File manager perl error

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SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version Ubuntu Linux 22.04.5
Usermin version 2.302
Virtualmin version 7.30.8
Theme version 24.02
Nginx version 1.18.0
Package updates All installed packages are up to date
it has been a while but this popped up today:
(caught in console)

:10000/extensions/file-manager/tree.cgi?module=filemin&d=3&y=1&e=0:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Perl execution failed)

I think it maybe connected to the last issue Spinning Doom

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Hello,

Thanks for the heads up!

Could you explain more about what’s going on? How can I reproduce this issue?

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Not quite sure:
it followed:

  1. Log on to VM as usual domain.tld:1000
  2. go to Virtualmin > dashboard (Alt + i)
  3. the VS is the “default”
  4. go to Virtualmin > File Manager
    get the spinning doom and the error as above on the console (F12) Chrome browser

I have tried to reproduce but not am logged out of the said VS!
1 refusing root password!
2 so I log in as another domain (it is on same IP)
3 edit the bad VS - change the password - this seems to be ok
4 go back to try to log in again to original VS

but now get (in red)

Error — Access denied for ...

the ip is correct (if I go to see any of the domains on the VM they all seem to show what I would expect - so nginx working)
however all VS seem to have lost their SSL!

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systemctl restart webmin

systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd
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Thanks, that probably would have worked just as well, but I resorted to rebooting the VM - it is a production box and the short downtime is more livable than the trouble.
it would have been nice to have known the cause.
I hate any error that doesn’t seem to be reproducible or have a clear cause + solution.

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