Apache and Webmin don't like each other!

[michael-r]

Made a lot of progress this evening, and have moved on to installing the Webmin software modules and the Apache web server. Here's what happens:

1. Apache is installed correctly - I can access the holder page.

2. I tried to access the Webmin modules - http://localhost:10000, and I get a message that my server is running in SSL mode. Not sure how that happened, unless I inadvertantly answered a question wrong in the setup. When I try https://localhost:10000, it says that my IP address is denied!

3. I read online for about an hour trying to figure out how to stop the SSL service. I tried several different commands, but no dice. Could anyone give me some help to get my Webmin modules working correctly?

Thanks for your assistance!

[farslayer]

Webmin installs it's own web server it does not use apache by default. If ssl is available webmin will set itself up as a secure site using the https. this is normal and shouldn't be a problem.

It's unusual that you cannot connect to webmin from the local machine, by default webmin is configured to not accept connections from other PC's but it should work locally.

Did you try connecting to https://127.0.0.1:10000 instead of localhost ?

Make sure /etc/webmin/miniserve.conf has a line that allows you to connect from yourt local network..

itg-debian:/etc/webmin# more miniserv.conf
root=/usr/share/webmin
mimetypes=/etc/mime.types
port=10000
host=itg-debian
addtype_cgi=internal/cgi
.
.
.
allow=192.168.0.0 127.0.0.1
deny=172.16.1.24

If you remove the allow and deny lines, Webmin should allow you to connect from ANY address..

[mrhex]

As farslayer says it wont allow remote connections, you can only connect "locally" by default.
What you can do is add your "trusted" network or trusted client ip manually.

edit your /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf with your favourite editor.
For example "nano /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf"

add the line:

allow=<the client ip that wants to connect>
for example:

Your network is 192.168.0.0
the computer running webmin is 192.168.0.1
the computer you wanna surf into webmin with is 192.168.0.47

you should add the line allow=192.168.0.47

unshure if you have to restart webmin or not and cba to test it ^^.
So to be shure run the restart script "/etc/webmin/restart"

Another question did you apt-get install webmin ?
Might also be a good idea to apt-get install webmin-core so u get the proc module amongst others and can "update" webmin via the update function.

i hope i gave you the answers you were looking for.

[timperkins]

I'm having exactly the same problem. I've commented out the "allow=127.0.0.1" line, but still can't connect. My /var/log/webmin/miniserv.error file says:

[17/Oct/2006:08:44:04 -0700] [Lemoore.gsi_net] Bad Request : This web server is running in SSL mode. Try the URL <a href='https://Lemoore.gsi_net:10000/'>https://Lemoore.gsi_net:10000/</a> instead.<br>

[boggy]

I myself am having almost the same issue but vice versa. My webmin is up and running but I can not get my apache to work correctly. When I run the apache start up it starts fine but I can not access the page...