From: "Tim Hawkins" 

Versions prior to 0.970 had an exploit, but that has been fixed now.

Version 0.970 (7 May 2002)
  a.. Fixed a serious security hole that allows a remote attacker to login
to Webmin as any user!


"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:s2692vk9d9ikbo30ojfpgcc8mv4qm5k1i2{at}4ax.com...
>
> Webmin is very cool, indeed.  Just be sure you firewall its port so
> that you know precisely who can connect to it.
>
> It has been known to give up root access quite easily.
>
>  /m
>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:41:04 -0000, "Tim Hawkins"
>  wrote:
>
> >Run, dont walk to www.webmin.com, and d/l and install webmin. This is a
> >fantastic web based admin tool for linux that supports plug-ins and a
> >thriving 3rd party plugin development community.  Gives you all the
> >advantages of the Windows NT control panel and services applet etc. I
have
> >it managing all of my samba setups, nfs setups, NIS setup, postgresql
> >servers etc.
> >
> >
> >"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> >news:3e22d1f9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> Wait until you start configuring it. :|  This is one area Linux has to
> >work
> >> on.
> >>
> >> If samba is already installed, I usually use smbclient to do the
transfers
> >> (kind of a cmd line thing that lets you do things dynamically), if not,
I
> >> use FTP.
> >>
> >> > (Why can't there be an installer like in Windows...)
> >>
> >> There is, that's what RPM is. (as well as different ones for different
> >> distributions.)
> >>
> >> - Bob Comer
> >>
> >>
> >> "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message
> >> news:3e22c6ee{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> > I finally managed to copy the files from the command
line using cp,
so
> >it
> >> > wasn't the cd. So weird. Anyhoop, I (think I) managed to install
samba,
> >> > 'cause there is now a directory called "samba"
in the /etc - is that
> >where
> >> > it is supposed to go? I also installed the package with
the docs, but
> >> > haven't yet found where they ended up...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Antti Kurenniemi
> >> > (Why can't there be an installer like in Windows...)
> >> >
> >> > "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> >> > news:3e22abe1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> > > It really sounds like your CD is bad. (or the drive is bad)
> >> > >
> >> > > And is, it could work up to a point and then fail
like you say.
> >> > >
> >> > > - Bob Comer
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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