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NotMine

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Registered: 2011-10-13

Posts: 19

Unable To Delete Webmin Modules From Within Webmin

Here's my ArchLinux OS:
Linux nc92.my.home 3.0-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 7 10:11:05 UTC 2011 i686 Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

[root@nc92 ~]# pacman -Q linux
linux 3.0.6-2

Only IPv4 is being used and no local firewall is configured on this device. Adding and removing other packages via "pacman" works smoothly (should we expect anything different?).

I used "pacman" to install "webmin". pacman reported only 1 target to install: webmin-1.570-1

I make the necessary adjustments to the "webmin" config to allow logins from my local LAN (192.168.1.0). Login over the local LAN to Webmin now works fine.

Now I enter the "Webmin Configuration" portion of the Webmin menu so I can access the "Webmin Modules" function. I plan to delete a number of Webmin modules that I do not need/use and experience has proven to me that they slow down overall Webmin performance. I have done this many times before with Webmin on other Linux OS. In this case to test my issue I choose to delete the "ADSL Client" module since I don't use it. What I get is an error message: "Error - File not found". No other error text is played. When I try to remove other Webmin modules that I don't use I get the same error message. A look into Webmin's own "action log" reveals nothing that helps.

I have downloaded the Webmin sources in an attempt to determine what file or files maybe missing. In this case I am ruling out "perl-net-ssleay" since I don't plan to use HTTPS within my local LAN.

Is there another dependency, possibly overlooked, that is needed? Has anyone else seen this issue?

Any thoughts are appreciated.

NotMine

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Registered: 2011-10-13

Posts: 19

Re: Unable To Delete Webmin Modules From Within Webmin

Adding information....

The Webmin "install_mod.cgi" and "delete_mod.cgi" files are missing from /opt/webmin/webmin. Once they are copied over from Webmin source files, then restart Webmin. Now an attempt to repeat the above module deletion returns a different message: Error - Missing Content-Type Header

NotMine

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Registered: 2011-10-13

Posts: 19

Re: Unable To Delete Webmin Modules From Within Webmin

Further update....

Removed webmin via "pacman" and cleaned out remnants of "webmin" that don't actually get removed for some reason.

Install "webmin" from Webmin's Unix tarball. Make necessary changes to files so I can log into the Webmin GUI over the local LAN.

Attempt to remove a Webmin module. SUCCESS!!!