24.1. The SSH/Telnet Login Module
If your system is running either an SSH or telnet server (as most do by default), you can use Webmin's built-in SSH and telnet client module to do a normal shell login. When you use it to log in, the connection is coming from the client host on which your web browser is running—just as if you ran a normal telnet client program—because the module uses a Java applet. This means that if there is any firewall blocking telnet or SSH access from the client, this Webmin module will not be able to get around it.
To use the module, click on its icon under the Others category in Webmin. The main page simply contains a Java applet that will, by default, make a telnet connection to the server running Webmin. If your browser ...
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