Installing the Solaris package
If you are using the Solaris package of webmin, first download the file
from the downloads page, or with the command :
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.620.pkg.gz
if necessary, switch to the root user with:
su root
On Solaris 11, it has been reported that the root user be switched
from a role account to a normal account in order for logins to work. The command
for this is:
rolemod -K type=normal root
then run the following commands to uncompress and install it:
gunzip webmin-1.620.pkg.gz
pkgadd -d webmin-1.620.pkg WSwebmin
The installation will be made to /opt/webmin, the administration username set to root and the password to your current root password. You should now be able to login to Webmin at the URL http://localhost:10000/ .
Upgrading the Solaris Package
Often Solaris is not configured by default to allow the upgrading of packages. To change this, edit the file /var/sadm/install/admin/default and change the line instance=unique to instance=overwrite. This will allow you to install a new Solaris package of Webmin over an older version.
Another method of upgrading is to use the following commands :
/etc/webmin/stop
cp -r /etc/webmin /etc/webmin.old
pkgrm WSwebmin
mv /etc/webmin.old /etc/webmin
gunzip webmin-1.620.pkg.gz
pkgadd -d webmin-1.620.pkg WSwebmin
These will preserve the /etc/webmin directory when un-installing and re-installing, as the un-install process will normally delete it.