Install webmin on Linux OS

Webmin installation

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any browser that supports tables and forms (and Java for the File Manager module), you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and so on. Followings are installation procedures.

1 Install OpenSSL

#tar xvfz openssl*
#cd open*
#./config
#make
#make test
#make install (should be "su" to do this)

2 Install Net_SSLeay.pm, and URL is http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net_SSLeay.pm/
#tar xfvz Net_SSLeay.pm*
#cd Net*
#./Makefile.PL -t
#make install (should be "su" to do this)

3 Install Webmin (at last)
#rpm -Uvh webmin*

Webmin configuration for first usage:

Ø Startup your web browser (e.g. Netscape)

Ø Goto http://127.0.0.1:10000 (assuming 127.0.0.1 is the local machine)

Ø Login with user="root", password=your root password

Ø Goto Webmin configuration->SSL Encryption-> Enable SSL support

Ø In the future, access webmin through https://127.0.0.1:10000

References:

Webmin: http://www.webmin.com

OpenSSL: http://www.openssl.org

Your sincere,

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KsharP

2007-03-20