Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin

2011-06-21 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
>> On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 13:59 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: >>> > Hello Everyone, > I've cracked it... You're not the only one ;-) I'd personally avoid making webmin publicly available. Consider using iptables or (ufw) to restrict access to your IP if you have a static, or you could only allow acce

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin

2011-06-21 Thread Dave Hanson
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Dave Hanson wrote: > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Dave Morley wrote: > >> On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 13:59 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: >> > Hello Everyone, >> > >> > >> > It's me again! >> > >> > >> > I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having troubl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin

2011-06-21 Thread Dave Hanson
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Dave Morley wrote: > On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 13:59 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > It's me again! > > > > > > I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having trouble > > logging in. I'm guessing I need to set a password for roo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin

2011-06-21 Thread Avi Greenbury
Dave Hanson wrote: I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having trouble logging in. I'm guessing I need to set a password for root [*sudo passwd root] *as that's the only solution I can find on the web Yeah, I think webmin always needs to be able to be root, but you can make ot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin

2011-06-21 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 13:59 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > > It's me again! > > > I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having trouble > logging in. I'm guessing I need to set a password for root [sudo > passwd root] as that's the only solution I can find on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin

2011-06-21 Thread Dave Hanson
Well, it would be connected to the outside world, maybe If I add myself to the webmin group? I'll check. On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Alan Pope wrote: > On 21 June 2011 13:59, Dave Hanson wrote: > > I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having trouble > logging > > in.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin

2011-06-21 Thread Alan Pope
On 21 June 2011 13:59, Dave Hanson wrote: > I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having trouble logging > in. I'm guessing I need to set a password for root [sudo passwd root] as > that's the only solution I can find on the web I have a box here running webmin and I have not set

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin

2011-06-21 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 21 June 2011 13:59, Dave Hanson wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > It's me again! > > I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having trouble > logging in. I'm guessing I need to set a password for root [*sudo passwd > root] *as that's the only solution I can find on the web - Are there

[ubuntu-uk] webmin

2011-06-21 Thread Dave Hanson
Hello Everyone, It's me again! I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having trouble logging in. I'm guessing I need to set a password for root [*sudo passwd root] *as that's the only solution I can find on the web - Are there any security implications to doing that, I would have t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread Daniel Lamb
All i mean is if you dont know whats happening in the back end and dont have a good enough undersdtanding to set it up manually then dont use a gui, purely for something as major as that but dont mean something as simple as burning cds etc. Regards, Daniel andylockran wrote: > -BEGIN PGP S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:28:44AM +0100, Dave Morley wrote: > Popey I got to see you say that to bigron ;) I've got a year to get my muscles built up before I say it to him at LRL 09 :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread andylockran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Lamb wrote: > To be fair the same could be said about any gui, like ebox as well, if > you cant do it manually and know what your doing then dont use something > like webmin or ebox, because if it doesnt work then you do need to know > what y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread Daniel Lamb
To be fair the same could be said about any gui, like ebox as well, if you cant do it manually and know what your doing then dont use something like webmin or ebox, because if it doesnt work then you do need to know what your doing. Daniel Dave Morley wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 10:00 +0100,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 10:00 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:09:05PM +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > > You might find this thread helpful: > > http://groups.google.com/group/coloco/browse_thread/thread/321fcdaecde25b44 > > > > Has one of your devs talking in it... > > > > F

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:09:05PM +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > You might find this thread helpful: > http://groups.google.com/group/coloco/browse_thread/thread/321fcdaecde25b44 > > Has one of your devs talking in it... > >From that thread:- "P.S. If you're using WebMin you probably should

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-25 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Westby wrote: | On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 21:17 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: |> Its absence is deliberate, and its not licensing related. Webmin plays |> with the config files of programs it alters in nasty ways. I don't know |> the specifics, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-25 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Westby wrote: | On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 21:17 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: |> Its absence is deliberate, and its not licensing related. Webmin plays |> with the config files of programs it alters in nasty ways. I don't know |> the specifics, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread James Westby
On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 21:17 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > Its absence is deliberate, and its not licensing related. Webmin plays > with the config files of programs it alters in nasty ways. I don't know > the specifics, but both Ubuntu & Debian refuse to package it. Hi, I think Alan is more c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Mac
Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > Its absence is deliberate, and its not licensing related. Webmin plays > with the config files of programs it alters in nasty ways. I don't know > the specifics, but both Ubuntu & Debian refuse to package it. Mmm... Are you sure? I'd be grateful if you could suggest whe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: | On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 09:17:10PM +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: |> Its absence is deliberate, and its not licensing related. Webmin plays |> with the config files of programs it alters in nasty ways. I don't know |> the specifics,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 09:17:10PM +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > Its absence is deliberate, and its not licensing related. Webmin plays > with the config files of programs it alters in nasty ways. I don't know > the specifics, but both Ubuntu & Debian refuse to package it. > O RLY? Where'd yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 08:41:33PM +0100, Mac wrote: > OK. So it wasn't that you discovered a serious problem. Phew! :-) > Well... there's that as well ;) > (Do you think its absence from the Debian/Ubuntu repos is 'cos it's > released under a BSD licence and not GPL?) > I believe that it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello |>> |> I dunno really, I just stopped using it back in the days of redhat 7, and |> have never touched it since. I guess that since it's not been packaged in |> Ubuntu or Debian for a long time meant I just didn't think fo using it. I |> kinda a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Mac
Alan Pope wrote: > On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 07:37:42PM +0100, Mac wrote: >> Alan Pope wrote: >> > Do people actually still use webmin? >> >> Al >>> I've been thinking of using it; is that not a sensible thing to >> do? How come? >> > > I dunno really, I just stopped using it back in the days o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 07:37:42PM +0100, Mac wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > Do people actually still use webmin? > > Al >>> I've been thinking of using it; is that not a sensible thing to > do? How come? > I dunno really, I just stopped using it back in the days of redhat 7, and have never t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Mac
Alan Pope wrote: > Do people actually still use webmin? Al >>> I've been thinking of using it; is that not a sensible thing to do? How come? Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Daniel Lamb
I do, all my servers run it and monitoring is done via it, I find it alot better than ebox currently, however ebox does look promising. I know some people are anti webmin however I do find it brilliant. Regards, Daniel Alan Pope wrote: On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:23:37AM +0100, Daniel Lamb wr

[ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:23:37AM +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: > Webmin does monitor software raid. > > Worth having a quick look at it. > Do people actually still use webmin? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/U