WEBMIN help required.....

mudasir · Post by **mudasir** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:05 pm

I have installed WEBMIN, what i want to know is it possible to edit a file through WEBMIN from a remote computer on the network.
FILE ( /etc/MAC-allow ) this si the file that i want to edit through WEBMIN, from any local computer on network.

Please help me out in this porblem.

Post by **lambda** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:50 pm

yes, it can do that with the file manager. it might be a plugin you have to enable.

webmin is a crutch. don't depend on it. don't use it.

mudasir · Post by **mudasir** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:50 pm

lambda may i know why you say that....
or can you tell me any other way to do this thing....
so that i wont use WEBMIN....

Please help me out....

Post by **lambda** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:26 pm

mudasir wrote:lambda may i know why you say that....

if you want to use linux, learn to use linux. don't use crippled applications that sit between you and the commands you need to run to do your work.

or can you tell me any other way to do this thing....

log in to the system, use an editor (vi, nano, whatever) to change the files.

mudasir · Post by **mudasir** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:38 am

Dear lambda, i think you are not getting my problem.
I want to be able to edit this file from any other location like when i want to eneter a MAC address of a new user it means according to you that every time i have to come to the server which s situated in a different area and open the file and enter the MAC address...

I have installed WEBMIN it is even doing the task that i want but not in the same way i want....

Anywayz thatnks for your Advice....

Post by **lambda** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:54 am

that's because it isn't a problem at all. you don't have to be in front of your linux machine to access files on it. use putty to access your system.

unix has had remote access support for about 30 years.

Post by **LinuxFreaK** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:24 pm

Dear mudasir,
Salam,

lambda wrote:that's because it isn't a problem at all. you don't have to be in front of your linux machine to access files on it. use putty to access your system.

unix has had remote access support for about 30 years.

indeed.

Best Regards.

Post by **Zaheer** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:40 pm

Have you heard of ssh(secure shell) ?

mudasir · Post by **mudasir** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:22 am

Salam,

Farrukh bhai i have installed WEBMIN, its working fine..the main this is that, i dont have to do any sort of entry its my cable net guy that will be doing entry from where ever he want. He dont have any knowledge about linux, thats why i was asking. I know about SSH and putty, but he dont. So thats a bit problem.

Now hope you understand my problem.

But still the work is not being dont in the way i want it, WEBMIN is opening a JAVA applet to do this file managing and showing all the files that are present on my system. How can i restrict a WEBMIN user to open only a particular file not any other

Post by **LinuxFreaK** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:06 am

Dear mudasir,
Salam,

I do not know howto work on Webmin. I believe you should go though with their documentation. That might be the best place which will help you

Best Regards.

shakirz1 · Post by **shakirz1** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:51 pm

In WEBMIN menu OTHERS - > CUSTOM COMMANDS -> Create a new file editor.

in that editor you can put your authenctication file path.

and also after editing that file you can run your firewall script also, see the complete option on that editor.

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