Re: Do I have to create stores as user "root" and nothing else?

[hutch@cix.compulink.co.uk (Robert Hutchinson)]

In-Reply-To: <3791DF3F.4124F665@stanford.edu>
In article <3791DF3F.4124F665@stanford.edu>, kyle.chen@stanford.edu (Kyle 
D. Chen) wrote:

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> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I am a new user of minivend, so please excuse me if this question has 
> been answered
> before.
> 
> I am trying to install minivend onto my system using an account other 
> than "root"
> without success.  I am using a superuser account with root access 
> already.  So I
> finally gave up and installed it as user "root."  Then the system does 
> not allow me to
> create stores other than user "root."  It doesn't seem to make sense 
> that minivend
> requires "root" to do installation and store creation, because that 
> would make remote
> administration impossible.
> 
> I must have done something incorrectly.  Please help!!!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Kyle

Well, I am not sure where the problem lies, but here is how I installed mv 
on my linux box. 
Running as root, create a new user eg mvadmin
login as mvadmin
download and unpack minivend-latest.tar.gz
install into /home/mvadmin/mvend (or whatever)
catalogs in /home/mvadmin/catalogs (or whatever)
if you want the catalogs to run in your user space
(/home/mvadmin/public-html or whatever) then no problem, 
just make sure you have your own cgi-bin.
If you want to put the catalogs into the server's document and 
cgi-bin space then you might have to fiddle with file permissions. 
You might not have permission to write to mydomain.com/cgi-bin, 
for instance. Same goes for images and the 'enter store' files. 
I get around this by making the cgi-bin writable by anyone (not safe)
and putting it back when I have finished. since my linux box is only
accessed by me for developing minivend that's ok but not on for publicly 
accessed
servers.
Tell us more about your setup. Are you developing mv on a local server? (a 
good idea)


Bye :-)=
hutch@cix.co.uk