[TriLUG] an actual Linux question

[Dave Sorenson]

Mmmmm beeeer.... Is there anything that it can't make better......

James Olin Oden wrote:
> Now I know beer is surely on topic (-;
>
> ...james
>
> On 5/23/07, Rodney Radford <rradford at mindspring.com> wrote:
>   
>> I think you have posted this to the wrong group, as your topic is off topic for this group. The official topics here are I540 toll booths, which type of barbeque is best, and the perils of biking in the Raleigh Area.
>>
>> Perhaps there is a linux distribution that may be able to better help you with your question.
>>
>> Go NC BBQ... ;-)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>     
>>> From: Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org>
>>> Sent: May 23, 2007 10:48 AM
>>> To: Public Transport discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
>>> Subject: [TriLUG] an actual Linux question
>>>
>>>
>>> This might not be the proper forum for this, but...
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a web server running Debian stable.  That means that up until a
>>> few weeks ago, I was running "sarge" (aka 3.1).  Then, when "etch" (aka
>>> 4.0) was released, I did an "apt-get dist-upgrade" to upgrade.  In the
>>> process, I lost libapache2-mod-auth-mysql.
>>>
>>> From what I can tell, there was some problem getting the mysql
>>> authentication module to compile properly, the deadline came, and this
>>> package was left out of the etch release.  Apparently, a lot of other
>>> people are having the same problem, but I have not heard of a solution
>>> or work-around [1].
>>>
>>> While Googling around, I heard some seemingly simple one-liners thrown
>>> out like "why not use libapache2-auth-pam and PAM authentication?".  The
>>> simple answer to that question is that I don't know what the &^*&% that
>>> means.  But if someone would like to elaborate (using more than one
>>> line), I am all ears.
>>>
>>> Just curious if anyone on the list has encountered this problem, and if
>>> they have a relatively painless solution.  If possible, I'd like to
>>> avoid the duct-tape solution (this package defers to that package that
>>> has a plugin with an add-on, etc) [2].
>>>
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] Right now, I am considering the "solution" of scrapping Debian and
>>> moving to Ubuntu.  But that's biting off a bit more than I can chew at
>>> the moment.  So instead, I'd like to work with what I have.
>>>
>>> [2] After all, this is a WEB server, not a MAIL server!
>>>
>>>
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