Can't restart webmin [status 2] - linux

I've updated webmin, but now, it refuse to restart :
● webmin.service - LSB: web-based administration interface for Unix systems
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/webmin; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2018-07-29 09:30:29 CEST; 12s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 1485 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/webmin start (code=exited, status=2)
Jul 29 09:30:26 vps513135 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: web-based administration interface for Unix systems...
Jul 29 09:30:27 vps513135 perl[1486]: pam_unix(webmin:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= user=root
Jul 29 09:30:29 vps513135 systemd[1]: webmin.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=2
Jul 29 09:30:29 vps513135 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: web-based administration interface for Unix systems.
Jul 29 09:30:29 vps513135 systemd[1]: webmin.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jul 29 09:30:29 vps513135 systemd[1]: webmin.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Can someone explain me what does pam_unix(webmin:auth): authentication failure mean ?
some more infos :
root#vps513135:~# uname -a
Linux vps513135 4.9.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-1 (2018-07-05) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Thank you :)

SOLUTION
I tried to start like this
root#vps513135:~# /etc/webmin/start
Starting Webmin server in /usr/share/webmin
Failed to open SSL key /home/sowdowdow/domains/sow.sowdowdow.fr/ssl.key at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 4414.
The output is a bit more clear, and finally found a solution here.
Comment out the lines related to the borked server in /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf.
#ipcert_sow.sowdowdow.fr,*.sow.sowdowdow.fr=/home/sowdowdow/domains/sow.sowdowdow.fr/ssl.cert
#ipkey_sow.sowdowdow.fr,*.sow.sowdowdow.fr=/home/sowdowdow/domains/sow.sowdowdow.fr/ssl.key

Webmin doesn't support systemctl command. Instead of that please use the following command to start Webmin service.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/webmin stop
systemctl start webmin
I tried this command and I am able to start Webmin service on my server.

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Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2022-11-27 09:47:47 CST; 4min 58s ago
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Jul 25 14:33:45 linpubn218.gl.avaya.com systemd[1]: Unit postgresql.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
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su - postgres
After that:
chmod 700 -R <data_directory>
And you should check SELinux as well.

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