Virtualmin startup failed (IPv6 related)

Submitted by chii1873 on Sat, 01/31/2015 - 00:28 Pro Licensee

Anyone please let me know how to start webmin(virtualmin) server in a IPv6-disabled server. When I tried to start it I got an error message as follows:

[root@srv ~]# service webmin restart
Stopping Webmin server in /usr/libexec/webmin
cat: /var/webmin/miniserv.pid: No such file or directory
kill: usage: kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] pid | jobspec ... or kill -l [sigspec]
Starting Webmin server in /usr/libexec/webmin
Pre-loaded virtual-server/virtual-server-lib-funcs.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-unix.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-dir.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-dns.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-mail.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-web.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-webalizer.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-ssl.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-logrotate.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-mysql.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-postgres.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-ftp.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-spam.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virus.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-webmin.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt6.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded WebminCore
Failed to open socket family 10 : Address family not supported by protocol at /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl line 538.

Is it possible to start server in this condition, or do I have to enable IPv6 again? Any information/instruction will be much appreciated. Thank you.

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

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Submitted by tpnsolutions on Sat, 01/31/2015 - 00:35

Hi,

When you disabled IPv6 did you apply the settings by restarting "networking"?

Try, "/etc/init.d/network restart", then "/etc/init.d/webmin start"

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Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 01/31/2015 - 17:13

Try removing the ipv6=1 line from /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf , and then starting Webmin.

Submitted by chii1873 on Sun, 02/01/2015 - 07:47 Pro Licensee

Thank you for your reply. It worked!

Submitted by Issues on Sun, 02/15/2015 - 11:30

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

Submitted by Issues on Sun, 02/15/2015 - 11:30

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.