one of the latest updates?

[david1958]

Got a question to ask here. I had 8 updates on the system. Java and ect. and webmin. When I was done with the updates I got this message

While installing package webmin-1.620-1pclos2013:

http://localhost.localdomain:10000/session_login.cgi?logout=1

I did this and logged in as root with My Root password and got to a new page titled "webmin" I am just unclear exactly what this is for because I have update-notifier installed and I always update thru this per update.
Best Regards,
David

[agmg]

Webmin is a web-based system configuration tool for Unix-like systems, although recent versions can also be installed and run on Windows. With it, it is possible to configure operating system internals, such as users, disk quotas, services or configuration files, as well as modify and control open source apps, such as the Apache HTTP Server, PHP or MySQL.

[Just17]

I did this and logged in as root with My Root password

Why log in to the desktop as root and not as user?

[david1958]

just17, as for your question

Why log in to the desktop as root and not as user?

at the end of the update that is what it told me to do under the url i quoted. so that is what I did, Yes i was booted in under my user name and pass, I went to the link and clicked on it and did as it ask.  user name block which was root, and them My  own root password.
Regards, and tks for the usual response.
David.
Remember now I am running the latest full monty installed. But i am considering switching over to the newest KDE64 bit but have not yet.  we will get into that one later.

[Just17]

just17, as for your question

Why log in to the desktop as root and not as user?

at the end of the update that is what it told me to do under the url i quoted. so that is what I did, Yes i was booted in under my user name and pass, I went to the link and clicked on it and did as it ask.  user name block which was root, and them My  own root password.
Regards, and tks for the usual response.
David.
Remember now I am running the latest full monty installed. But i am considering switching over to the newest KDE64 bit but have not yet.  we will get into that one later.

I believe the message was about logging into webmin and not your desktop, but I understood from your post that you had logged out of user account and into the root desktop.   

Sorry for the confusion.

[david1958]

Sorry for the confusion.

Just 17, no confusion on my end. Me posting sometimes may be very confusing alot of times until I got used the the proper way to use the forum. You know me long enough after a year and man I was lame in the beginning, but keep on wanting to learn more on linux and be one of the helpers!
David

[YouCanToo]

I did this and logged in as root with My Root password

Why log in to the desktop as root and not as user?

Webmin will only allow root login in until it has been setup. Only after configured will it allow a user to login.