Is this Install Guide Complete?

[Huckle Berry]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Josip Rodin <joy at entuzijast.net> wrote:

> 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.
>

Looking back I did miss that step in the guide.  Overall this process has
been much more straight forward than my last attempt at freeradius. With the
proper documentation i shouldn't have any problem reproducing this on the
new server (less the debian bits)

>
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