extending debian...changing webmin port doesn't work

[fresco]

Hi, sorry if I've wrongly commented on the tutorial, this should the appropriate place.
I've followed the perfect debian server with ispconfig3 tutorial, then the SSL post on faqforge, and everything went ok on my virtualized server and on the online one. Once it gets to changing default port for webmin, activating it on ispconfig firewall, restarting webmin and apache, and no way, the page I get on the browser (url is https://x.x.x.x:1888) is (Chrome in this case, but the timeout is consistent for all browsers.

Error 118 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT)

I've checked with a netstat, but the port is listening

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:18888 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 32521/perl

udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:18888 0.0.0.0:* 32521/perl

an iptables list gives this response

<code> Chain INPUT (policy DROP)

target prot opt source destination

DROP tcp -- anywhere loopback/8

ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED

ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere

DROP all -- base-address.mcast.net/4 anywhere

PUB_IN all -- anywhere anywhere

PUB_IN all -- anywhere anywhere

PUB_IN all -- anywhere anywhere

PUB_IN all -- anywhere anywhere

DROP all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)

target prot opt source destination

ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED

DROP all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)

target prot opt source destination

PUB_OUT all -- anywhere anywhere

PUB_OUT all -- anywhere anywhere

PUB_OUT all -- anywhere anywhere

PUB_OUT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain INT_IN (0 references)

target prot opt source destination

ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere

DROP all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain INT_OUT (0 references)

target prot opt source destination

ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere

ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain PAROLE (15 references)

target prot opt source destination

ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain PUB_IN (4 references)

target prot opt source destination

ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp destination-unreachable

ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp echo-reply

ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp time-exceeded

ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp echo-request

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ftp-data

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ftp

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:domain

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:www

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dptop3

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imap2

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:https

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:mysql

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http-alt

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:tproxy

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:8000

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:18888

PAROLE tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:webmin

ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:domain

ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:mysql

DROP icmp -- anywhere anywhere

DROP all -- anywhere anywhere

...

</code>

So, everything seems in order, what could it be stopping me from accessing webmin from alternative port? Please consider that default port works, and all other services work, since I've followed letter by letter you instructions...

Did I forget anything? Where could I look?port works, and all other services work, since I've followed letter by letter you instructions...

Did I forget anything? Where could I look?

[falko]

Did you try to disable the firewall for testing purposes? Did you check your logs files for errors?

[fresco]

I've tried disabling the firewall, changing port number n times, the only way to access webmin is to go back to the 10000 port on miniserv.conf
I've checked all the logs on /var/logs but no one seems to show anything useful.
Which one precisely should I look into?
Webmin interface also doesn't help in finding useful info (one I got back to port 10000).
I would like to change ispconfig port as well, but don't want to incur in the same issue...

[falko]

Did you check out these links?
http://www.linuxjunkies.org/adminstr...guide/x313.htm
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=785723