Unable to install Webmin

[Lowell Gilbert]

Gerard Seibert <gerard at seibercom.net> writes:

> I have tried several time to install Webmin, but without
> success. Actually, the program does install, it just cannot be run.
> 
> After installing the program, I attempted to run the setup.sh
> script. This is the output from that script.
> 
> Script started on Wed Dec 28 08:08:38 2005
> ***********************************************************************
> *            Welcome to the Webmin setup script, version 1.250        *
> ***********************************************************************
> Webmin is a web-based interface that allows Unix-like operating
> systems and common Unix services to be easily administered.
> 
> Installing Webmin in /usr/local/lib/webmin ...
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Webmin uses separate directories for configuration files and log files.
> Unless you want to run multiple versions of Webmin at the same time
> you can just accept the defaults.
> 
> Config file directory [/usr/local/etc/webmin]: Log file directory
> [/var/log/webmin]:
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Webmin is written entirely in Perl. Please enter the full path to the
> Perl 5 interpreter on your system.
> 
> Full path to perl (default /usr/bin/perl):
> 
> Testing Perl ...
> Perl seems to be installed ok
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Operating system name:    FreeBSD
> Operating system version: 5.4
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Webmin uses its own password protected web server to provide access
> to the administration programs. The setup script needs to know :
>   - What port to run the web server on. There must not be another
>     web server already using this port.
>   - The login name required to access the web server.
>   - The password required to access the web server.
>   - If the webserver should use SSL (if your system supports it).
>   - Whether to start webmin at boot time.
> 
> Web server port (default 10000): Login name (default admin): XXX
> Login password: XXXXXXXX Password again: XXXXXXXX Use SSL (y/n): y
> ***********************************************************************
> Creating web server config files..
> ..done
> 
> Creating access control file..
> ..done
> 
> Creating start and stop scripts..
> ..done
> 
> Copying config files..
> ..done
> 
> Creating uninstall script /usr/local/etc/webmin/uninstall.sh ..
> ..done
> 
> Changing ownership and permissions ..
> ..done
> 
> Running postinstall scripts ..
> ..done
> 
> Attempting to start Webmin mini web server..
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> ERROR: Failed to start web server!
> 
> 
> Script done on Wed Dec 28 08:09:53 2005
> 
> 
> I have attempted to remove all traces of Webmin and reinstall, but
> still it fails. I even removed and reinstalled Perl, but that made no
> difference either.
> 
> I checked, and there are no optimizatons in my /etc/make.conf file, so
> that should not be the cause of the problem.
> 
> What else should I look into to correct this problem?

Hmm.  I can't reproduce the problem.

Did you install from the port?
If so, did you set the rc.conf variable as instructed by the port?