Re: [webmin-l] Noob Question

[Kris D. <kd...@vi...>]

Chris Harner wrote:
> Hi Kris, I think I may have located the culprit.  How do I fix this?
> 
> miniserv error log:
> [09/Jan/2007:10:30:01 -0500] miniserv.pl started
> [09/Jan/2007:10:30:01 -0500] Perl module Authen::PAM needed for PAM is 
> not installed : Can't locate Authen/PAM.pm in @INC (@INC contains: 
> /usr/libexec/webmin /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi 
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi 
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl 
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi 
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at (eval 
> 2) line 1.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 2) line 1.
> 
> 
> I checked YaST and I have PAM installed, and also pam-modules.  Should I 
> just overlook this for now and add that entry manually?

It's a bit strange Webmin is just dying on this, I don't *think* it's 
absolutely required.  (It hasn't been in the past, anyway...)

You need the Authen::PAM Perl module, which is in the perl-Authen-PAM 
package.  (PAM is the underlying authentication system used by just 
about everything now, pam-modules is IIRC the package containing the 
modules to support different authentication methods through the PAM 
interface.)

I just had to install this module on a Debian box after a Webmin upgrade 
recently - but lacking it didn't cause any problems directly, and I only 
found out because I was tracking down an access issue for someone in 
another office.  <g>

-kgd