Hi Jamie
thanks for prompt reply.
I went to bed at that point.
When I looked again with slightly less panic I thought maybe the Imported server had defaulted to being owned by root...?
And then I found this...
http://www.virtualmin.com/forums/help-home-for-newbies/re:install-via-webmin.htmlyep I managed it too!
Joe's fix for Webmin worked, but still left root with just the 1 domain visible in VM.
I figured if root didnt own that domain it might help. So I bravely (ha!) used the api script move-domain.pl to move it. Of course this trashed the root user in passwd and shadow. I think without warning? Anyway I still had ssh terminals open so that was ok.
In the link above, cus didnt finally resolve the virtualmin issue.
Moving root.acl out of etc/webmin and virtual-server seems to have restored the functionality. But clicking thur from Webmin Users, root is still "managed by the Virtualmin Virtual Servers module" with the warning about settings being overwritten.
What else needs fixing please?
a screenshot is attached for reference
l.
mental note to self: measure twice. cut once.