SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
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OS type and version | Ubuntu 22.04 |
Webmin version | 2.001 |
Virtualmin version | 7.2-1 |
Related packages | webmin-virtualmin-password-recovery 1.12 |
Related packages | Running on Azure VM with 5.15.0-1020-azure kernel |
I’m encountering a repeated problem with several recent Virtualmin installs. I want to use the Password Recovery module, but after installation it doesn’t work. I have successfully installed & used in the past, in fact I still have it running fine on another VM, which I have been comparing with to try to troubleshoot. That I’ve had the same problem with several recent instances leads me to believe this is a bug.
I’ve had a quick look for other posts, while there are several on the Password Recovery module, only this one - the most recent - seems t describe the same issue: Usermin password recovery - again
“But: how do we really do the password recovery, if the button always redirects to new page with a webmin login?”
This is my experience, clicking the orange button on : DOMAIN/:10000/session_login.cgi opens a new, identical seeming, tab, but with address DOMAIN:10000/virtualmin-password-recovery/
On my older VM with working password recovery the addresses are the same, but the new DOMAIN:10000/virtualmin-password-recovery/ tab contains the expected password recovery page.
I have done some investigation, but am not the most skilled. I noticed that the link address from the button wasn’t correctly formatted, missing the double quotes for href (so href=/virtualmin-password-recovery/) but I think that’s not the cause of the issue - as I tried editing session_login.cgi (I know that’s not a permanent fix & the value comes from session_postfix= somewhere, but I can’t find the location of that, even in my VM that is working that entry doesn’t appear in e.g. /etc/webmin/authentic-theme/custom-lang), also if the address DOMAIN:10000/virtualmin-password-recovery/ is being reached it’s nothing to do with that link lacking quote marks.
I’m working away on the basis that if DOMAIN:10000/virtualmin-password-recovery/ is in the address bar on the tab then /usr/share/webmin/virtualmin-password-recovery/index.cgi is being called, but there is something wrong after that, probably in files that file then references/calls. I’m trying to troubleshoot by inserting breaks in index.cgi, but haven’t worked with Perl before & also caching (I think) is making changes hard to effect.
Any help appreciated - I’m hoping someone from Virtualmin team can comment as, as above, I believe this to be a general fault & not a glitch in a single install (appreciate it may be particular to e.g. Azure VM or maybe I keep continually making the same false step in install, however, again as above, I’ve done it right in past)