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Webmin Administrator's Cookbook

You're reading from  Webmin Administrator's Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Mar 2014
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781849515849
Pages 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Michal Karzynski Michal Karzynski
Profile icon Michal Karzynski

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Webmin Administrator's Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Setting Up Your System 2. User Management 3. Securing Your System 4. Controlling Your System 5. Monitoring Your System 6. Managing Files on Your System 7. Backing Up Your System 8. Running an Apache Web Server 9. Running a MySQL Database Server 10. Running a PostgreSQL Database Server 11. Running Web Applications 12. Setting Up an E-mail Server Index

Installing phpMyAdmin


phpMyAdmin is a commonly used database administration tool for MySQL. It is a web-based application, like Webmin itself, but dedicated to all tasks related to the administration of a MySQL server. It's easy to use and can be a helpful tool for your database users and administrators.

Note

System packages are configured to run phpMyAdmin on Apache. The Apache web server and PHP are installed as package dependencies. If you're not already using Apache and PHP, this exposes a potential attack vector on your database server. Consider the security implications of installing phpMyAdmin and keep it up to date.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to set up phpMyAdmin on your system:

  1. Install the package named phpmyadmin (or phpMyAdmin depending on your system). Refer to the Installing software packages recipe in Chapter 1, Setting Up Your System, for more information.

    Tip

    On some systems, you may need to add an additional repository to install the package. For instance, if you're running...

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