File manager issues

Webmin
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SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version AlmaLinux 9.7
Webmin version 2.630

i am having problems deleting folders to trash, “unable to delete - no such file or directory”, works ok if i change settings to not move to trash
i have another server with the exact same software and that moves to trash ok, i’m missing something :roll_eyes:

also can’t edit .cgi files on this box but can on the other one

cheers

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I think that probably indicates the temp directory configured in Webmin either doesn’t exist or is not writable.

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it was 755 so set to 777 but still same probs

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also can’t edit .shtml & files ending in a tild

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/tmp/.webmin keeps reverting to 0755, i tried 1777 but changes back after trying to delete a directory
that can’t be the cause though as the other servers tmp is 0755 & that has no issues

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Works fine for me, do you a error/warning/message?
Only thing I notice it doesn’t detect its a html file and reverts to plain text

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i mean i can’t open it to edit, only view

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Yeah that edit mode. Sound like a permissions issue, are you logged in as root?

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on all my machines i create a user with root privs then delete root user, on webmin

i can delete anything with trash option turned off

if i change the file extension from .cgi .shtml or others to .txt or .old or similar i can then edit

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DELETE THE ROOT USER?! That sounds scary! How did you do that? Is there still a “root” entry in /etc/passwd ???

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in webmin not the system

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It doesn’t need to be 777. /tmp is writable, so that’s not the problem.

You’ll need to look at the log, probably /var/webmin/miniserv.error for relevant entries.

You do what!? You can’t do that. You need a UID 0 user.

Edit: To be clear, you absolutely cannot delete the root user. I would assume that explains why Webmin is broken in several places. You can/should make it so the root user can’t be directly logged into. You cannot delete the user entirely.

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uuid 0 lives i only remove the root user from webmin as it allows cloning with root privs right

have done this for many years without issue & of 4 current boxes &many in the past this file mngr issue is a new 1

this is new and only on this box, no other issues in the log
many lines of this
Argument “40 Celsius” isn’t numeric in numeric gt (>) at /usr/libexec/webmin/system-status/system-status-lib.pl line 455.

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i checked that line and it’s drive temps so checked smart and my nvme shows 40 degrees, i’ve disabled smart for now

not much on google about it

EDIT: disabling smart made no difference, error still there

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