How to Execute Commands in Webmin Command Shell

On a Webmin Server it is possible to execute commands from the Webmin frontend. Webmin Command Shell feature is very helpful for people who are not familiar with SSH.

This feature is very helpful to restart the services if you don’t have access to SSH. Example : On my webmin server SSH was down and I was successfully able to restart the service from Command Shell.

1. Login to your webmin control panel using any of the below urls

https://ServerIPaddress:10000

OR

https://ServerHostname:10000
 

2. Enter username and password to access webmin control panel. Server username is ‘root’ and enter the root password of the server to login.
 

3. Expand “Others” and you can see “Command Shell” feature. Click on “Command shell”

4. Enter the command you want to execute in the text field like shown in the below picture. I tried to execute the linux command “w” and the output was displayed instantly.
 

Type “free -m” if you want to check the memory usage on your Webmin Server
 

You can also restart services, install packages etc via Webmin Command shell. Just enter the command in the text field and click on “Execute Command”. “Clear History” will remove all the command history in Command Shell.

Use “cd” command if you want to change directory.