[Techtalk] WebMin Refused

Telsa Gwynne hobbit at aloss.ukuu.org.uk
Fri Dec 6 11:49:37 EST 2002


On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:44:12PM -0500 or thereabouts, Glen Strom wrote:
> > > Were you signing in with your user account or root?
> > > Glen Strom
> > 
> >  I could feel a bit foolish, I am going to try from root. I was triing
> > fom a su terminal window. 
> 
> My memory of Webmin is vague, but I don't think you can accessed it
> through a terminal--it's meant to be accessed through your browser.

Which suggests the obvious next question. Are you running a web
server on that machine?

If you are, has the firewall/security tool you used barred 
connections to "high-numbered ports"? (10000 would certainly
count as one.) 

Telsa



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