I ran “/usr/libexec/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin root NEWPWORD” via SSH into a CentOS 6.2 system and I am now locked out of webmin/virtualmin.
UPDATE: Ran “/usr/libexec/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin root NEWPWORD” again and now I have a different password for webmin/virtualmin AND linux user root.
So I run “su” and confirm I have the correct root password. I even tried to reset the root password from within SSH
> /etc/init.d/webmin restart
> miniserv.pl started
> Using MD5 module Digest::MD5
> PAM authentication enabled
I try to login to webmin and I get “Login failed. Please try again.”. I try enough times and I eventually get blocked from trying again. Log shows:
> tail /var/log/secure
Jul 3 01:54:40 kvm1 webmin[5587]: Invalid login as root from xxx.xxx.242.245
Would someone please help me get back in? I dont want to have to do what this user did.