Problems with virtualmin gpl - mail and ftp settin

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Hi Guys.

Would like to ask you some help for virtualmin gpl.
It’s the first time we use it, and we had a bit of issues with the setting up of the first virtual hosting.

First we installed virtualmin gpl on a webmin, then created a new virtualhosting, new ip correclty work on browser like regular webpage, but we haven’t yet set dns for the domain.

we have some problems with:

1 If you click on the server, then you are on "edit Server" screen, in that page you cant select the box for

IP-based virtual FTP enabled?

The same when creating a new virtualhost.

In Facts we cannot connect to the virtualhosting using ftp connection with the domain dns

proftpd is the ftp server installed on the domain and, after the creation of the server with virtualmin, in the webmin module of proftpd new domain seems to be ok.

2 Qmailis the installed servermail. inside the webmin module of Qmail everything seems to be ok, but going to the virtualmin module, in the main screen, on the left, next to the button Start mail server there is a red x[/b] that means the main server is not running, clicking on the button, the page reloads, but the red x is still there.

We went to the qmail admin like postmaster and created a new mail account ,then we sent to the webmail, but trying to send a new mail this doesnt arrive

this is the checking configurations for virtualmin:

The status of your system is being checked to ensure that all enabled features are available, that the mail server is properly configured, and that quotas are active .. BIND DNS server is installed. Mail server Qmail with VPOPMail extensions is installed and configured.

Apache is installed.

Webalizer is installed.

MySQL is installed and running.

Logrotate is installed.

Using network interface eth0 for virtual IPs.

Default IP address for virtual servers is 94.23.4.203.

User quotas are enabled for home and email directories, but group quotas are not. Total virtual server quotas will not be enforced.

Shell /bin/false for FTP users is not included in /etc/shells, which may prevent FTP access.

All commands needed to create and restore backups are installed.

… your system is ready for use by Virtualmin.

can you help me? i hope yes, and sorry for my english<br><br>Post edited by: bhangy, at: 2009/05/03 02:47

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First we installed virtualmin gpl on a webmin

We recommend you use the automated install script. Just installing the Virtualmin module on Webmin doesn’t install any of the dependencies, or configure any of the services for use with Virtualmin. Getting things working manually can be very challenging unless you are extremely experienced with Linux system administration in a virtual hosting environment.

That said, if you must use qmail, then you won’t get a lot of benefit out of the install script, anyway, since it only covers Postfix configuration, and mail is the hardest part.

1 If you click on the server, then you are on "edit Server" screen, in that page you cant select the box for

IP-based virtual FTP enabled?

You almost certainly do not want this. It has nothing to do with enabling FTP access for the account…it has to do with turning on IP-based virtual FTP, which is orthogonal to whether you provide FTP service or not. If you turn this on, you must have a dedicated IP address for the virtual server (and an additional IP for each additional virtual server). Pretty much nobody needs this. It is generally used for anonymous FTP.

In Facts we cannot connect to the virtualhosting using ftp connection with the domain dns

Again, this is not related to the option above.

I guess you have a firewall blocking either the active or passive FTP connections, or ProFTPd isn’t running.

2 Qmailis the installed servermail. inside the webmin module of Qmail everything seems to be ok, but going to the virtualmin module, in the main screen, on the left, next to the button Start mail server there is a red x[/b] that means the main server is not running, clicking on the button, the page reloads, but the red x is still there.

Have you told Virtualmin to use qmail? It is not the default. Postfix or Sendmail is, depending on how you installed, and what your system thinks the default MTA is (and this depends on your OS and all sorts of stuff). You’ve opted not to tell us your OS and version, so I can’t give you any specific advice on that.

Shell /bin/false for FTP users is not included in /etc/shells, which may prevent FTP access.

You need to add /bin/false to /etc/shells, exactly as the error says. :wink: