Folks, I've got a whine, and a problem.
1. whine - I'd greatly prefer if you'd use gzip instead of compress
(in fact I'd prefer an install that works the way gnu archives work), and
use a normal ftp address, so I can ftp the file directly to my server from
a terminal window.
I am generally running on a Macintosh, sometimes over an ISDN line, and
connect via ssh, telnet and/or xterm to my Solaris servers. Your download
link is an http address, which means I can only download through a browser.
So, I have two choices: Use Netscape to download onto my Mac, then ftp the
file back to the server. This is slow, and adds another link in the chain,
with various potential problems. Sometimes .Z files in particular don't
transfer through the Mac to unix well.
My alternative is to run Netscape on the server server in an X session
(over ssh-encrypted ISDN line - read "not fast") on my Mac, which adds all
the graphic whoopdedoo (and four minute startup under remote X over ISDN)
of Netscape, further clogging my connection.
2. My real problem - installation is totally failing. The install
script does the following. The weird thing is, that the files your script
creates in my htdocs directory have owner of 501 and group of 22, neither
of which are valid on this system. The only contents in htdocs/webinator
is bin/gw - none of the other files are there. There is no geturl file
anywhere. I am su - root, and I've made every file and directory possible,
world writable in desperation. I've also downloaded archive a couple of
times. The If I set the owner of the htdocs/webinator directory to www,
the next time I run install, it's owned by 501 again.
GEB
[Script runs normally to here:]
User:
www
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Installing Webinator files
Webinator files installed
/install: bin/geturl: not found
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I can't find /webinator/wstsbut.gif on http://localhost
Please enter the URL prefix to access the files under
/home/www0/htdocs on this machine.
Leave this blank to skip this check (at the risk of having broken images).
URL Prefix:
Skipping icon check at user request.
Configuring Webinator
/install: /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/gwpatch: not found
/install: /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/gwpatch: not found
/install: /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/gwpatch: not found
/install: /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/gwpatch: not found
chmod: WARNING: can't access /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/defindex.html
/install: /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/gwpatch: not found
chmod: WARNING: can't access /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/defsearch
Existing webinator/index.html preserved.
chown: /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/.master: No such file or directory
chown: /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/.master/*: No such file or directory
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Chown failed. Probably because you are not logged in
as root or gave a bad WEB server user id.
All of the files in /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/db MUST be
readable by the WEB server for searches to work.
YOU will have to ensure that the database files
are accessable.
The /home/www0/htdocs/webinator directory must be writable by the web server.
. Press ENTER to continue ...
mv: cannot access /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/webinator
mv: cannot access /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/texis
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Unable to install texis or webinator into /usr/local/www/cgi-bin .
You need to place the programs /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/texis
and /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/webinator
into a directory that your web server will run
cgi-bin programs from.
. Press ENTER to continue ...
Creating initial empty database
gw: Cannot find
Killed
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Database creation failed.
. Press ENTER to continue ...
/install: /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/texis: not found
chmod: WARNING: can't access /home/www0/htdocs/webinator/defsearch.vtx
Existing webinator/search script preserved.
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Installation complete
Index your WEB site with a command similar to this:
/home/www0/htdocs/webinator/bin/gw http://www.mysite.com
Access your index with a URL similar to this:
http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/search/
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