Re: [webmin-l] [bug report] webmin gui - binding webmin to non-public lo ip fails
"Jamie Cameron" <[email protected]>
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On 09/Jun/2018 12:09 ѽ҉ᶬḳ℠ <[email protected]> wrote .. > > >> Having the lo iface assigned a non-public ip (172.23.120.98) and trying > >> to bind Webmin (/webmin/edit_bind.cgi?xnavigation=1) to that ip produces > >> -> Failed to change address : The IP address 172.23.120.98 is not active > >> on this system, and so cannot be used > >> > >> setting 'bind=172.23.122.98' in "/etc/webmin/miniserv.conf" and a > >> restart of Webmin gets it working though. > > So you're setting the IP of the "lo" (loopback) interface to something > > other than 127.0.0.1 ? I don't think that's going to work .. > > There is no issue for the lo iface to be assigned various other ip > addresses on top of 127.0.0.1 and neither for services/sockets to bind > to any of those additional ips and be available to other system > components. At the moment I am running ssh, netdata, exim, dnsmasq and > webmin each on a separate lo iface ip. > Like mentioned earlier Webmin is currently bind and running on the lo > iface with ip 172.23.122.98, which though was not possible to set via > the Webmin gui but via 'bind=172.23.122.98' in "/etc/webmin/miniserv.conf". I'm surprising that having non-local IPs on the "lo" interface works .. but even so, Webmin should allow this. If you go to Hardware -> Network Configuration -> Network Interfaces, does that IP show up? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot - Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at [email protected] To remove yourself from this list, go to http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list