2-Oct-2006

PHP under WASD
I just installed PHP under the new webserver - using SWS's PHP engine. Just follow the description, nothing fancy up to now, and it all looks good for the moment.
Had the very same trouble in getting the MySQL 4 extension up and running but looking to the original remarks on Jean-Francois Pieronne's website, it tuned out that

$ DEFINE/SYS/EXEC /NOLOG LIBZ_SHR32 sys$library:libzshr32-1_2_3_ev56.exe
$ DEFINE/SYS/EXEC /NOLOG LIBSSL sys$library:OPENSSL098A_LIBSSL_SHR32.exe
$ DEFINE/SYS/EXEC /NOLOG LIBCRYPTO sys$library:OPENSSL098A_LIBCRYPTO_SHR32.EXE

will just do the trick. Now look for an RdB module (It is there, I know, but now looking for it)

For the rest
It's more trouble keeping the PC's up to date than anything else (mine, and others). The VMS boxes just run without any problem.
No real security issues. I have re-enabled the stricter rules on the mailserver and that blocks quite a lot of traffic. Bad , and some good. Oh well....


I have VMS 8.3 at hand - as a zip file. Still to create a disk to isntall it!