Webmin is a user friendly and lightweight web-based interface for system administration for linux/unix. running on any browser that supports tables and forms (and Java for the File Manager module). webmin allows you to Managing and configure user accounts, Web server, DNS server,Squid server,DHCP server file sharing etc.
Webmin consists of a simple web server, and a number of CGI programs which directly update system files like /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/passwd. The web server and all CGI programs are written in Perl version 5, and use no non-standard Perl modules
Installing Webmin On Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS
In this tutorial I’ll shown you how to installing webmin on ubuntu server 12.04, There are two methods for installing webmin. method 1: installing via APT, method 2: Installing manually. before installing webmin You need to install first some perl-related libraries required by webmin:sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime openssl libio-pty-perl apt-show-versions python
Method 1: Installing webmin via APT
Login as root:sudo -i
Add the Webmin repository in your ubuntu server with following commandscat >> /etc/apt/sources.list <<-EOF deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib deb http://webmin.mirror.somersettechsolutions.co.uk/repository sarge contrib EOF
Logout from root:exit
Import GPG key, Update the source list then install webminwget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc && sudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install webmin
Method 2: Installing Manualy
Download the latest webmin archive (this might change in time) and choose debian packagewget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
Install webmin with following command:sudo dpkg --install webmin-current.deb
to access webmin open your browser and enter: http://host:10000/
That`s all.
from: http://ubuntuserverguide.com/2012/06/how-to-install-webmin-on-ubuntu-server-12-04-lts.html
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