Re: [mv] Solved!

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

At 04:29 PM 9/13/1999 , Miller McClure wrote:
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>Got it solved! Thanks so much for your help!
>
>Yes, it was all there in the documentation, but those of you that responded
>helped out quite a bit by reminding to check this and that.
>
>I had installed MiniVend as root and that was the first problem. There were
>all kinds of permissions issues. I ended up creating a dedicated minivend
>user, configuring all the permissions correctly and using the tlink file for
>the simple catalog cgi instead of vlink.
>
>I've learned a ton just from installing the damn thing. But is it just me or
>does anyone else think that the documentation basically sucks? All of the
>information is there, but in a kind of terse format that makes it really
>tough to skim. You have to really READ it, and while I'm sure some of you

	Yup, I've read it over and over and hilighted and post-it noted...

>will chastise me for stating what should be the obvious, I think the package
>could really benefit from some excellent docs that covered the bases a
>little more thoroughly, perhaps with a step-by-step approach. I love Linux

	There is a documentation project going -- I'm currently a bit out of step
with it, as I took a month vacation to Europe and left my brain on the
plane (in Spain).

>and I really like MiniVend now that I've gotten it up and running, but damn;
>if Windows is Kansas then for the last three days I've been a long way from
>home with some girl's little damned dog following me everywhere.

	Eventually it will start to make sense.  My minivend has been running
without difficulty for almost 1 year and has more than paid for itself.
*snicker*

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