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Posted by Jeffery Fernandez on 02/12/05 02:52
Steven Altsman wrote:
> I’ve beaten my head against the desk repeatedly, RTFM’ing until my
> eyes are sore, the boss is still at my back.. and I’m completely lost.
> I’d love to grok intricacies of compiling C code and setting
> environment variables.. but I am dead once February 15^th rolls around
> and may have to find another job soon.
>
> All I’m trying to do is get an OpenBSD 3.6 box with the following
> components installed:
>
> MySQL 4.1 (or 5.0.2)
>
> Apache 2
>
> Mcrypt
>
> Mhash
>
> Libmcrypt
>
> PHP
>
> OpenSSL
>
> And that’s it. Nothing fancy, just something that is highly secure and
> easy to lock down to 2 ports. I’ve gotten a bunch of shell scripts
> written up for each portion of the install.. most of them are
> ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/(program name) with the configuration
> files in the conf directory for each.
>
> I’m currently hung up on Mcrypt. It’s a total monster! It’s a key
> component in so many programs and libraries, and yet Googl’ing news
> groups, checking out the main site for them, and going through the
> config.log files I can’t understand a darn thing anyone is saying.
>
> I’m an intro PHP fella.. I can tie into databases, loop through if
> statements, store images, handle usernames and passwords.. but
> encryption is something completely alien to me. I’ve done ASP before
> and installing the packages may not be as
> secure/customizable/reliable/intelligent.. it involved double-clicking
> and maybe doing something in DOS like adding a “-v” at the end.
>
> Don’t get me wrong, I’d kindly RTFM and leave the vicious cerebral
> types be, but I don’t have that luxury. Surely someone else out there
> has experienced something like this before and can bestow a nugget of
> wisdom upon me.
>
>
>
> Steven Altsman
>
> //Webmaster and Program Analyst//
>
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>
> /“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and
> I'm not sure about the former.”/
>
> */- Albert Einstein/** *(1879 – 1955)
>
quick answer.. have you tried reading up on the installation method
"ports" @ http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html#Use
cheers,
Jeffery
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