Re: [webmin-l] webmin 2fa w/ google / missing perl authen::OATH error

[Fabian A. S. <fsa...@ga...>]

On January 13, 2018 1:41:17 AM EST, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:
>On 11/Jan/2018 14:48 Fabian A. Santiago <fsa...@ga...>
>wrote ..
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm running centos 7.4.1708 & webmin 1.870.
>> 
>> I'm trying to setup 2fa w/ google but it keeps complaining I'm
>missing perl authen::OATH.
>> 
>> i have installed it already and restarted everything, even the server
>itself (it's
>> a VPS). i have root shell access. i can also run:
>> 
>> perl -e 'use Authen::OATH;'
>> 
>> and it returns nothing which i understand means it's working. 
>> 
>> i installed it via CPAN.
>> 
>> Strange thing is I tried this on another server and it worked fine
>there. What
>> is the difference here? The other server is identical. I installed
>webmin from
>> the repo via yum on both. 
>> 
>> I'm scratching my head and feel lost....haha. Anyway, unsure how to
>proceed. anyone?
>> Thanks. 
>
>That's unusual - can you post the full error message that you're
>getting in Webmin?
>
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"Failed to save two-factor authentication : The Perl module Authen::OATH needed for two-factor authentication is not installed. Use the Perl Modules page in Webmin to install it."

If I try the perl modules pages it tries yum first futilely. Then tries Perl but it keeps failing there for missing dependencies. But if I check each one, they're installed (I tried the first couple and just assumed the rest and stopped). 

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Thanks,

Fabian S.

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