 it is not yet available but should be soon. I does ease the pain of configuring some components that don't come with a gui. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Ed Harrison

20:21

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** Reply to message from Ken Schneider on Fri, 20 May 2005 16:11:32 -0400

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I have used it extensively and recommend it anyone. If you are using SuSE 9.3 it is not yet available but should be soon. I does ease the pain of configuring some components that don't come with a gui.

I am using 1.200 from www.webmin.com on 9.3 (the noarch rpm). I have used it for years for partitioning, setting cron jobs, etc.--almost anything a linux system can do. Ed Harrison, Registered Linux User #199533 SuSE 9.3, Kernel 2.6.11 PolarBar Mailer 1.25a

Ken Schneider

20:29

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On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 16:21 -0400, Ed Harrison wrote:

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** Reply to message from Ken Schneider on Fri, 20 May 2005 16:11:32 -0400

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I have used it extensively and recommend it anyone. If you are using SuSE 9.3 it is not yet available but should be soon. I does ease the pain of configuring some components that don't come with a gui.

I am using 1.200 from www.webmin.com on 9.3 (the noarch rpm). I have used it for years for partitioning, setting cron jobs, etc.--almost anything a linux system can do.

When I try to install it I get the following error: Preparing... ########################################### [100%] Unable to identify operating system error: %pre(webmin-1.200-1) scriptlet failed, exit status 2 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping webmin-1.200-1 Did you modify the rpm somehow? Checking the supported OS's on the webmin site does not show SuSE as supported yet. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Ed Harrison

21 May 21 May

02:05

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** Reply to message from Ken Schneider on Fri, 20 May 2005 16:29:47 -0400

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When I try to install it I get the following error:

Preparing... ########################################### [100%] Unable to identify operating system error: %pre(webmin-1.200-1) scriptlet failed, exit status 2 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping webmin-1.200-1

Did you modify the rpm somehow? Checking the supported OS's on the webmin site does not show SuSE as supported yet.

No modification. When I start webmin in Firefox, it says it is 1.2000, running on SuSE 9.2. I never noticed that before until the comment from Mike Cooke: "You can install from tarball on 9.3 - just tell it that you're running 9.2 - works fine. And to the OP - I've been using it for a year or so too, works perfectly." For some reason, the rpm thought it was on a 9.2 system. Ed Harrison, Registered Linux User #199533 SuSE 9.3, Kernel 2.6.11 PolarBar Mailer 1.25a

Jack Malone

23 May 23 May

01:13

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When I try to install it I get the following error:

Preparing... ########################################### [100%] Unable to identify operating system error: %pre(webmin-1.200-1) scriptlet failed, exit status 2 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping webmin-1.200-1

I got the very same error so I would be interested in how you got it to install also jack

Ken Schneider

03:11

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On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 20:13 -0500, Jack Malone wrote:

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When I try to install it I get the following error:

Preparing... ########################################### [100%] Unable to identify operating system error: %pre(webmin-1.200-1) scriptlet failed, exit status 2 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping webmin-1.200-1

I got the very same error so I would be interested in how you got it to install also

jack

Check the archives, I explained how to do so. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Michael W Cocke

20 May 20 May

20:37

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On Fri, 20 May 2005 16:11:32 -0400, you wrote:

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On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 19:48 +0000, a.bridge@insightbb.com wrote:

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Is anyone currently using Webmin for anything in a production/mission critical environment? If so, what has your experience been and would you recommend the product?

Thanks

I have used it extensively and recommend it anyone. If you are using SuSE 9.3 it is not yet available but should be soon. I does ease the pain of configuring some components that don't come with a gui.

You can install from tarball on 9.3 - just tell it that you're running 9.2 - works fine. And to the OP - I've been using it for a year or so too, works perfectly. Mike- -- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments.

Ken Schneider

22:08

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On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 16:37 -0400, Michael W Cocke wrote:

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On Fri, 20 May 2005 16:11:32 -0400, you wrote:

You can install from tarball on 9.3 - just tell it that you're running 9.2 - works fine. And to the OP - I've been using it for a year or so too, works perfectly.

Mike-

Installed Webmin 1.200 rpm as follows: rpm -Uvh --nopre --nopost webmin-1.200-1.noarch.rpm cd /usr/libexec/webmin vi os_list.txt locate the line for SuSE 9.2 and copy to another line and modify new line to point to 9.3 (hint, while on the line for 9.2 hit yy then p) run ./setup.sh answer the prompts. If you want to run as a secure web site install the SSLeay packages prior to running the script and then you should be good to go. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Bruce Marshall

22:36

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On Friday 20 May 2005 06:08 pm, Ken Schneider wrote:

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Installed Webmin 1.200 rpm as follows: rpm -Uvh --nopre --nopost webmin-1.200-1.noarch.rpm cd /usr/libexec/webmin vi os_list.txt locate the line for SuSE 9.2 and copy to another line and modify new line to point to 9.3 (hint, while on the line for 9.2 hit yy then p) run ./setup.sh answer the prompts. If you want to run as a secure web site install the SSLeay packages prior to running the script and then you should be good to go.

I installed from the tarball... and it's up and running but I am not seeing the usual plethora of things to play with. (like mysql for example) It seems pretty brain dead compare to what it normally (on older systems) shows. How does the rpm install look?

Ken Schneider

21 May 21 May

00:10

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On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 18:36 -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:

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On Friday 20 May 2005 06:08 pm, Ken Schneider wrote:

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Installed Webmin 1.200 rpm as follows: rpm -Uvh --nopre --nopost webmin-1.200-1.noarch.rpm cd /usr/libexec/webmin vi os_list.txt locate the line for SuSE 9.2 and copy to another line and modify new line to point to 9.3 (hint, while on the line for 9.2 hit yy then p) run ./setup.sh answer the prompts. If you want to run as a secure web site install the SSLeay packages prior to running the script and then you should be good to go.

I installed from the tarball... and it's up and running but I am not seeing the usual plethora of things to play with. (like mysql for example) It seems pretty brain dead compare to what it normally (on older systems) shows.

How does the rpm install look?

Everything looks about the same as it was under 9.2. Servers Apache Webserver BIND DNS Server CVS Server DHCP Server Fetchmail Mail Retrieval Frox FTP Proxy Jabber IM Server Majordomo List Manager MySQL Database Server OpenSLP Server Postfix Configuration PostgreSQL Database Server ProFTPD Server Procmail Mail Filter QMail Configuration Read User Mail SSH Server Samba Windows File Sharing Sendmail Configuration SpamAssassin Mail Filter Squid Analysis Report Generator Squid Proxy Server WU-FTP Server Webalizer Logfile Analysis -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Stan Glasoe

20 May 20 May

20:32

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On Friday 20 May 2005 2:48 pm, a.bridge@insightbb.com wrote:

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Is anyone currently using Webmin for anything in a production/mission critical environment? If so, what has your experience been and would you recommend the product?

Thanks

Yes version 1.17 and 1.20 on SuSE Pro 9.2 (different systems even!). I've had the best results getting the RPM from www.Webmin.com and installing it. In the past the version included with SuSE didn't work right if at all. Even Webmin.com recommended downloading their version versus what SuSE packaged. Still a habit with me. Don't know if the included version has been fixed or not... Manually check the configuration of each module you are using to make sure it matches the SuSE scheme. If you use YaST as well as Webmin to administer your system you should carefully check the config files produced to make sure it is what you want. Especially if you use both Yast and Webmin on the same service/server/module. For example: if you use dhcpd and use both YaST and Webmin to config it, double check the changes they both produce to make sure it is what you want. They don't always make the same changes in the same manner that you want. Once you know the idiosyncracies you're good to go. YaST is great for YOU of course. Choose your weapon? Pick your poison? I recommend it all the time as it consolidates a ton of servers/services/modules. If YaST and Webmin could be tested to verify they produce the same quality output I'd be a very happy camper. Maybe I'm missing something about SuSE and Webmin integration that someone here will enlighten me with their knowledge. :) Stan

Cristian Rodriguez

23 May 23 May

04:06

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2005/5/20, a.bridge@insightbb.com :

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Is anyone currently using Webmin for anything in a production/mission critical environment? If so, what has your experience been and would you recommend the product?

Thanks

Webmin is a really good app,for production or fun. I highly recommend it,and I 'm using it for years without any problem.

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