Webmin is the answer to your problem (letting that guy manage just certain
aspects of the server)
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 9:01 AM
Subject: [EUG-LUG:2604] Re: apache logs...
> I think, after Neil and Seth looked at it, we decided that I need to
> give the www group write permissions for the file.
>
> As far as upgrading to the latest OpenBSD, that's going to be a
> different kind of project... I'm going to do it on slightly better
> hardware, use IMAP mail, install phpgroupware, and try to get the office
> out from under the thumb of our POS NT server. The only reason this
> server is still around is because they use MS Messaging and calandar
> functions in Outlook and it's the file server. If I can offer an
> alternative as flexable as my description, maybe I can toss that thing.
> I also need to come up with a super easy way for the guy who babysits
> the NT server to manage a file server and backups on the same box, or
> another Linux or BSD box.
>
> Normally I would probably automate the whole thing. However, this is
> sort of a political issue. If this guy retains a certain amount of
> control over the CAD files and backup procedures, the CAD users are
> comfortable with him, and it gives me another guy in my court when it
> comes to other things... I probably manage people more than I do Unix
> =P
>
> Tim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Jacob Meuser
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 6:24 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2599] Re: apache logs...
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 04:23:19PM -0700, Tim Howe wrote:
> > > Man, I'm finding nothing but problems today...
> > >
> > > Weeks after I added the line
> > > TransferLog "|rotatelogs /var/www/logs/access_log 86400"
> > > to my httpd.conf file and restarted the server, no logs
> > have rotated...
> > >
> > Did you comment out CustomLog ?
> >
> > 9 month old binaries? Come on, this is OpenBSD! ;P
> >
> > # shutdown now
> > # cd /newroot
> > # tar zxpf /cdrom/2.9/i386/etc29.tgz
> > # diff -r etc /etc |less
> > <replace or edit as necessary>
> > # diff -r root /root |less
> > <replace or edit as necessary>
> > # diff -r var /var |less
> > <replace or edit as necessary>
> > # cd /
> > # tar zxpf /cdrom/2.9/i386/{base,man}29.tgz
> > # reboot
> >
> > It only takes about 10-15 minutes. A log of what files you have
> > modified and /etc/rc.conf.local can speed things up considerably.
> >
> > Don't forget to update your pkgs, too. I think I have a script here
> > somewhere for that.
> >
> > --
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> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
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