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Re: [mv] Installation Woes
Miller McClure wrote:
> Newbie problems. If anyone can give me a hand I would appreciate it
> immensely. I chose this solution over having my client spend $15,000 on a
> Microsoft alternative (which they were willing to do), mostly because I like
> the open source philosophy, but I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure
> what I've done wrong.
>
> Basically, I'm getting the "Minivend server unavailable" error, which the
> Minivend FAQ explains is pretty much the most common error and is almost
> always a permissions problem. I'm fairly new to administrating Linux, so I'm
> not completely positive if my permissions setup is bulletproof, but I
> *think* I've got everything right.
>
> The Minivend server is running as a non-superuser user, and the "simple" cgi
> is set up as a setuid. All of the Minivend files and directories themselves
> are owned by the same non-su user that controls the Minivend daemon. I
> thought that the ScriptAlias directory might be suspect, but I've tested it
> with a trivial CGI script and that works.
>
> I'm running under the UNIX protocol. I've tried copying tlink to
> /usr/httpd/cgi-bin/simple, but that ain't workin' either.
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I may not be able to help but I noticed the time of the e-mail, so I
guess You are a night owl.I did not reply via the list but you should,
as they will not be able to assist with the info you have given.
Some basics please.
What Linux are you using? Version?
What httpd server are you using?
Is the server remotely hosted?
If so, do you have shell access to the server? Telenet?
What version of perl is installed?
What version of Minivend are you using?
Did you install the MiniVend as root?
Did you get errors or messages when the catalog was configured?
Did you configure the catalog using makecat or the GUI configurator.
Did you try restarting the MV server manually after configuring the
catalog?
Believe me this info will help a lot.
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John Foster
AdVance-Computing Systems
jfoster@augustmail.com
ICQ# 19460173
