Usermin fails to start after updating to 1.860

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Usermin fails to start after updating to 1.860

Closed this issue 2 years ago · 4 comments

Hi

Just a note, I upgraded to 1.860 from the usermin config area in webmin 2.000. It downloaded fine and seemed to install ok then errored
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Script was not run with full path (failed to find /usr/local/usermin-1.860/updateboot.pl under /usr/share/webmin

I tried reinstalling from the config area in webmin but no joy and no errors after. I checked in /usr/share/webmin and updateboot.pl wasnt there. I reran the set up from /usr/local/usermin-1.860/ and was able to manually start usermin. After I copied updateboot.pl to /usr/share/webmin it now works as expected within webmin.

My OS is old, Debian 9 on the extended support as I am so paranoid of another major upgrade on the server so maybe this might be a part of it.

Anyway, thought you would want to know about the failure.

Webmin / Usermin is still the best server managment tool for Linux in my eyes, I used it from the early days and cant imagine a server without it.

Cheers Dave

Answer 1 · 2022-09-24T18:23:39.000Z

How did you install Usermin initially? Was it from a Debian package, or the tar.gz file?

Answer 2 · 2022-09-24T18:52:04.000Z

Hi Jamie. from the deb download on your site, not via the os. p.s. i think ir was either woody or sarge which i installed it on originally, maybe that was the issue, things have changed a lot! cheers, Dave Jamie Cameron ***@***.***> wrote .. How did you install Usermin initially? Was it from a Debian package, or the tar.gz file? � Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> .......................... Dave Edwards (G7RAU) email: ***@***.*** Web: http://www.g7rau.co.uk/ .......................... .......................... Dave Edwards (G7RAU) email: ***@***.*** Web: http://www.g7rau.co.uk/ ..........................

Answer 3 · 2022-09-28T20:23:32.000Z

Usermin 1.860 works just fine for me on Debian 9.

I think you could remove Usermin completely (probably preserving /etc/usermin directory), and then reinstall it from Usermin release page.

Before reinstalling Usermin, kill all found Usermin PIDs by running ps aux | grep usermin/miniserv.pl command.

Answer 4 · 2022-09-29T16:48:37.000Z

Hi Ilia

Already done and fixed, this is only a note in case this was something more than a legacy issue and others encountered this. I will close it now. Hoping to update Debian this winter, even my intranet page still says "using Deb 3.1 on..." heehee.

Regards

Dave