> > I know this may not be a strictly debian issue but the list > at webmin.com is not very active. I am hoping some of you > experts will be able to help me. I have a debian sarge > installed on a dell dimension 4000. i installed with the > single minimal CD and then added packages as i needed them. I > have installed webmin on this box which is currently > functioning as a file server with unison backup. but for some > reason when using my XP laptop to try to connect to the > debian box results in "Error - Access denied to 192.168.2.2" > the IP address being the LAN address of my XP laptop. I am > trying to see how to permit access to my laptop but since the > server has no X (with an ATI card - X will not start - says > that no screens were found) I do not know of other means to > log into webmin to allow access to my laptop. I have even > tried to remove --purge webmin and reinstall with no luck. i > even tried links2 but unfortunately webmin forwards > automatically to https and the links2 in debian stable does > not support https. HELP i do not know what more to do. > thanks in advance
Webmin's ACL is stored in /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf from memory. Edit, add your Lappy's IP, then restart Webmin and you should be good to go. /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf:allow=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy HTH, MB
