Calling WebMin pro's

I need some help with my Webmin install.

This is what I did.

My webmin had been working with my user name "michael" root never worked. I would get in ssh and login as michael and then have to "sudo su" to work on the server.

fast forward one year with flawless performance.

Of course I was bored the other day I decided to add "michael" to the users list in Webmin, forgetting I had used my name for the initial install years ago.

At first I got error I couldn't use that name, and I did it again. Now when I refreshed the Webmin screen it took me to what looks like a guest account.

So now I cannot get into my Webmin, at all.

This was couple day ago, been doing all backend work via SSH now.

I edited the default sudoers file and add my name, which was not there.

I still cannot get into webmin. Could someone point me in the right direction?

I have started here today... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers

I think you have to give your user root privileges.

 root@jacksonville:/etc# sudo useradd michael -m -s /bin/bash

useradd: user 'michael' already exists

And, my "UserMin" login works perfect. Not "WebMin."

Thanks for trying to help P, I have fixed it following this. Hope my fu*k up will help others.

HOW TO ACCESS WEBMIN WHEN IT WON’T ACCEPT YOUR LOGIN:

Webmin ships with a root password reset script that allows you to change the password of the root administrator.  Webmin by default likes “root” although you might not have called yourself that when you installed Ubuntu.  To gain temporary access so that you can set up a “real” user and password, follow these instructions:

Webmin must be running.  Restart the server if it has locked you out for too many login attempts.

Login to your server using your Ubuntu username and password.

Enter the following:

cd /usr/share/webmin

sudo perl changepass.pl /etc/webmin root newpass1

The system will ask you for your Ubuntu admin password.  Enter it to run the above script.

You should see a confirmation that the password was changed for user, “root.”

Now, go back to your browser and try it again.  Enter Username: root, Password: newpass1

Webmin will now log you in.  Go to Webmin > Webmin Users and either add a new user or change the password on “root.”  I set up a new user who I use for all of my Webmin administrators because it’s easy to remember.  But if you like “root” you can use that too.

Just remember, your Server admin username is not necessarily your Webmin admin username although now that you can set up users in Webmin, it can be if you choose.

• Written by SE

That reset password helped me in the past.  One day for whatever reason, it seemed that my password for webmin would not work; I was sure I was typing it in correctly.  Finally I used the webmin password reset; after doing a search for such, and reset the password and was back in.