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Published inMar 2014
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Michal Karzynski
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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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Running a terminal emulator in the browser


Despite the wide range of options that Webmin allows you to control, you will find yourself in situations that require more direct access to your system. For such situations, you should equip yourself with a full-fledged terminal emulator and SSH client. If you need to perform a quick operation on your server through the terminal but don't have access to your tools, Webmin will allow you to open a simple terminal emulator in the browser.

How to do it...

To run a server terminal in your browser, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Others | Text login.

  2. Log in to the system using the username and password of a user with SSH access.

  3. Perform your command-line tasks.

  4. Type exit and press Enter to close your terminal session.

How it works...

Webmin uses a component called Ajaxterm that connects to your system over SSH, passes your commands to the server, and displays terminal output in the web browser.

For more information, visit the Ajaxterm website at https://github...

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Published in: Mar 2014Publisher: ISBN-13: 9781849515849

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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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