Managing Linux® Systems with Webmin™ System Administration and Module Development

24.3. The Command Shell Module

One problem with the SSH/Telnet Login module is its inability to connect if there is a firewall of some kind blocking telnet or SSH connections to your system. Even though the rest of Webmin may work fine using HTTP connections, the ports used by the applet may not be available. Even though it is possible to do almost everything in Webmin that you can do at the command line, it is sometimes useful to have a shell prompt for executing UNIX commands.

To get around firewall restrictions that prevent an SSH or telnet connection, you can use the Command Shell module, found under the Others category. It allows you to enter shell commands into the field next to the Execute command button that are run when the button is ...