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Terms of Use

These terms set out the rules for using webmin.app and its guides. Please read them before applying any instructions to a server.

Effective date: 7 November 2026

1. Acceptance of these terms

By accessing or using webmin.app (the "Site"), you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site. If you use the Site on behalf of an organisation, you confirm that you are authorised to accept these terms for it.

2. Purpose of the Site

The Site provides documentation, tutorials and reference material about installing, configuring and securing Webmin, an open-source web-based system administration tool. The Site does not sell software, does not host the Webmin software itself and does not provide managed services. Download links point to the official Webmin source repository on GitHub or to the official Webmin website.

3. Webmin software and its licence

Webmin is developed by its own authors and contributors and is distributed under the BSD 3-Clause licence. Your use of the software is governed by that licence and by any terms published by the Webmin project, not by these Terms. Nothing on the Site grants you rights in the software beyond those the licence already provides. Names and marks of Webmin, Usermin, Virtualmin, Linux distributions and other products mentioned on the Site belong to their respective owners and are used only to identify those products.

4. Acceptable use

You may read, share links to and print pages of the Site for personal or internal business use. You agree not to:

  • use the Site, or the instructions on it, to access, administer or interfere with any system you do not own or are not authorised to manage;
  • attempt to disrupt, overload or gain unauthorised access to the Site or the servers that host it;
  • scrape or copy the Site in bulk for republication, or present our guides as your own work;
  • use automated means to access the Site in a way that places an unreasonable load on it;
  • use the Site in violation of any applicable law or regulation.

5. Our content

The text, layout, illustrations and code samples written for the Site are protected by copyright. Short code snippets and command examples may be copied and used freely in your own work, because that is their purpose. Longer extracts may be quoted with a clear link back to the original page. All other reproduction requires our prior written permission.

6. Technical instructions and your responsibility

Server administration involves real risk. Commands and configuration examples on the Site are provided in good faith for common, current setups, but every environment is different. Before applying any instruction you are responsible for:

  • reading and understanding commands before running them, especially with root or sudo privileges;
  • testing changes in a non-production environment where possible;
  • keeping current backups and a way to restore access, such as console or SSH access;
  • checking the official Webmin documentation and your distribution's documentation for your exact versions;
  • complying with your organisation's change management and security policies.

The Site links to third-party websites, including GitHub and the official Webmin website. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, availability, security or privacy practices. Files you download from them are provided by their publishers under their own terms. Verify downloads using the methods described in our guides.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

The Site and all content on it are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any instruction will produce a particular result on your systems.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, revenue, profits, service availability or business opportunity, arising from or related to your use of the Site or reliance on its content, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the minimum extent permitted by applicable law.

10. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, losses and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from your misuse of the Site or your breach of these Terms.

11. Changes to the Site and these terms

We may update, reorganise or remove content at any time, for example when new Webmin releases change a procedure. We may also revise these Terms; the effective date above shows the latest version. Continued use of the Site after changes means you accept the revised Terms.

12. General

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Disclaimer, form the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Site.

13. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to [email protected].