Webmin runs in the background, and provides an H1TP or H1TPS server on localhost port 10,000. You can use any web browser to connect to http:// loealhost: 10000/ to access Webmin. Upon first installation, only the root user or those in a group allowed to use sudo to access the root account, may log in but Webmin users can be managed separately or in conjunction with local users.
Webmin provides extensive and easy to understand menus and icons for various configuration tasks. Webmin is also highly modular and extensible, and an extensive list of standard modules is included with the base package. Itis not possible to cover Webmin as fully here as it deserves, but a short list of some of its capabilities includes:
- Configuration of Webmin itself (the server, users, modules, and security)
- Local system user and password management
- Filesystem management
- Bootup and service management
- CRON job management
- Software updates
- Basic filesystem backups
- Authentication and security configuration
- APAo-IE, DNS, SSH, and FTP (if you're using ProFTP) configuration
- User mail management
- Qmail or sendmail configuration
- Network and Firewall configuration and management
- Bandwidth monitoring
- Printer management
There are even modules that apply to clusters. Also, Webmin can search and allow access to other Webmin servers on the local network or you can define remote servers manually. This allows a central Webmin server, installed on a particular system, to be the gateway to all of the other servers in your environment, essentially providing a single point of access to manage all Webmin enabled servers.
