Webmin

[Grant]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:30:31 -0800, Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig at spymac.com> wrote:
> On Friday 17 December 2004 05:09 pm, Nikolas Britton
> <freebsd at nbritton.org> wrote:
> > mark at the-allisons.us wrote:
> > >I've recently installed FreBSD on a system and I'm working though
> > > the learning process.
> > >
> > >In order to ease the configuration and maintenance issues I
> > > installed Webmin.
> >
> > I am of the opinion that if you want to learn something that you just
> > dig in and go for it at full bore, (even if you brake it, as this is
> > a very valuable learning experience in and of itself and one of the
> > best ways to learn*) not skirt around the issue using some wizard
> > thingy so you never have to learn it. What happens when your wizard
> > thingy stops working or brakes your system, what are you going to do
> > then?
> >
> > *This is why I setup test machines and try to brake crap then try to
> > fix it, If I can't then all I have to do is wipe it clean and start
> > over. VMware works very well for this.
> 
> Yes, I agree, and you should probably get used to administration through
> a shell (command line). I know this can be scary at first, but there is
> no purpose in delaying getting used to it, because if you're going to
> run FreeBSD, you have to get used to it. However, like grammar, once
> you know the rules you can break them, within reason - once you
> understand how to do it the "hard way," then figure out a way to make
> it easier, except if doing it the hard way has a purpose (like
> discouraging mistakes or certain behaviors), or many times you'll
> discover that what looked like the hard way is actually easier. As an
> example, at first I used cvsup with the gui, but I found almost
> immediately that invoking it without the gui from a shell was not only
> easier and simpler, but it also allowed me to use it within a script so
> I could run it as a cron job. I still use a gui mailer and run my box
> for everyday use with a desktop, but I do all administration with
> shells or without X running at all (and sometimes Mutt and w3m are just
> fine, instead of KMail and Firefox). FreeBSD is created more as a
> server than a workstation or general desktop machine, but it works fine
> for me that way, although the administration of it reflects this
> distinction. I'm not saying you can't use Webmin, but I'd encourage you
> to try to admin it the way it's designed before you start adding stuff
> to it, just so you know what's going on behind that ui.
> 
> As far as your particular problem, I'm not familiar with Webmin, but you
> might have to install ssh or something similar to allow remote access
> with it. That question is probably best asked on the -questions list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions , which is
> the main tech help list - this is not a tech help list - although you
> most likely will get a similar response, but perhaps someone does know.
> 
> - jt
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Hey,

I think webmin only allows localhost to connect at first, so either
login to your desktop (if your running one) then shove it in your
browser, or you could start a ssh session then run links or lynx go to
the webmin pages via that, login and under one of the sections you can
allow other address's (not sure which, i havnt used it for a while).

Hope this helps you out... i think there is a way of doing it via a
config file but i found that quickest for when i used it :)

Bye.
Grant.

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