Webmin and Transmission remote

[Jeztastic]

Hi

Neither Webmin nor transmission will allow me to access them remotely. I am sure transmission-daemon is running ok, however it tells me that my IP address is unauthorised. i have checked, and my settings.json file has not changed, the IP address is in the whitelist, and was working fine till last week. I have no idea what the webmin situation is, other than I get a connection refused message in the browser. The squeezecenter web interface works fine, as does sftp and ssh.

Any ideas?

[hictio]

What type of error message you get when you try to connect to Webmin? Is it a webmin generated error message? Like, for instance, the one it generates when you try to connect to the plain HTTP port instead of the HTTPS one?

[Jeztastic]

No it's not that.

Failed to Connect


The connection was refused when attempting to contact 192.168.1.73:10000.


Though the site seems valid, the browser was unable to establish a connection.




* Could the site be temporarily unavailable? Try again later.


* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer's network connection.


* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.

Standard Firefox message - not connecting.

[windependence]

Most people here are using rtorrent which doesn't need a gui.

Sounds like you have a network connectivity issue. Can you access Webmin from the actual server using 127.0.0.1:10000 in the browser?

-Tim

[Jeztastic]

I've not got a gui on the server, and it's headless...

[hictio]

I've not got a gui on the server, and it's headless...

Ok, but if you connect to it via SSH, can you issue a:


telnet localhost 10000 ENTER



telnet its.own.IP.address 10000 ENTER


Do it work?

[Jeztastic]

Trying 192.168.1.73...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused


Nope...

[hictio]

Trying 192.168.1.73...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused


Nope...

Ok, what about the test doen over the loopback interface, did it work?
Once again, these tests are to be done connected to your server, either on the console, or thru an SSH session on the same server.

Remember to add the Webmin port at the end, just like I have posted.

If neither the test over the loopback nor using the IP address of the server works, then you should check that the Webmin service is actually running on the server, and if it is, which port Webmin is using.

[windependence]

Yeah I want him to do the loopback test so we can eliminate the server as the problem.

-Tim

[Jeztastic]

jez@mediaserver:~$ telnet localhost 10000
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

Sorry, I tried both commands and both returned the same output. I ran the commands via a SSH session over the network. Is that what you wanted?

I have no reason to think the Webmin port has changed.

[hictio]

jez@mediaserver:~$ telnet localhost 10000
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

Sorry, I tried both commands and both returned the same output. I ran the commands via a SSH session over the network. Is that what you wanted?

I have no reason to think the Webmin port has changed.

Are you connecting thru SSH to the server you are having issues connecting to Webmin?
You have to run the two tests I posted on the same server you are running Webmin, that is, if you are running Webmin on server A, with IP 192.168.19.2, you have to connect thru SSH to that server, or if it has a monitor and a keyboard attached, login at the console, and then execute the tests.

[Jeztastic]

Yes, that's what I did.

[hictio]

Yes, that's what I did.

Excelent, now that we are certain of that, can you see the webmin process running at all on your server?
Can you restart the service, just to play it safe?

[Jeztastic]

Excelent, now that we are certain of that, can you see the webmin process running at all on your server?
Can you restart the service, just to play it safe?

How do I look for Webmin process?