RE: webmin help
>
> I know this may not be a strictly debian issue but the list
> at webmin.com is not very active. I am hoping some of you
> experts will be able to help me. I have a debian sarge
> installed on a dell dimension 4000. i installed with the
> single minimal CD and then added packages as i needed them. I
> have installed webmin on this box which is currently
> functioning as a file server with unison backup. but for some
> reason when using my XP laptop to try to connect to the
> debian box results in "Error - Access denied to 192.168.2.2"
> the IP address being the LAN address of my XP laptop. I am
> trying to see how to permit access to my laptop but since the
> server has no X (with an ATI card - X will not start - says
> that no screens were found) I do not know of other means to
> log into webmin to allow access to my laptop. I have even
> tried to remove --purge webmin and reinstall with no luck. i
> even tried links2 but unfortunately webmin forwards
> automatically to https and the links2 in debian stable does
> not support https. HELP i do not know what more to do.
> thanks in advance
Webmin's ACL is stored in /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf from memory.
Edit, add your Lappy's IP, then restart Webmin and you should be good to
go.
/etc/webmin/miniserv.conf:allow=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
HTH,
MB
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