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webmin is not starting. (I can tell when trying to stop it as it then says 'no such process')
where would I find an error message about why it i snot starting ?
the system has more than adequate memory.
ok, found error log in /var/webmin/miniserv.error
says that Port 10000 is already in use. so I guess I need to find out how to stop that port so it can be reused.
rebooting would help I guess :o)
Rebooting would solve it. You can also sway a fly by chasing it down with a Buick :-)
What I might recommend is using "kill" to stop Webmin, and then relaunch it.
To do that, log into the command line over SSH, and type:
ps auxw | grep miniserv | grep webmin
From there, use the kill command to kill that process, give it a few seconds, and then restart Webmin with:
/etc/init.d/webmin start
Let us know how that works!
-Eric
Oh, I killed my amusing joke with a typo! Doh!
Anyhow, good detective work on your part, you figured out the hard part. Learning to troubleshoot is the tough part of being a sysadmin, you'll have the syntax for all these tasks picked up in no-time :-)
-Eric
thanks Eric,
of course, I remember that commands to check and kill a process :o)
that did the trick !
Super!
Now, I'm curious, are you able to set the timezone properly at this point?
-Eric
had not thought about checking it again :o)
anyway, went back and it was already set to Europe/London.
set it back to Europe/Guernsey - was OK
set it back to Europe/London - was OK
so all seems OK, don't know why the problem.
thanks for your help.