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Webmin Version 1.683
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Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix.
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Using any browser that supports tables and forms, you can setup user
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accounts, Apache, internet services, DNS, file sharing and so on.
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Webmin consists of a simple web server, and a number of CGI programs
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which directly update system files like /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/passwd.
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The web server and all CGI programs are written in Perl version 5, and use
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only the standard perl modules.
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Webmin can be installed in two different ways :
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1) By just running the setup.sh script in the same directory as this README
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file, with no arguments. You will be asked a series of questions such as
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the configuration directory, your chosen login name and password, and
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possibly your operating system. For questions where a default is shown
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in square brackets, you can just hit enter to accept the default (which
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is usually correct).
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If the configuration directory you enter is the same as that used by
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a previous install of Webmin, it will be automatically upgraded with all
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configurable settings preserved.
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This will set up Webmin to run directly from this directory. After running
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setup.sh, do not delete the directory as it contains all the scripts and
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programs that will be used by Webmin when it is running. Unlike in the second
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installation method, the Webmin scripts do not get copied to another
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location when installing.
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2) By running the setup.sh script in this directory, but with a command-line
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argument such as /usr/local/webmin . When a directory like this is provided,
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Webmin's scripts will be copied to the chosen directory and it will be
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configured to run from that location.
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The exact same questions will be asked by setup.sh when it is run with
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a directory argument, and upgrading will work in the same way. If you
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are upgrading an old install, you should enter the same directory argument
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so that the new files overwrite the old in order to save disk space.
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After Webmin has been installed to a specific directory using this method,
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the directory extracted from the tar.gz file can be safely deleted.
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If you are installing Webmin on a Windows system, you must run the command
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perl setup.pl instead, as shell scripts will not typically run on a Windows
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system. The Windows version depends on several programs and modules that may
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not be part of the standard distribution. You will need the process.exe
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commmand, the sc.exe command and the Win32::Daemon Perl module.
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For more information, see http://www.webmin.com/
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Jamie Cameron
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jcameron@webmin.com
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