How to install webmin on Ubuntu

for desktop users you can download a debian package from the official site of webmin and install it with “Ubuntu Software Center”. just download and double click on the package. For non desktop or for terminal users please follow the steps bellow:

open a terminal and type:

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following at the end of this file

##webmin rep

deb http://download.webmin.com.download/repository sarge contrib

save and exit. Now you need to add GPG KEY.

open a terminal and type:

wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc

sudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc

Now you can install webmin with apt-get

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install webmin

Now you can access webmin from a browser at the following address

https://localhost:10000

Login to webmin

Webmin is a tool to manage and make changes to your system visually and you have login with the root user in order to let webmin make changes to your system.

Root user on Ubuntu is disabled by default. so to enable root user open a aterminal and type:

sudo passwd root

type a password for root user and you are ready.

now you can login to webmin with username “root” and password the password you choose for root user

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