I think this method is better as it enables webmin to be updated or removed via apt-get at a later date rather than the way I did it in my previous post
To install and update Webmin via APT, I need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file on my system
server@homehub:~$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
and add the lines :
deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib
deb http://webmin.mirror.somersettechsolutions.co.uk/repository sarge contrib
Add the GPG key with which the repository is signed, with the commands
server@homehub:~$ wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
server@homehub:~$ sudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc
Webmin can now be installed with the commands :
server@homehub:~$ sudo apt-get update
server@homehub:~$ sudo apt-get install webmin
All dependencies should be resolved automatically and installed to /usr/share/webmin
I should now be able to login to Webmin at the URL
http://localhost:10000/
. Or if accessing it remotely, replace localhost with my system’s IP address.
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I followed your instruction and it installed webmin but when I try to login, it will not accept my username and password. I can use this same username and password to login at the consol and remotely using putty but not webmin. Any ideas why?
Debian-based distributions (Ubuntu in particular) don’t allow logins by the root user by default. However, the user created at system installation time can use sudo to switch to root. Webmin will allow any user who has this sudo capability to login with full root privileges. So you should be able to log in to webmin via your normal user account. Also a thing to check is that your firewall is not blocking port 1000