creating new admin webmin user in shell [closed]

Question

Installed webmin and want to create a new user non root to login, follow the steps :

1. Edit the file /etc/webmin/miniserv.users and add a line for your new user like

   anubhav:12ZVLjpihs:0
   

2. Edit file /etc/webmin/webmin.acl and copy the first line for the root user and paste it in same file , rename root to the new user and save the file, so the file should be like

   root:access privileges
   anubhav:access privileges
   

3. Reset the new user password /usr/share/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin anubhav mypassword.

4. Restart webmin from /etc/init.d/webmin restart

5. Navigate to your webmin page and login user new username and password.

Forsake

I upvoted, so now you should have enough reputation be able to split it to question and answer stackoverflow.com/help/self-answer – Sloat

Stack Overflow is for programming questions, not questions about using or configuring Linux and its applications. Super User or Unix & Linux would be better places for questions like this. – Poppied

Have a look at this easy step-by-step guide: forum.virtualmin.com/t/… – Ministrant

(centos) If the Restart step is failing, try with: /etc/webmin/restart – Tildie

Answer 1

just in addition: RedHat distribution (i.e. Fedora, CentOS, Gentoo, etc.):

/usr/libexec/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin admin newpassword

Debian distribution (i.e. Debian, Ubuntu, etc.):

/usr/share/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin admin newpassword

FreeBSD:

/usr/local/lib/webmin/changepass.pl /usr/local/etc/webmin admin newpassword

Remember to replace "admin" and "newpassword" with your own details!

Arum

This update existing user's password, does not add new user. You need to add new linux user before this will work. – Swaziland

Have a look at this easy step-by-step guide: forum.virtualmin.com/t/… – Ministrant