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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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