By default webmin (/usr/local/lib/webmin/setup.sh) now offers /var/db/webmin to use as log dir. File ports/tree/sysutils/webmin/files/webmin.in contains hardcoded path to pid file pidfile=/var/log/webmin/miniserv.pid https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/sysutils/webmin/files/webmin.in So on new setups rc.d/webmin script on stop command will print: "webmin not running? (check /var/log/webmin/miniserv.pid)." It seems we need pidfile to be configurable via /etc/rc.conf or we need to patch /usr/local/lib/webmin/setup.sh for set old default value.