No webmin in official distro, not in yum

FreePBX Installation / Upgrade
1

FreePBX distro ISO version is 1.86.29.55, it installs Centos 5.5, Asterisk 1.8.6, FreePBX 2.9.0.7

How do I install webmin?

I try yum install webmin, I get
Loaded plugins:fastmirror,kmod
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Setting up INstall Process
No package webmin available
Nothing to do

Help? -Nathan

2

Webmin is not included in the distro and we do not recommend using it. Webmin is horribly insecure.

3

There is not if you view your LAN as secure. It’s a general policy as so many people expose FreePBX to the Internet we don’t advise installing the software.

If you like it and it saves you time, go for it.

4

Thanks Skyking, with a firewalled router not allowing anything in from WAN, and limiting access to webmin to local LAN access through a non standard port, I do not understand what risk there is… I guess I will research it…But what then is advised for moving files from other machine and setting up my samba share that I require? I am used to using webmin to accomplish many tasks, and did not think there was a security risk with LAN access only.

5

Just run these commands from root:

cd /usr/src
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.570-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -i webmin-1.570-1.noarch.rpm

With that https://ipaddress:10000 should get you into Webmin.

6

The best way to install webmin on linux (distro indipendent):

su - root
cd root
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.570/webmin-1.570.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freepbx.org%2Fforum%2Ffreepbx%2Finstallation%2Fno-webmin-in-official-distro-not-in-yum&ts=1322738117&use_mirror=switch
tar -zxvf webmin-1.570.tar.gz
cd webmin-1.570.tar.gz
./setup.sh

thats’s all