Re: Installation Error

[Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com>]

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Well John, if we're getting a permission denied error, I'd make sure that
the uid that runs minivend is the owner of every file in the minivend
distribution.  I've never seen that particular error, but permissions are
very important.

At 01:26 PM 3/8/99 , John Foster wrote:
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>
>This is my first effort to get Minivend running and I have a question.
> I have not been able to find the cause of this error message in the
>documentation. Any help would be appreciated.
>System: Linux Dist. Debian Slink SMP i586
>kernel: Version 2.2
>Perl ver. 5.00404
>
>I have installed the miniVend Server and build the simple catalog no
>problem until the script tries to start the server or if I try to
>restart it. I get this message.
>
>""
>MiniVend V3.11
>_mv_admin config error: Could not create
>'/home/frosty/mvend/admin/products/new_database.gdbm': Permission denied
>at /home/frosty/mvend/lib/Vend/Data.pm line 428
>
>
>_mv_admin: error in configuration. Skipping.
>_mv_admin: config error. Skipping.
>Configuring catalog simple...done.
>MiniVend server started in INET and UNIX mode(s) (process id 3443)
>bash-2.01$ 
>""
>
>I do not know how to proceed from here.
>If I try the catalog access command
>"http://www.myserver.com/simple"
>the index page of the demo catalog opens OK.
>If I try to go to one of the items the message is returned after approx
>60sec. that the server is busy , or not working, try back later.
>Thanks in advance and I hope that this endeavor will be met with the
>level of assistance the I have thus far experienced in the Linux
>community.
>Thanks
>John
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