I have set up a new virtual server and have copied over my old website. I want to test it before switching my dns.

I have been using the preview site option but as soon as I try to type a URL manually (e.g. /administrator to access the backend) I am faced with a security warning:

Warning! Webmin has detected that the program https://MY DOMAIN:10000/virtual-server/link.cgi/IP ADDRESS/http://MY URL/administrator was linked to from an unknown URL, which appears to be outside the Webmin server. This may be an attempt to trick your server into executing a dangerous command.

I have had a look at the steps mentioned:

[code:1]If your browser does not send the Referer header needed, you can turn off this check as follows :

Login to Webmin normally.
Go to the Webmin Configuration module.
Click on the Trusted Referrers icon.
Check the Trust links from unknown referrers box, and click Save.
Alternately, you can configure Webmin to allow links from unknown referers by :

Login as root, and edit the /etc/webmin/config file.
Find the line referers_none=1 and change it to referers_none=0.
Save the file.[/code:1]

But havn't had much luck finding the right places to set these.

Is it possible for me to amend the trusted referrers settings for a short time?

Or is there a better way for me to access the URL without using the Webmin panel - I have a colleague who would like to preview the site and I just want to give them an URL and not access to login to the server.

Thanks for any help with this.

Regards,
M Michael

Beat you are a star - thanks for your swift reply!

I will give this a go

Best Regards,
M Michael

Beat, just followed your steps and it worked great

One thing however, perhaps out of the scope of this topic but maybe you can shed some light on it anyway.

My template does not appear on every page. It does not appear on the home page but it does on some of the other links.

I have had a look and the links (comparing the ones that show the template and the ones that don't) and they seem to contain all the id and menu id as expected and seem to contain the same info.

I have use SE Friendly URLS and mod_rewrite enabled...

Any ideas where I could start troubleshooting this?

Kind Regards,
M Michael

Thanks Beat,

Thought as much.

Keep up the great work!