Files in /etc/webmin/system-status/history

Webmin
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Hi,

I’m finding that the files in /etc/webmin/system-status/history are changing regularly (something like every 5 minutes). This causes havoc with my backup software, that monitors /etc and backs up files in it as they change.

/etc seems like a very strange storage location for this kind of file.

Is there any chance it could be moved somewhere like /var?

This is a Debian install, running packages from the webmin repository.

Thanks

Andy

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I assume that’s a pretty old installation? Webmin has, as far as I know, defaulted to /var/webmin for those files for quite a while…maybe a year or so.

I asked Jamie how to switch on older system to using /var/ and he said to do the following: For an existing install, they can move the info file and history dirs from under /etc/webmin/system-status to /var/webmin/modules/system-status and restart your Webmin, it’ll start using the new location.

That’s the default on new installs, but old installs won’t change it without being forced to.

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That’s perfect, just trying it now.

Thanks

Andy

4

That seems to be working, thanks a lot for the help.

Andy

5

Hi all,

Found some more files in /etc that seem to be getting updated regularly.

In /etc/webmin/package-updates, the ‘current.cache’ and ‘updates.cache’ files are being updated periodically. Can these also be moved similar to the above? Where should they be moved to?

Thanks

Andy