Bug - Webmin on Almalinux 10 - missing syslog option

[xpert-servers]

From the GitHub issue I was told to try:

dnf install perl-Sys-Syslog

This is now working perfectly, so will mark this as solved.

[Ilia]

@Ilia

You don’t need to install the rsyslog package!

If you enabled logging to syslog using the “Also log Webmin actions to syslog” option on the “Webmin ⇾ Webmin Configuration: Logging” page, it will log to the journal, e.g.:

~# journalctl -f -u webmin
Sep 23 02:52:35 host.rocky9-pro.virtualmin.dev webmin[10716]: Invalid login as root from 10.211.55.2

Fail2ban works with this setup just fine!

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However, I believe the option name shouldn’t point directly to syslog. We should change it, @Jamie. Let’s call it something that won’t make users think they need to install syslog.

To clarify— you don’t need to enable “Also log Webmin actions to syslog” for it to work; just make sure your system has the Sys::Syslog Perl module installed from the OS repos.

And, we made it a recommended package, so it will automatically work for new installs.

[shoulders]

For current installs, can the virtualmin config checker not check for these missing modules and then add them?

[Ilia]

The current installs will be fixed automatically with the next Webmin upgrade.