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just loaded webmin; setup.sh on path dont recognize variable

I just makeinstallclean from ports to webmin; final instructions include to run startup with command that starts with a variable;

${LOCALBASE}/lib/webmin/setup.sh
and also
${LOCALBASE}/etc/rc.d/webmin

actually I have webmin/setup.sh under
/usr/local/lib/webmin/setup.sh but nothing happens
what is that variable ; what am I doing wrong?

omarfarid

what do you get when you run

echo $LOCALBASE

solunatec

ASKER

#LOCALBASE: Undefined variable.

is what I get...

omarfarid

from where are you getting this variable?

solunatec

ASKER

well when I added the package ...

#make install clean...

it did its thing and right before it 'cleans' , ends the installation, it gives you a few last insctruction ; like add mywebmin_enable to etc/hosts...the other two directions were...
to run ${LOCALBASE}/lib/webmin/setup.sh
and
to start webmin to run
${LOCALBASE}/etc/rc.d/webmin
which I did both but nothing happens...

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solunatec

ASKER

I am not sure what you mean? / is root ... ?set how

solunatec

ASKER

if $ is a prompt and if I then write

#echo LOCALBASE / i get
LOCALBASE

solunatec

ASKER

all set $ is a prompt; wrote out LOCALBASE/usr/local/lib...etc. and it went..thanks

omarfarid

Welcome :)

solunatec

ASKER

actaully if anyone is having problems : I had to reinstall again...I rebooted and just got rid of "LOCALBASE" ; my files were on a different path than the ones stated by the webmin install comments at the end; so #find / -name webmin ... so I could see where they really were and then just write out the real path to the files /setup.sh and
.../rc.d/webmin start