Is this Install Guide Complete?

[Josip Rodin]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 05:02:48PM -0400, Huckle Berry wrote:
> > Ah, but you got too much. Now you have Perl, Python, the SSL library and
> > all those other things with a newer version than those in karmic.
> 
> I don't see how having newer versions of perl/python could be an issue. As
> far as SSL is concerned, see below, as this server will be wiped soon.

Practically any package could need security updates in the future.

For reference,
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/perl
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/python2.5

> I have a feeling that this server will eventually be wiped anyway, it's more
> of an experiment right now than anything.

OK, then you should be reasonably safe. Just remember not to do this
in production. :)

> Initial tests using radtest showed positive results, however even after
> reinstalling with libmysqlclient-dev, freeradius still fails to start with
> the error
> 
> /etc/freeradius/sites-enabled/default[159]: Failed to find module "sql".
> /etc/freeradius/sites-enabled/default[62]: Errors parsing authorize section.
> 
> Which may or may not be related to the versions of the installed packages
> and the configuration script's ability to determine what is and is not
> installed. I'm assuming at this point that the difference between freeradius
> with sql and w/o sql is determined by whether certian header packages are
> installed on the system at the time freeradius is complied?

No, assuming you installed a freeradius-*sql package you want, this is
simply a configuration issue - you need to define a sql module, which is
usually done by adding $INCLUDE sql.conf to the modules section of the
configuration, which is done for example by adding an
/etc/freeradius/modules/local-sql.conf file with something like that inside.

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