VSFTPD module error

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SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version almalinux9.5
Webmin version 2.303

i have installed this module Release vsftpd-webmin 2023-12-10 release · rdmark/vsftpd-webmin · GitHub and 2024-01-26

i have the following error in the module :

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Can't locate libvsftpdconfig/ConfigManager.pm in @INC (you may need to install the libvsftpdconfig::ConfigManager module) (@INC contains: /usr/libexec/webmin /usr/local/lib64/perl5/5.32 /usr/local/share/perl5/5.32 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5) at /usr/libexec/webmin/vsftpd/index.cgi line 22. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/libexec/webmin/vsftpd/index.cgi line 22
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So you install vsftpd?

Maybe contact author as its hasn’t been touched for a couple of years and that screenshot look old.

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Yes, is more fast and secure respect proftp .

I have also contact the author, very strange thing is that before, i have try a complete installation in a virtualserver that work fine; next i have repeated all steps in the future server but in this not work .

the ftp server working with a virtual user, i have configured it manually; but the pluigin interface not working .

Enrico

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That’s not our module, but the person who brought it back to life a couple years ago (@RandomCamper) posted about it here: Vsftpd module revived

So, I tagged them, in hopes they’re around to answer questions.

It looks like that Perl module should be present in the Webmin module: https://github.com/rdmark/vsftpd-webmin/tree/2023-12-10/libvsftpdconfig

Maybe check your install to be sure the whole thing is there.

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ok I have make other check, i’m sorry but the webfarm have installed me not almalinux9.5 but almalinux9.6; i believe the problem is that. not compatible also with the package in the third part link indicated above. so i believe not solution about for the moment .
i can use vsftpd without configurations interface; it working for the moment, editing the configurations by ssh and accepting linux user for ftp .
i’ll install a new test server with almalinux9.6 and i’ll try to patch the package .

how can edit my initial post changing the os version from 9.5 to.96?

Thank you
Enrico

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No, that’s definitely not the problem. You can easily upgrade to Alma 9.6 from 9.5. But, that’s irrelevant, there is no difference between the two from a compatibility standpoint. What makes you think you need a hyper-specific version of the OS?

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to be honest i believe them have installed a standard almalinux9.6 but i’m not sure.

i can test to remove webmin and repeat all installations the second option is reinstalling the entire os

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Wait, did you get an OS with Webmin preinstalled? You should not do that, because hosting providers never get it right. I don’t know how they always fuck it up, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hosting provider successfully install any extra software.

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No, only the OS with connections ssh; i have installed webmin ad virtualmin many time, but in this case seem that i have done some error, or them have installed something that make problems, but i don’t know. the server is a dell, maybe the dell software can be a problem, i don’t know.
The farm usually propose me other panels that i don’t like; i use webmin from more of 12 years with satisfaction

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I think you’re looking in the wrong direction for problems. I doubt Dell software has any effect on Perl or Perl library paths. (But, I don’t know, I haven’t used any Dell software on a Linux system in decades.)

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My point is you’re trying to use something that is quite lightly maintained, hasn’t been touched in a few years. I don’t know that you should even expect it to work without updates.

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I get a different error after install onto almalinux 9, install went fine but getting these error.
I’ll have a play later.

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That’s a Perl module you can most easily install from the system package manager.

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Ok, I used dnf install perl-CGI and seems to all working.

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OK, then it’s something wrong with OPs system. But, it’s not the OS version (you’re using AlmaLinux 9, too…all 9.x versions should be the same in this regard).