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Locked out of webmin/virtualmin

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#1 Mon, 07/02/2012 - 21:02

eddieb

Locked out of webmin/virtualmin

I ran "/usr/libexec/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin root NEWPWORD" via SSH into a CentOS 6.2 system and I am now locked out of webmin/virtualmin. UPDATE: Ran "/usr/libexec/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin root NEWPWORD" again and now I have a different password for webmin/virtualmin AND linux user root.

So I run "su" and confirm I have the correct root password. I even tried to reset the root password from within SSH

> /etc/init.d/webmin restart
> miniserv.pl started
> Using MD5 module Digest::MD5
> PAM authentication enabled

I try to login to webmin and I get "Login failed. Please try again.". I try enough times and I eventually get blocked from trying again. Log shows:

> tail /var/log/secure
Jul  3 01:54:40 kvm1 webmin[5587]: Invalid login as root from xxx.xxx.242.245

Would someone please help me get back in? I dont want to have to do what this user did.

#2 Mon, 07/02/2012 - 22:12

andreychek

Howdy,

Now that you've run changepass.pl, are you able to log in as root using both Webmin and SSH?

-Eric

#3 Tue, 07/03/2012 - 07:56 (Reply to #2)

eddieb

yes, but that was not the case the first time I ran changepass.pl

thanks

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