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Michal Karzynski
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Michał Karzyński, with a scientific research background in the areas of molecular biology and bioinformatics, has been running Unix-like operating systems since 2002. He works as a web application developer, programming in dynamic languages such as JavaScript, Python, Perl, and PHP. He specializes in designing programming interfaces between servers and client applications based on the HTTP protocol. He has been using Webmin for over five years to assist in setting up and managing servers. He is currently employed as a project manager at the Gdańsk University of Technology in Poland. His blog can be found at http://michal.karzynski.pl.
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Creating a Webmin group with access to specific modules and options


Webmin users should be organized into groups. If you have more then one user whom you would like to equip with the same privileges, creating a group is the way to go. Webmin provides very granular permissions, which you can grant to each group. You can set the following three types of permissions:

  • Specify which Webmin modules are available to a group

  • Set global permissions, which apply to all modules

  • Set module-level access control settings, specifying which options of each module will be available

    Tip

    Permissions for an individual account can be configured with the same level of granularity.

How to do it...

In this recipe, we will create a Webmin group with access limited to viewing log files from the /var/log directory:

  1. To create a new Webmin group, navigate to Webmin | Webmin Users, and click Create a new Webmin group.

  2. Name the new group log_viewers, and supply a group description.

  3. In the Available Webmin modules section, select...

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Michal Karzynski

Michał Karzyński, with a scientific research background in the areas of molecular biology and bioinformatics, has been running Unix-like operating systems since 2002. He works as a web application developer, programming in dynamic languages such as JavaScript, Python, Perl, and PHP. He specializes in designing programming interfaces between servers and client applications based on the HTTP protocol. He has been using Webmin for over five years to assist in setting up and managing servers. He is currently employed as a project manager at the Gdańsk University of Technology in Poland. His blog can be found at http://michal.karzynski.pl.
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