When logging into Webmin from my remote laptop browser I entered my password into the "User" text box by accident. In the past, if I ever enter a password in cleartext anywhere, I create a new password. I don't want to do that if I can help it...

I just assembled and setup a server running UbuntuServer 12.04. I'm the only root user. I haven't even added other users, but plan to do so in the near future for guest access.

I looked inside /var/log/auth.log and can see:

Dec 13 17:09:07 glados webmin[4765]: Invalid login as from 12.34.56.78

Dec 13 17:09:11 glados perl[4766]: pam_unix(webmin:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=10000 ruser= rhost=12.34.56.78 user=root

Dec 13 17:09:13 glados webmin[4766]: Invalid login as root from 12.34.56.78

Dec 13 17:09:17 glados perl[4775]: pam_unix(webmin:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=10000 ruser= rhost=12.34.56.78 user=root

The bolded text above doesn't show the login name, if I am interpreting this log file correctly. I included another failed login attempt (17:09:13) which shows that root tried logging in. Is there another location that would contain more logs?

This is my first time setting up a server, I'd appreciate any help. Thank you.

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Edit:

I played around with the login system... I tried logging in as non-existent user "shirley" and the log showed a failed attempt by "shirley". Is the program smart enough to not log the password as a username? I ran cat auth.log | grep part_of_my_password and couldn't find anything. I'm thinking I'm clear... unless there is another logging location.