Webmin? Good, Bad, Ugly?

Karl Auer kauer at biplane.com.au
Sat Jul 21 23:22:39 UTC 2007


On Sat, 2007-07-21 at 15:04 -0800, Damien Hull wrote:
> It seams that Webmin security is an issue. Here's a quick fix.
> 
>     * install ssh on the server
>     * Configure your network so you have ssh access to the server
>           o I change the ssh port to something above 10000
>     * Create an ssh tunnel to Webmin
>     * Open a browser and connect

This also sort of gets around a problem I have (regularly!) where webmin
does nothing at all after the login dialog - it just sits there waiting
forever.

This happens far less if connecting locally (which is what happens, from
webmin's point of view, when you connect over a tunnel).

I'd be interested if any other webmin users have seen this, especially
if they have a solution.

Once connected though, I find webmin very straightforward and reliable,
and it supports lots of stuff.

Regards, K.

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