Linux redhat installation problem

megacopy · Post by **megacopy** » Thu Dec 27, 2001 7:05 pm

I have tried two time to install webinator 4 with red had kernel 2.2 but each time I get error message from test scripts of install. my cgi path is: /../../cgi-bin and my url is : http://mydomain.com/cgi-bin/ , but the message says he can not find the url and path.
Could some one help with linux installation?
Happy new year to every one and regards

Post by **Kai** » Thu Dec 27, 2001 7:24 pm

Can you provide a screen copy of your install session (mark the message private if you wish)? Your CGI path is unusual; the install script expects an absolute path with no relative components like `..' (unless you've just deleted them in your message).

harold@dovesystems · Post by **harold@dovesystems** » Thu Dec 27, 2001 11:17 pm

Getting my Red Hat 7.1 machine back up again and attempting to install Webinator, I get the following:

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CGI dir [ENTER for /home/harold/public_html/cgi-bin]:

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What is the prefix for CGI URLs (the part of the URL before the program)?
o You may enter a URL, such as http://kauko.hallikainen.org
kauko.hallikainen.org/cgi-bin
if your site uses virtual hosts or a port other than 80. The site
must reside on this machine (the one running the install).
o Or you can enter just a URL path such as /cgi-bin (assumes host above)
o Or enter /newdir to start over with a new CGI directory instead.

CGI URL prefix [ENTER for http://kauko.hallikainen.org]: http://www.hallikainen.
org/cgi-bin/
http://www.hallikainen.org/cgi-bin/ is not a full path. Try again.
CGI URL prefix [ENTER for http://kauko.hallikainen.org]: /cgi
Directory /cgi does not exist.
CGI URL prefix [ENTER for http://kauko.hallikainen.org]: http://www.hallikainen.
org/~harold/cgi-bin
http://www.hallikainen.org/~harold/cgi-bin is not a full path. Try again.
CGI URL prefix [ENTER for http://kauko.hallikainen.org]: http://www.hallikainen.
org/cgi-bin
http://www.hallikainen.org/cgi-bin is not a full path. Try again.

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My cgi's are in /home/harold/public_html/cgi-bin

I have my script alias set up so scripts there can be accessed at

http://www.hallikainen.org/cgi-bin/program.cgi

For example,

http://www.hallikainen.org/cgi-bin/sect ... on=73.1400

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Harold

Post by **Kai** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 12:43 pm

This seems like a possible problem with the install script, as it should be accepting the URL you gave. We've just fixed a related issue that should help; try re-downloading the Linux version and re-installing. (If this is a non-free version, contact tech support and open a ticket.)

harold@dovesystems · Post by **harold@dovesystems** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 1:14 pm

When did you JUST fix it? I downloaded this last night!

Thanks!

Harold

harold@dovesystems · Post by **harold@dovesystems** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 4:02 pm

I just tried downloading an untarring it again. Looks like the problem is still there. Any ideas? Should I dig into the install script and disable that check?

THANKS!

Harold

megacopy · Post by **megacopy** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 4:47 pm

I just downloaded one for kernel 2.2 now and still I get the same problem:

"Checking dir with a web fetch ... failed, will try again
The response from the web server was : HTTP:/1.1 403 forbidden
Trying again with file ...*** Failed ***
The URL http://www.yourdomainame.com/cgi-bin/te ... html?-dump could not be fetched.
Possibly the CGI extension (.cgi) is wrong.
The server response from the web server was :
HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error"

and from my server log I can see this:

"[Fri Dec 28 22:32:16 2001] [error] [client ***.***.***.***] Symbolic link not allowed: /home/httpd/www.mydomainame.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi
texis.cgi: error in loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[Fri Dec 28 22:32:16 2001] [error] [client ***.**.***.**] Premature end of script headers: /home/httpd/www.mydomainame.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi"
Could some one please help?
I have a commercial webinator 2.5 and before upgrading, I would like to test the new version.
Thanks
Mashadi

Post by **John** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 5:10 pm

Depending on your Linux distribution you should either install the libncurses.so.4 package, or you can download it from: ftp://ftp.thunderstone.com/pub/linux/libncurses.so.4.2

harold@dovesystems · Post by **harold@dovesystems** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 12:33 am

The "is not a full path name" problem, above # 3, appears to only be a problem on RH 7.1. I have another machine with RH7.2 and it installed fine. I then copied the files over to my RH7.1 machine, and all is running fine. I'm using the RH7.1 machine online since it has a hardware RAID array. Unfortunately, there is not yet a driver for the RAID controller for RH7.2, just 7.1. So... Something about RH7.1 doesn't like the install script...

Harold

Post by **Kai** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 10:55 am

We uploaded a new distribution with the fix just minutes before I posted, so only your later download would have it. It fixed a sed-related quoting issue that we thought might fix the "is not a full path name" problem.

On further review of your session transcript, the install script might have had a problem with your Apache config. Can you post all ScriptAlias and/or AddHandler cgi-script line(s) in your *.conf files? This might help us diagnose the problem.