Unable to login once installed in GCP

[weilies]

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version	GCP - Ubuntu
Webmin version	Latest as of 6 Nov 2024 (can’t find it in index screen)

1. I followed the instructurtion Downloading and Installing | Webmin
2. finished this command “apt-get install webmin --install-recommends”
3. login screen (as below)
   
   

There isn’t a place for me to setup my root/first login user. What’s the next step?
Sorry newbie here. Thanks for the support

[weilies]

resolved via CGPT

this is the missing command

sudo /usr/share/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin root your-password

[Steini]

Use this instead: webmin passwd root

[Joe]

Don’t do either! (And don’t listen to ChatGPT without verifying, it’s an idiot.)

Set a system root password using the passwd command or login with a user that has sudo ALL privileges. (The latter may be preferable.)

Using the Webmin changepass command is creating a new user just in Webmin, that is separate from the system user. This often confuses people months or years later when they forget they bifurcated their user into two independent creatures. It works, but there’s no reason to have a separate Webmin user database.