Webmin Configuration

[tawanda]

i have just successfully installed webmin on my linux box but i am geting this error message below.

The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://mudhara:10000/

The following error was encountered:

Unable to determine IP address from host name for mudhara

The dnsserver returned:

Name Error: The domain name does not exist.

This means that:

The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
Check if the address is correct.

[Roxoff]

Edit your /etc/hosts file and the line that says:

127.0.0.1     localhost.localdomain  localhost

change it to say:

127.0.0.1     mudhara localhost.localdomain localhost

and all should be well.

[tawanda]

dear roxoff

i tried that and there is no change . infact at first i using the dhcp to assign my ip address bt i have since changed it static . but i am getting no changes .what should i do?

i am glad you are on line .

[Roxoff]

You need to make the hostname 'mudhara' resolve to the loopback address (127.0.0.1) somehow. What is in your /etc/host.conf file? Make sure it contains the line 'order hosts,bind' and log out and in again (or logon to a text console) and use 'ping mudhara' to see if its working.

[tawanda]

i am getting replies after pinging mudhara. this is what is in /etc/host.conf "order hosts,bind"
and this is what in /etc/hosts " 127.0.0.1 mudhara localhost.localdomain localhost".
so i do nor know where i am going wrong .

[tawanda]

mr Roxoff on the url i replaced mudhara with localhost and it worked so i guess there must be where i am missing it .where can that be? .thanks hey for the gud job. i am still new in the linux world i really want to be a linux guru like u help other bigginers just like me do you have any stuff that can enhence my linux knowledge ? your understanding shall be grealty appreciated.

thanks a span.

[Roxoff]

Check your browser settings - if it's trying to go through a proxy, then the proxy will be resolving the name from mudhara --> IP address. Either turn off the proxy or tell your browser not to use the proxy for local addresses.

[gtmtnbiker98]

On another note, make sure that your server is not operating in secure mode. Have you tried using HTTPS://hostname:10000?