Software Update: Webmin 1.791

Version 1.791 of Webmin has been released. With this program, a system running Unix can be maintained and managed from a web browser. For example, it is possible to maintain user accounts, to change settings for Apache, MySQL and dns, and to create file shares. Webmin consists of a simple web server, supplemented with various CGI programs written in Perl 5. The software is released under the BSD license and is available in various flavors from this page to download. Since version 1.720, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 1.791

• When attaching files to an email message or uploading files, multiple can now be selected at the same time.
• Added an option for automatically renewing Let’s Encrypt certificates.
• If the Let’s Encrypt client is not installed, Webmin will use its own built-in client code to request a certificate.
• Included the latest version of the Authentic Theme.
• More German, Norwegian and Catalan translation updates.

Changes in version 1.780

• Webmin can now request an SSL certificate for itself from Let’s Encrypt, if you have the letsencrypt client command installed.
• The MySQL module now supports the new user table format seen in MySQL 5.7.
• In the BIND module, automatic creation and deletion of reverse records in partial delegation zones now works the same as in full reverse zones.
• The status of monitors from the System and Server Status module can now be displayed on the System Information page.
• Updates to the Filemin file manager and Authentic theme.
• Converted several more modules to the new Webmin UI framework.
• More German, Norwegian and Catalan translation updates.

Changes in version 1.770

• Added the Filemin File Manager module, which will eventually replace the old Java file manager.
• For new installs, switched the location of data files in many modules to /var/webmin instead of /etc/webmin.
• On CentOS, Fedora and Redhat systems, the DNSn lines in ifcfg-* files are now updated in sync with resolv.conf.
• Added an option to have Webmin validate the SSL certificate on remote systems when making RPC calls, to ensure that the connection to them has not been MITM’d.
• More German, Norwegian and Catalan translation updates. Also Polish, thanks to Piotr Kozica.

Changes in version 1.760

• Added the FirewallD module, for configuring the new default firewall seen on CentOS and RHEL 7.
• More German, Norwegian and Catalan translation updates.
• Fixed a bug that allowed the xmlrpc.cgi script to be used in an XSS attack (thanks to Peter Allow from IBM).

Changes in version 1.750

• More German translation updates, thanks to Raymond Vetter, Norwegian updates, thanks to Stein-Aksel Basma, and Catalan translation updates from Jaume Badiella.
• Much improved MacOS support, including the ability to create and manage LaunchD agents, and install software packages from PKGsrc.
• Various fixes needed to support the new NSLCD LDAP client used by CentOS 7.
• Improved support in multiple modules for Debian Jessie and Ubuntu 15.
• New pie charts, icons and other improvements in the Authentic theme.
• Removed the obsolete Majordomo, LILO, CFengine, CVS server and Security Sentries modules from the standard distribution.

Changes in version 1.740

• Added the awesome new Authentic Theme by Ilia Rostovtsev!
• More German translation updates, thanks to Raymond Vetter, Norwegian updates, thanks to Stein-Aksel Basma, and Catalan translation updates from Jaume Badiella.
• Added support for editing DMARC DNS records, which are specially encoded TXT records for defining the response to SPF and DKIM violations.
• Added an option to use an SSL connection when Webmin sends email, for connecting to remote mail servers like Gmail that don’t allow unencrypted SMTP.
• Added module access control options to limit visible system status information on a per-user basis.
• Added a button to reload the Postfix configuration.

Changes in version 1.730

• Deprecated the old blue theme in favor of the new gray theme.
• Catalan translation updates from Jaume Badiella.
• More German translation updates, thanks to Raymond Vetter.
• Added API functions that modules (like Virtualmin) can provide and theme authors can call to get the preferred left and right side menus. Also updated the default theme to use this API.
• Added support for NSEC3PARAM records to the BIND module.
• All operations on user mailboxes are now performed with the permissions of the user, to prevent attacks using malicious symlinks.