1. What is MAM?
2. Screenshots
3. Downloading version 0.1.0
4. Mailing lists
5. Requirements
6. Installing MAM
7. Comments / Bugs / Misc.
8. Future additions
9. Changes
10. Credits

Mailing Lists

Requirements

1. Apache: You'll also need to know how to compile in mod_auth_mysql into your Apache httpd binary. Instructions for doing this are beyond the scope of this document. In fact, you don't really need mod_auth_mysql to run this thing, but MAM tends to be pretty pointless without it!
2. MySQL: The database server of choice for fast websites these days.
3. DBI: MAM uses DBI to chat with MySQL.
4. Scream::DBWrap: A GPL'd perl module included in the MAM distribution. It's a database wrapper.
5. You'll also need to use Netscape! Some of my Javascript code doesn't work with MSIE. I only use Linux, so you'll have to fix it if you want it to work with MSIE.

Installing MAM

$ tar xvfz mam-0.1.0.tar.gz

Next, you'll need to put the Scream::DBWrap module somewhere. You can put it in with your Perl libraries or another directory. If you're putting it in another directory (i.e. a directory that isn't in @INC), you'll need to uncomment the line in the mam.pl script that says this:

use lib ("/path/to/directory/");

Next, configure the mam.pl script. You'll need to supply a login to your MySQL server as well as which tables MAM should use for manipulating the use information. Mod_auth_mysql looks up its auth information in two tables: a user table and a group table. You'll specify these in the mam.pl script. It's obvious how to do all this by looking at mam.pl in a text editor.

All of the other perl modules that MAM uses are part of the standard perl distribution, so you should be all set.

I've tested MAM on Solaris 2.7 / perl 5.005_03 / Apache 1.3.(6|9) / MySQL 3.22.25 / DBI 1.08 / DBD::Mysql 1.22.

Comments

Future Additions

1. Getting MSIE to work nicely with the Javascript.
2. Adding a search feature.
3. Editing a group name or a user's name.

Changes

1. Initial release.

Credits