Question

I get the following error when i try to create new users. Software error: Undefined subroutine &Digest::SHA1::sha1 called at c:\twiki\bin\register line 200.

please help.

• TWiki version:01 dec 2001
• Web server:apache 1.3.27
• Server OS:Win 2000
• Web browser: IE 5.5
• Client OS: Win 2000

-- TWikiGuest - 25 Nov 2002

Answer

See the WindowsInstallCookbook - this module is included in the step where Perl modules are installed.

Also, since you are on Win2000, see InstallDigestSHA1Fails in particular - the last comment has some info on how to set the TEMP variable, which is necessary for this module to work. This is already covered in the cookbook, so the best advice is to make sure you follow this.

-- RichardDonkin - 25 Nov 2002

HI ! i re-read the perl mmodules section again , and tried to do a "install Net::SMTP " from cpan prompt....but then i always end up with the following ....

LWP not available

Trying with "/usr/bin/ncftpget" to get
    http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/win95/Standard/x86/authors/01mailrc
NcFTPGet 3.1.4

Usages:
  ncftpget [flags] remote-host local-dir remote-path-names...   (mode
  ncftpget -f login.cfg [flags] local-dir remote-path-names...  (mode
  ncftpget [flags] ftp://url.style.host/path/name               (mode
  ncftpget -c [flags] remote-host remote-path-name > stdout (mode 4)
  ncftpget -c [flags] ftp://url.style.host/path/name > stdout (mode 5)

Flags:
  -u XX  Use username XX instead of anonymous.
  -p XX  Use password XX with the username.
  -P XX  Use port number XX instead of the default FTP service port (2
  -d XX  Use the file XX for debug logging.
  -a     Use ASCII transfer type instead of binary.
  -t XX  Timeout after XX seconds.
  -v/-V  Do (do not) use progress meters.
  -f XX  Read the file XX for host, user, and password information.
  -A     Append to local files, instead of overwriting them.
  -z/-Z  Do (do not) not try to resume downloads (default: -z).
  -E     Use regular (PORT) data connections.
  -F     Use passive (PASV) data connections (default).
  -DD    Delete remote file after successfully downloading it.
  -b     Run in background (submit job to "ncftpbatch" and run).
:

Please suggest.

.....

Hi ! with reagrds to the above , i could find out the error.though it may seem silly to u guys but , not knowing perl it was a great find for me... actually the twiki/bin/register script has a # in front of require Digest::SHA1; on line 27. i removed that # and all worked fine...

regards

-- TWikiGuest - 27 Nov 2002

Hi - I assume the ncftpget problem is still there? (I added some <verbatim> tags around the program output, btw) If so, have a look at this email digest and also try doing the following in the Cygwin shell if you are behind a typical NAT-based firewall - this forces Net::FTP to use passive FTP:

$ export FTP_PASSIVE=1

o conf
o conf ncftpget ''
o conf
o conf commit