Webmin manual create users in ubuntu

Installed webmin and want to create a new user non root to login, follow the steps:

1. Edit the file /etc/webmin/miniserv.users and add a line for your new user.

admin:x:0

2. Edit file /etc/webmin/webmin.acl and copy the first line for the root user and paste it in same file, rename root to the new user and save the file.

root:access privileges
admin:access privileges

3. Reset the new user password.

sudo /usr/share/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin admin mypassword

4. Restart webmin.

sudo systemctl restart webmin

5. Navigate to your webmin page and login user new username and password.

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