Strange, my FreeBSD installation was the simplest and the fastest I did.
Just configured OpenSRS conf files, installed required perl modules, and it
worked.
Steve Poirier
steve@inet-technologies.com
Inet Technologies inc.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Martin <bob@shorecom.com>
To: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 4:39 PM
Subject: BSD, NT Linux and 2.0a
> In the last week, I have completed installations on WindowsNT, FreeBSD,
and
> RedHat Linux 6.1.
>
> On the NT box, the documentation provided at
> http://www.atlcon.net/opensrs/nt-howto.htm was extremely helpful, and well
> written.
> We went with ActivePerl 522 (http://www.activestate.com) rather than the
> latest version, and pretty much followed the instructions provided in the
> howto.
>
> The FreeBSD installation was painful to say the least. After downloading,
> then installing the required modules, we ran into some troubles with the
> OpenSRS.pm script. I went on to install the modules locally, including CBC
> 1.23, inserted a use statement into OpenSRS.pm and the verify_install.cgi
> bombed. The client functions fine, however. I imagine it is something with
> the verify script that deceives me into thinking the system was not setup
> properly.
>
> Finally, the RedHat system was flawless, inlcuding the new Blowfish
module,
> which seems a bit faster than DES.
>
> Just wondering if anyone else had similar observations.
>
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