Net_SSLeay

To use Webmin via SSL, you need to install the Net_SSLeay.pm module. You can either download this module from CPAN and compile and install it manually or take the time initially to set up the CPAN module, which will allow you to automatically download and install Perl modules as you need them.

The manual method is similar to the methods used earlier to download and install both the OpenSSL and OpenSSH programs, and only minimal instructions are included here. After you have the latest Net_SSLeay tarball, open it, cd into the directory, and run the following command (as root):

perl Makefile.PL;make;make test;make install

This will take care of building, testing, and installing the Perl module. The source tarball can be obtained from ...

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