Where is your binary "nsd" and how are you specifying the path to this file?
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From: "Mr. Source Forge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:16 AM
Subject: [AOLSERVER] [ aolserver-Support Requests-428099 ] Please Help a
newbie
> Support Requests item #428099, was updated on 2001-05-28 16:35
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> Category: First-Time Startup
> Group: None
> Status: Open
> Resolution: None
> Priority: 5
> Submitted By: Henry Devito (daddyd234)
> Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
> Summary: Please Help a newbie
>
> Initial Comment:
> I'm setting up aolserver on Red Hat Linux 7.1. I have
> installed it compiled it but I cannot get nsd to run.
> It says bash:nsd: command not found... any help would
> be appreciated. Please e-mail me if you can at:
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> Comment By: Dossy (dossy)
> Date: 2001-05-28 20:16
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> Message:
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> Assuming you are still testing using the nobody user and
> nogroup group, do this:
>
> # cd /usr/local/aolserver
>
> # chown -R nobody:nogroup log servers
>
> Make the log and the servers directory (and all of its
> subdirectories) owned by the effective user/group of the
> nsd process. This way, it can write to the directories.
>
> Then, try starting nsd up again. -- Dossy
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> Comment By: Henry Devito (daddyd234)
> Date: 2001-05-28 19:12
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> I tried what you described but I get several error messages
> the first failed to open pid file... 'permission denied'
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> Comment By: Dossy (dossy)
> Date: 2001-05-28 17:21
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> This doesn't sound like an AOLserver problem, but rather
> a "learn how to execute things outside of your PATH
> variable" problem.
>
> Presuming you did a "make install", the default install
> path is /usr/local/aolserver. So, from a root prompt:
>
> # cd /usr/local/aolserver
>
> # bin/nsd8x -u nobody -g nogroup -ft sample-config.tcl
>
> Then, fire up http://hostname:8000/ in a browser
> (replace "hostname" with either the name, or IP address, of
> the server running AOLserver).
>
> This will hopefully get you started. Change "nobody" to
> the username you want the webserver to run as,
> and "nogroup" to the group you want the webserver to run
> as. I recommend creating a user "www" and group "www" and
> then making the webserver run as that user/group.
>
> When you get your config the way you want, take the "-f"
> out of the "-ft" and the nsd process will put itself into
> the background at start-up. Kill the process this way:
>
> # bin/nsd8x -u nobody -g nogroup -ft sample-config.tcl -K
>
> (Basically, run the same command you would to start the
> server except add the "-K" option at the end -- which seems
> to have become an "undocumented feature" to some degree, as
> it doesn't show up in the usage text when running nsd with
> no args.)
>
> I'm going to close this support ticket -- if this simple
> walk-through doesn't solve your problem, re-open the ticket
> and add more details about your problem.
>
> - Dossy
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