Webmin ArchLinux

kylon · 2014-01-29 10:38:50

Hi,

i had some troubles with webmin on archlinux, because the official repo is outdated and webmin does not support archlinux officially.

So, here an updated "source" for archlinux.

i hope someone will update the official repo

For those who are using samba, apache, ssh etc..(like me), just install them BEFORE. This pkg will fix samba!

If you cannot install the pkg, remove webmin (pacman -R webmin), delete the folder /etc/webmin and install the pkg.

https://github.com/kylon/webmin-archlinux

regards, kylon

graysky · 2014-01-29 11:02:05

Welcome to Arch. Your forum post is likely not to get to the people who matter in this case, i.e. the package maintainer. I suggest that you open a flyspray against the webmin package to inform him of your code.

kylon · 2014-01-29 12:39:36

Um, can you explain me how?

thanks

karol · 2014-01-29 12:51:36

Like this: https://bugs.archlinux.org/newtask?proj … ER+SUMMARY

kylon · 2014-01-29 21:42:41

ok, i hope i did this correctly
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/38718?p … &sort2=asc

karol · 2014-01-29 21:52:37

You can't update the PKGBUILD yourself, it has to be done by an Arch Linux developer.
Why use $pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz in the source array?

Last edited by karol (2014-01-29 21:53:35)

graysky · 2014-01-29 22:53:52

You don't need to worry about the actual update. At least the ticket will get into the hands of the TU or dev in a position to accept or deny the request. Better than a forum post

kylon · 2014-01-30 07:34:49

karol wrote:

You can't update the PKGBUILD yourself, it has to be done by an Arch Linux developer.
Why use $pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz in the source array?

Uh? Why?

it was already there, the only difference is that now i m using a local tar.gz(because there s no new version on the webmin site).

karol · 2014-01-30 11:39:16

kylon wrote:

karol wrote:
You can't update the PKGBUILD yourself, it has to be done by an Arch Linux developer.
Uh? Why?

I was referring to what you wrote in the bug report:

i would like to update the pkgbuild to download the latest version from github when you build the pkg. I only need some free time

This package is maintained by an Arch developer and he's maintaining the PKGBUILD used by Arch Linux users on Arch server.
Obviously you can edit it, change the configure options and whatnot, but you can't be the official maintainer of an Arch Linux package w/o being at least a TU https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TU

kylon wrote:

i m using a local tar.gz(because there s no new version on the webmin site).

Where can I get this new version of webmin source? Did you change the source code of webmin at all?
If you just want a "bigger number" to make sure it's the latest version, user the release number, don't touch the version number: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pkgbuild#pkgver

tomk · 2014-01-30 12:05:07

Actually, there is a new version on the webmin site - 1.670, which was released just over a fortnight ago. In fact, this is the reason why webmin has been flagged out of date, as our current package is still version 1.660.

Have you tried packaging 1.670, and if so, does it solve any of the undefined problems that you've been having?

Also, if you're packaging the latest git version of anything, the convention is to put that in the package name, so you should call your package webmin-git. You should also include the git checkout in the PKGBUILD, as described in various man and wiki pages.

Last edited by tomk (2014-01-30 12:07:19)

kylon · 2014-01-30 12:08:25

Um, i ll pass
I downloaded it from github. You don t need to edit the source because the git version is working good.
You only need to build the pkg because if you install it from the source it will not find the servers.

The problem is that when you install it from a pkg you cannot update it, you need a new pkg.The current version is 1,672 but the source and the site are 1.670. The git version is a step ahead so i renamed it.

I ll use "git - date" when the pkgbuild will download the source from github

Last edited by kylon (2014-01-30 12:09:56)

tomk · 2014-01-30 12:35:55

kylon wrote:

Um, i ll pass

Uhmm... ok then

kylon wrote:

I downloaded it from github

And as I already said, you should be doing that in the PKGBUILD.

kylon wrote:

You don t need to edit the source because the git version is working good.
You only need to build the pkg because if you install it from the source it will not find the servers.

Very unclear. You are installing it from source, aren't you?

kylon wrote:

The problem is that when you install it from a pkg you cannot update it, you need a new pkg.

That is not a problem - that is simply how a distro based on compiled packages, such as Arch, works.

kylon wrote:

The current version is 1,672

Not sure which version you're talking about, but the current upstream Webmin release is 1.670, as announced on webmin.com on January 13th last.

kylon wrote:

The git version is a step ahead so i renamed it.

And as I pointed out, you did so incorrectly - you should have renamed it to 'webmin-git' and followed the procedures for packaging from upstream git repos.

Anyway, good luck - I'll leave you to it.

Last edited by tomk (2014-01-30 12:37:09)

kylon · 2014-01-30 13:09:58

The pkg as an install script which makes the required changes to make it fully working.
If you install the ver 1.670 it will ask you to update.

Yea i know, i did it quickly

karol · 2014-01-30 13:12:35

What happens if you keep the pkgver as 1.670 and change pkgrel to 2?

Last edited by karol (2014-01-30 13:12:59)

kylon · 2014-01-30 13:59:02

It asks you to update, and it s a bit annoying

karol · 2014-01-30 14:03:35

kylon wrote:

It asks you to update, and it s a bit annoying

Please post the output of 'pacman -Syu' from a system where you have your webmin 1.670-2 installed.

kylon · 2014-01-30 14:09:32

My version is greater than the one in the server

karol · 2014-01-30 14:12:42

kylon, you're teasing us. You're posting bits of information instead of the whole thing.
First you said "It asks you to update,", then "My version is greater than the one in the server". Do you mean that pacman warns you that your local version is higher than the one in the [extra] repo? Is it forcing you to downgrade webmin?

kylon · 2014-01-30 14:26:53

Yea, and no, it does not ask me to downgrade

kylon · 2014-02-02 17:31:06

updated.
better now?

karol · 2014-02-02 17:41:10

I'm not sure if e,g, 'rm -r /etc/webmin' in pre_remove() is OK.

Please don't force

# Do a clean up first
  rm -rf pkg
  rm -rf src
  rm -f webmin*pkg.tar*

on me and at least comment it out by default.

==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    webmin-config.tar.bz2 ... Passed
    webmin-pacman.tar.bz2 ... FAILED
    webmin.service ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

==> Entering fakeroot environment...
chmod: cannot access ‘/home/karol/test/11/pkg’: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/fakeroot: line 181: 25355 User defined signal 1   FAKEROOTKEY=$FAKEROOTKEY LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PATHS" LD_PRELOAD="$LIB" "$@"

Last edited by karol (2014-02-02 17:43:00)

kylon · 2014-02-02 18:16:05

i m not sure the pre_remove is working. anyway i had an install failure sometimes because "the folder etc/webmin already exists"

i m using makepkg --asroot as written in the old pkgbuild, it s working

stuartiannaylor · 2014-04-21 07:24:09

Hi,

Using the up to date version of webmin. 1.680

I am trying to install a custom module from a local file or uploaded file.

Its the samba module modified with various samba-tool methods for samba4.

I am just getting an error the connection was reset and not much in the logs.

Just wondered if anybody has had this and there is a quick fix.

I will try and find some log info so we have something to go on.

/var/log/webmin/miniserv.error

[21/Apr/2014:07:51:28 +0100] [192.168.1.2] /webmin/install_mod.cgi : File not found

Its true it isn't and not sure how to get it back.

Going to run a debian version and just copy that script.

install_mod.cgi

#!/usr/bin/perl
# install_mod.cgi
# Download and install a webmin module

require './webmin-lib.pl';
if ($ENV{REQUEST_METHOD} eq "POST") { &ReadParseMime(); }
else { &ReadParse(); $no_upload = 1; }

$| = 1;
$theme_no_table = 1 if ($in{'source'} == 2 || $in{'source'} == 4);
&ui_print_header(undef, $text{'install_title'}, "");

if ($in{'source'} == 0) {
# from local file
&error_setup(&text('install_err1', $in{'file'}));
$file = $in{'file'};
if (!(-r $file)) { &inst_error($text{'install_efile'}); }
}
elsif ($in{'source'} == 1) {
# from uploaded file
&error_setup($text{'install_err2'});
$need_unlink = 1;
if ($no_upload) {
&inst_error($text{'install_ebrowser'});
}
$file = &transname(&file_basename($in{'upload_filename'}));
open(MOD, ">$file");
binmode(MOD);
print MOD $in{'upload'};
close(MOD);
}
elsif ($in{'source'} == 2 || $in{'source'} == 4) {
# from ftp or http url (possible third-party)
$url = $in{'source'} == 2 ? $in{'url'} : $in{'third'};
&error_setup(&text('install_err3', $url));
$file = &transname(&file_basename($url));
$need_unlink = 1;
my $error;
$progress_callback_url = $url;
if ($url =~ /^(http|https):\/\/([^\/]+)(\/.*)$/) {
$ssl = $1 eq 'https';
$host = $2; $page = $3; $port = $ssl ? 443 : 80;
if ($host =~ /^(.*):(\d+)$/) { $host = $1; $port = $2; }
&http_download($host, $port, $page, $file, \$error,
\&progress_callback, $ssl);
}
elsif ($url =~ /^ftp:\/\/([^\/]+)(:21)?\/(.*)$/) {
$host = $1; $ffile = $3;
&ftp_download($host, $ffile, $file, \$error, \&progress_callback);
}
else { &inst_error($text{'install_eurl'}); }
&inst_error($error) if ($error);
}
elsif ($in{'source'} == 3) {
# from www.webmin.com
&error_setup($text{'install_err4'});
$in{'standard'} =~ /^\S+$/ || &error($text{'install_estandard'});
$need_unlink = 1;
my $error;

# Find the URL of the package
$mods = &list_standard_modules();
ref($mods) || &error(&text('standard_failed', $error));
local ($info) = grep { $_->[0] eq $in{'standard'} } @$mods;
$info || &error($text{'install_emissing'});
if ($config{'standard_url'}) {
($host, $port, $page, $ssl) = &parse_http_url(
$config{'standard_url'});
$host || &error($text{'standard_eurl'});
}
else {
($host, $port, $page, $ssl) = ($standard_host, $standard_port,
$standard_page, $standard_ssl);
}
($host, $port, $page, $ssl) = &parse_http_url(
$info->[2], $host, $port, $page, $ssl);
$progress_callback_url = $info->[2];
$file = &transname($info->[2]);
&http_download($host, $port, $page, $file, \$error,
\&progress_callback, $ssl);
&inst_error($error) if ($error);
}

# Install the module(s)
$rv = &install_webmin_module($file, $need_unlink, $in{'nodeps'},
$in{'grant'} ? undef : [ split(/\s+/, $in{'grantto'}) ]);
if (ref($rv)) {
@mdescs = @{$rv->[0]};
@mdirs = @{$rv->[1]};
@msizes = @{$rv->[2]};
}
else {
&inst_error($rv);
}

# Display something nice for the user
&read_file("$config_directory/webmin.catnames", \%catnames);
print "$text{'install_desc'} \n";
print "<ul>\n";
for($i=0; $i<@mdescs; $i++) {
$mdirs[$i] =~ /\/([^\/]+)$/;
if (%minfo = &get_module_info($1)) {
# Installed a module
my $cat = $catnames{$minfo{'category'}};
$cat = $text{"category_".$minfo{'category'}} if (!$cat);
$cat = $text{"category_"} if (!$cat);
print &text($minfo{'hidden'} ? 'install_line3' :
'install_line2', "$mdescs[$i]",
 "<tt>$mdirs[$i]</tt>", $msizes[$i], $cat,
 "../$minfo{'dir'}/"),
 " \n";
}
elsif (%tinfo = &get_theme_info($1)) {
# Installed a theme
print &text('themes_line', "$mdescs[$i]",
 "<tt>$mdirs[$i]</tt>", $msizes[$i]),
 " \n";
}
}
print "</ul>\n";

if (defined(&theme_post_change_modules)) {
&theme_post_change_modules();
}

&ui_print_footer("edit_mods.cgi?mode=install", $text{'mods_return'},
"", $text{'index_return'});

sub inst_error
{
print "$main::whatfailed : $_[0] \n";
&ui_print_footer("", $text{'index_return'});
exit;
}

Last edited by stuartiannaylor (2014-04-21 11:52:50)

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#1 2014-01-29 10:38:50

Webmin ArchLinux

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Re: Webmin ArchLinux

#3 2014-01-29 12:39:36

Re: Webmin ArchLinux

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Re: Webmin ArchLinux

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