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Installing Webmin RPM

The document provides instructions for installing Webmin using RPM on Linux. It explains that you first download the RPM package file, then use the rpm command to install it. This will automatically install Webmin to the /usr/libexec/webmin directory and set the admin username to root and password to the current root password. You can then access Webmin via http://localhost:10000/ or the system's IP address if remote. It also provides instructions for setting up a Webmin Yum repository for automatic updates by creating a repo file and importing the GPG key.

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Installing Webmin RPM

The document provides instructions for installing Webmin using RPM on Linux. It explains that you first download the RPM package file, then use the rpm command to install it. This will automatically install Webmin to the /usr/libexec/webmin directory and set the admin username to root and password to the current root password. You can then access Webmin via http://localhost:10000/ or the system's IP address if remote. It also provides instructions for setting up a Webmin Yum repository for automatic updates by creating a repo file and importing the GPG key.

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INSTALLING THE RPM

If you are using the RPM version of Webmin, first download the file from the downloads page , or run the command : 1.noarch.rpm wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.620and then run the command : rpm -U webmin-1.620-1.noarch.rpm The rest of

the install will be done automatically to the directory /usr/libexec/webmin, the administration username set to root and the password to your current root password. You should now be able to login to Webmin at the URL http://localhost:10000/. Or if accessing it remotely, replace localhost with your system's IP address.

If you want to connect from a remote server and your system has a firewall installed, seethis page for instructions on how to open up port 10000.

USING THE WEBMIN YUM REPOSITORY


If you like to install and update Webmin via RPM, create the /etc/yum.repos.d/webmin.repo file containing : name=Webmin Distribution Neutral #baseurl=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum mirrorlist=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum/mirrorlist enabled=1 You should also fetch and install my GPG key with which the packages are signed, with wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc You will now be able to install with the command : yum [Webmin]

the commands :

rpm --import jcameron-key.asc install webmin

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