Webmin doesn't start automatically on CentOS 6.3

Webmin
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I need some help troubleshooting my CentOS server. I installed it originally as 6.2 fresh install and run the virtualmin script. Everything installed properly so I thought. Now I realised 3 system services do not run on reboot, such as webmin, usermin and openfire. If I log on terminal and run them as “service webmin start” the services run fine. Could someone please help me sorting this out. I would like them to start automatically on reboot. Thank you in advance.

2

Howdy,

If you go into Webmin -> System -> Bootup and Shutdown, are Webmin and Usermin listed as starting at bootup?

If not, you could set them to start up bootup at that screen.

-Eric

3

Ty for your reply.
All of them are listed to boot at startup , but they don’t , they show up if I manually start them. By the way it shows that the Boot system : Upstart . In case that may be of help. Has anyone working webmin with CentOS 6.3?, does it boot at startup?

4

I have a centos 6.3 with working webmin at boot.

the startup script is as follows:

[code] #!/bin/sh

chkconfig: 235 99 10

description: Start or stop the Webmin server

BEGIN INIT INFO

Provides: webmin

Required-Start: $network $syslog

Required-Stop: $network

Default-Start: 2 3 5

Default-Stop: 0 1 6

Description: Start or stop the Webmin server

END INIT INFO

start=/etc/webmin/start
stop=/etc/webmin/stop
lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/webmin
confFile=/etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
pidFile=/var/webmin/miniserv.pid
name=‘Webmin’

case “$1” in
‘start’)
$start >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
RETVAL=$?
if [ “$RETVAL” = “0” ]; then
touch $lockfile >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
;;
‘stop’)
$stop
RETVAL=$?
if [ “$RETVAL” = “0” ]; then
rm -f $lockfile
fi
pidfile=grep "^pidfile=" $confFile | sed -e 's/pidfile=//g'
if [ “$pidfile” = “” ]; then
pidfile=$pidFile
fi
rm -f $pidfile
;;
‘status’)
pidfile=grep "^pidfile=" $confFile | sed -e 's/pidfile=//g'
if [ “$pidfile” = “” ]; then
pidfile=$pidFile
fi
if [ -s $pidfile ]; then
pid=cat $pidfile
kill -0 $pid >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ “$?” = “0” ]; then
echo “$name (pid $pid) is running”
RETVAL=0
else
echo “$name is stopped”
RETVAL=1
fi
else
echo “$name is stopped”
RETVAL=1
fi
;;
‘restart’)
$stop ; $start
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo “Usage: $0 { start | stop | restart }”
RETVAL=1
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL

[/code]

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This one is mine, I think you posted yours as markdown text and not filtered HTML so the bit in the pid file shows up with funny symbols. They seem to be the same, as I said chkconfig shows the right parameters and if I start it manually either with /etc/init.d/webmin start or service webmin start , both methods work fine. Could someone please lead me somewhere where I could maybe see logs regarding the failure on reboot. Thank you.

#!/bin/sh

chkconfig: 235 99 10

description: Start or stop the Webmin server

BEGIN INIT INFO

Provides: webmin

Required-Start: $network $syslog

Required-Stop: $network

Default-Start: 2 3 5

Default-Stop: 0 1 6

Description: Start or stop the Webmin server

END INIT INFO

start=/etc/webmin/start
stop=/etc/webmin/stop
lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/webmin
confFile=/etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
pidFile=/var/webmin/miniserv.pid
name=‘Webmin’

case “$1” in
‘start’)
$start >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
RETVAL=$?
if [ “$RETVAL” = “0” ]; then
touch $lockfile >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
;;
‘stop’)
$stop
RETVAL=$?
if [ “$RETVAL” = “0” ]; then
rm -f $lockfile
fi
pidfile=grep "^pidfile=" $confFile | sed -e 's/pidfile=//g'
if [ “$pidfile” = “” ]; then
pidfile=$pidFile
fi
rm -f $pidfile
;;
‘status’)
pidfile=grep "^pidfile=" $confFile | sed -e 's/pidfile=//g'
if [ “$pidfile” = “” ]; then
pidfile=$pidFile
fi
if [ -s $pidfile ]; then
pid=cat $pidfile
kill -0 $pid >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ “$?” = “0” ]; then
echo “$name (pid $pid) is running”
RETVAL=0
else
echo “$name is stopped”
RETVAL=1
fi
else
echo “$name is stopped”
RETVAL=1
fi
;;
‘restart’)
$stop ; $start
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo “Usage: $0 { start | stop | restart }”
RETVAL=1
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL

6

Have the same problem.
CentOS 6.2
Webmin last version

After server reboot:
[root@mail ~]# date
Seg Ago 6 18:21:03 WEST 2012
[root@mail ~]# service webmin status
Webmin is stopped

It is marked to start on boot using Webmin -> System -> Boot up and shutdown
chkconfig on 2 3 4 5

I tried a fresh install today to see if I have missed or failed something.
Still not working.

7

Any update on this? I’m also encountering this issue…