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Old 06-22-2004, 01:34 PM   #1
CyonyC
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Proftpd & MySQL Authentication Help Needed


Hey all,

Currently running fedora. I have used apt-get to download and install the latest proftpd rpm, and I want to be able to enable MySQL authentication for my soon to be FTP internal server. Now I have read through all the mod_sql documents etc. but I cannot find where on earth the RPM for proftpd installed proftpd on my system.

In the mod_sql instructions it says to download the mod_sql tarball and unpack all the files into proftpd-dir/contrib... Now, I cannot find this directory to do so. Also, I heard that everything that I need (the mod_sql module) is installed in their respective places in the new proftpd rpms. So I tried to ./configure the stuff.

Turns our I get a ./configure file or directory not found when I try to do this. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

P.S. - I was told to install GCC so I downloaded it last night throught apt-get and installed it then rebooted my machine and tried the ./configure command again - same results.
 
Old 06-23-2004, 02:03 AM   #2
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Do you know where apt-get downloaded the RPM from? I'd like to download it and check some files in it. If you want to find where the RPM installed files, you can run
Code:
rpm -q --list proftpd
and it should show a list of all files in that RPM.

--mascdman
 
Old 06-23-2004, 10:38 AM   #3
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masdman,

apt-get can be downloaded from

http://freshrpms.net/

It's a very handy little app for upgrading, updating and installing new software on your machine. Very simple to use as well once it's installed.

Cheers
 
Old 06-23-2004, 07:01 PM   #4
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I grabbed the RPM off of that site and it looks like it wasn't build with the mysql option enabled. I suggest rebuilding the RPM -- it's really easy to do. First, follow the steps in my post in this thread about creating the proper directories and files. Then download the source RPM:and follow the install instructions I gave. Edit the spec file in your favourite editor and add this line to the top, below the comments but above the Summary line
Code:
%define _with_mysql 1
Save the file and run
Code:
rpmbuild -ba proftpd.spec
Chances are you'll have to install a couple of -devel RPMs needed to rebuild the package (like mysql-devel). rpmbuild will display a list of packages missing. When it's finished, you should find proftpd-1.2.9-8_mysql.1.fc2.fr.i586.rpm in ~/rpm/RPM/i586.

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