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

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

On January 13, 2018 3:02:48 PM EST, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:
>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?
>
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It claims already installed. 

There were no complaints when I installed it originally. 


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Thanks,

Fabian S.

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