On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Mike Burger wrote:
> You really need to use it with a graphical browser.
>
Not really! If you HAVE a graphical browser because you are running
X Windows (run level 5), of course, use Netscrape - yes, it's a bit
easier. However, I don't run X on servers or routers. lynx is there.
Also, no harm in using it to just test if you can get access.
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, doug piper wrote:
>
> > I have been following the threads on webmin and it sounds great but I
> > am at a loss as to how to run the thing. I have installed it but cannot
> > access it. It says to login as root to http://localhost.local
> > domaine:10000/. I tried it using lynx but get no satisfaction.
If you are on the box you want to web(ad)min, then you can use a special
IP name and/or address to access network services on that box:
Look in /etc/hosts and you will see what is most likely the first line:
127.0.0.1 localhost (and possibly localhost.localdomain)
The URL, http://localhost:10000 is translated (somewhere by a DNS
server) to: http://127.0.0.1:10000 (port 10000 instead of the default
http port of 80). 127.0.0.1 is an address that is like a black hole
to the rest of the network. It is a LOCAL TO THE MACHINE address, thus
the convention of the name: localhost. It is possible that
localhost.localdomain is not an entry in /etc/hosts, but (unless you've
somehow edited it out) there will be an entry for localhost in /etc/hosts.
You could also say: lynx http://127.0.0.1:10000
Also, you could go to another machine on the same LAN and access with
a web browser the webmin service on the other machine, using eth0's IP
address or hostname (e.g: http://192.168.1.21:10000 if the machine to
be administered has an IP number of 192.168.1.21).
> >
> > I am a relative newbie and have also had to spend the last 5 months
> > attending to my father's death and the administration of his estate.
> > Thus, my learning curve has gone down quite a bit.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Doug
> >
> >
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