[TriLUG] an actual Linux question

[Jim Ray]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Dave
> Sorenson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:10 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] an actual Linux question
> 
> 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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