Hi, not sure what has happened but for some reason the interface for my server admin account xxxxx has changed from being able to see webmin and virtualmin to. only seeing Virtualmin and Dashboard.
This happened (perhaps coincidentally) after granting the user system wide access. My expectation was for the user to be able to see what my own account sees which is everything. At the moment I have to flip between the two accounts to make major changes (like deleting a server) and installing a new server through the correct account.
OK, I located the switch in the User Limits that enables the Webmin interface. I must have switched it accidentally. xxxxx can now see webmin and virttualmin interfaces BUT it still cannot see Disable and Delete which i specifically wanted so this user can delete virtual servers while testing the system.
Could anyone help with that please? I have ticked all the right boxes as far as I can see.
Been there, done that. In fact, in desperation I selected all boxes then saved but it does not appear to make any difference. When I log back into xxxxx, the other items are there but delete server is not showing. Is my Virtualmin broken and can I do a reinstall without losing the changes I have made? Or do I have to struggle on to find out why it is not working?
Don’t reinstall. Your options down that road are either “lose all the stuff you’ve done” or “keep all the stuff you’ve done, including the bits you’re trying to fix”. Reinstalling should generally never be your plan, unless you have good backups of the state you want to be in.
Do I understand you correctly that your root user no longer has access to Webmin? It sounds like you turned the root user into a domain owner user. That’s not supposed to be possible, and every path I know of to get there would give an error…but, I guess you found one.
Since you don’t have access to Webmin with the root account, you’ll need to edit the /etc/webmin/webmin.acl file, and change the root line to:
Then restart Webmin. That’ll probably get you back into everything. But, if not, there might be some per-module ACLs that have been restricted…but, you might be able to straighten them out just by browsing to Webmin->Webmin->Webmin Users->root->Whatever modules are broken
No it is not a problem with the root user (which I generally do not use except over ssh).
I have three unix users (plus some webmin users for mail and ftp). The unix users are root, which as I say I try not to use, me (abc) and the server admin (xxxxx).
It is the server admin that I am having problems setting up to be able to delete virtual servers. I have gone through and ticked the right boxes but it just is not displaying for the user xxxxx. User abc has the same settings but can see the delete option.
