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

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

On 13/Jan/2018 13:26 Fabian A. Santiago <fsa...@ga...> wrote ..
> 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. 

Try forcibly re-installing it with :

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