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

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 12/Jan/2018 22:55 Fabian A. Santiago <fsa...@ga...> wrote ..
> 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). 

That may be the real issue - the module is installed, but the dependencies are 
missing. If you SSH in as root and run :

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Authen::OATH'

does it work?