Hi All,
I see there is a possibility to install webmin in Mac OS X. www.webmin.com/osx.html. Question is, has anyone tried using webmin in X? More precisely in Lion?
I have experience in using webmin in ubuntu but as X has a different configuration settings/scripts for services like apache, bind, does webmin works along with it?
Would be good to know if anyone has tried it before I give a shot.
Thanks in advance,
Naidu
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Naidu, and anyone else reading this, I just completed my own install on OS X Lion and wanted to share my results. PLEASE REFER TO www.webmin.com/osx.html for the steps, but reference my notes. Hopefully someone with the Webmin team will update their documentation to reflect the changes
I am by no means a MAC or Unix guru, but having install Webmin multiple times on Windows and Linux, I figured getting it up and running on Mac was a doable challenge for me.
The Webmin installation documented at the link above is NOT entirely accurate! There are several changes that need attention with regards to each step.
Under the INSTALL DEVELOPER TOOLS section:
Be sure to get XCode 4.2 for Lion. The install instructions have changed slightly, but for anyone following along, just "next your way along, and you'll be ok as the options you need are already selected "few as they are".
Under the INSTALL THE NET_SSLEAY.PM section:
Be sure to download the latest version, Net_SSLeay.pm-1.30.tar.gz. The installation steps are exacting and precise so no changes are needed there.
INSTALL THE AUTHEN_PAM.PM section:
Be sure to download the latest version, Authen-PAM-0.16.tar.gz. Once again the installation steps are exacting and precise so no changes are needed there.
INSTALL WEBMIN section:
All the steps in this are fine with the exception that you need to insert a step BEFORE step 5 or it will fail. Issue the 'sudo -s' command (without the quotes) - enter your admin password. You should now see a root# prompt at the beginning of each line you type. Now continue with step 5
I am baffled with step 13 as there appears to be no file named pam-webmin anywhere on the system, so I'm furthering my investigation into this as to necessity (at least for my needs)
INSTALL USERMIN section:
All the steps in this are fine with the exception that you need to insert a step BEFORE step 5 or it will fail. Issue the 'sudo -s' command (without the quotes) - enter your admin password. You should now see a root# prompt at the beginning of each line you type. Now continue with step 5
I am also baffled with step 10 as there appears to be no file named pam-usermin anywhere on the system, and I think the instructions here might actually be wrong referring to webmin instead of usermin... so I'm furthering my investigation into this as to necessity (at least for my needs).
The process was completed without any problems, and I was up and running, setting up my Mac Mini DNS Server and New Web Server.
I hope this helps
Charles East
Coastside Consulting, Pacifica, CA
I am by no means a MAC or Unix guru, but having install Webmin multiple times on Windows and Linux, I figured getting it up and running on Mac was a doable challenge for me.
The Webmin installation documented at the link above is NOT entirely accurate! There are several changes that need attention with regards to each step.
Under the INSTALL DEVELOPER TOOLS section:
Be sure to get XCode 4.2 for Lion. The install instructions have changed slightly, but for anyone following along, just "next your way along, and you'll be ok as the options you need are already selected "few as they are".
Under the INSTALL THE NET_SSLEAY.PM section:
Be sure to download the latest version, Net_SSLeay.pm-1.30.tar.gz. The installation steps are exacting and precise so no changes are needed there.
INSTALL THE AUTHEN_PAM.PM section:
Be sure to download the latest version, Authen-PAM-0.16.tar.gz. Once again the installation steps are exacting and precise so no changes are needed there.
INSTALL WEBMIN section:
All the steps in this are fine with the exception that you need to insert a step BEFORE step 5 or it will fail. Issue the 'sudo -s' command (without the quotes) - enter your admin password. You should now see a root# prompt at the beginning of each line you type. Now continue with step 5
I am baffled with step 13 as there appears to be no file named pam-webmin anywhere on the system, so I'm furthering my investigation into this as to necessity (at least for my needs)
INSTALL USERMIN section:
All the steps in this are fine with the exception that you need to insert a step BEFORE step 5 or it will fail. Issue the 'sudo -s' command (without the quotes) - enter your admin password. You should now see a root# prompt at the beginning of each line you type. Now continue with step 5
I am also baffled with step 10 as there appears to be no file named pam-usermin anywhere on the system, and I think the instructions here might actually be wrong referring to webmin instead of usermin... so I'm furthering my investigation into this as to necessity (at least for my needs).
The process was completed without any problems, and I was up and running, setting up my Mac Mini DNS Server and New Web Server.
I hope this helps
Charles East
Coastside Consulting, Pacifica, CA
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I have been running Webmin on Mac OSX for several years; it works VERY well. The only concern I have at the moment is the startup file uses old procedures, but running webmin follows the instructions given on the webmin.com site.
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