Thanks so much for your contributions/additions to this! Using this script (and some of the advice contained therein), is what was able to finally get me up and running.
My problems I was detailing in this thread:
http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31235 I believe were mostly caused by me having missing links/files in my server directory.
It is also worth noting to beginners that if they plan on running their own login server, they will have to link/copy login.ini (believe it's in source/EQEmuLoginServer/login_util/) to their server directory (at least that's what I had to do). It might sound obvious, but none of the Linux tutorials I was working through ever mentioned that. Also missing from the Linux tutorials were how to set up the database for the login server.
I think it would be a good idea to add to this script and possibly add even more automation for things such as sourcing databases, but I suppose that is highly dependent on one user's needs, and maybe unnecessary. If I make any such additions, I will be sure to repost it here.
Thanks again!