Installing Webmin in Ubuntu 8.04 – Hardy Heron

  1. Login as root
    • If you have not set a root password, you can do this with the command: sudo su
  2. Install the following packages
    • apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl
  3. Download the latest webmin using the following command
    • wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.420_all.deb
  4. Install this package using the following command
    • dpkg -i webmin_1.420_all.deb
  5. Login into Webmin with this URL: https://your-server-ip:10000
  6. Done!

Note:  You will not be able to login as root in WebAdmin unless you have set a root password!!  However Webmin will allow any user who has this sudo capability to login with full root privileges.