[Gentoo Linux] Installing Webmin

Last update on August 5, 2009 09:32 AM by jak58
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[Gentoo Linux] Installing Webmin





Webmin is a web server management application.

Installing Webmin


Installation of Webmin differs little from the installation of other software under Gentoo.
With the emerge command as usual for the installation of Webmin: 
# emerge webmin


Note that: If running the command the system responds by indicating that the packets are blocked: 
emerge -av webmin

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "app-admin/webmin" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- app-admin/webmin-1.480 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)

For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


You can add this the file, but it will be at your own risk: 

tc/portage/package.keywords

At line 
~app-admin/webmin-1.480

Launch of Webmin Deamon


To use webmin, just run the following command: 
# /etc/init.d/webmin start



Then to connect to webmin you have to go to the following page:
https://ip_du_serveur:10000/

The root user of the system is active by default
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