On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Tim Sellar wrote:
> The perl issue can be addressed by including a version of Perl in the skel
> which has been built from source. That way, you can specify the directories
> it will use. We need to identify the directory structure Perl should use
> within the virtual servers (any suggestions?) and then I can see about
> getting the changes made.
>
As providers we should include some of the "most common" perl
packages... those should be in a "traditional" location like usr/lib/perl5
But the admins should be able to install aditional packages (at their own
"expense" in as much as disk space), and those then would need to be in a
directory like /usr/local/perl5
the trick is that perl needs to be able to look at both to determine if it
has a package... and also /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/CPAN.pm probably needs to
be modify in such a way that install to /usr/local/perl5 as default.
any other arrangment will make backup a nightmare! (in our failed intent
to upgrade... we lost some files from one of the vs's that were in
/root... we forgot that admin has right on it :(((
if we could set up something were we give some of the packages, but the
client has a way to install aditional packages that could be needed with
some of the cgi scripts... life will be easier and the clients will be
happier :)
> With regard to using OA in sendmail, I still have not had a chance to look
> into this. Is it connected to the problem some people have reported of being
> unable to email between virtual servers? Or is it just to resolve those
> 'gethostbyaddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx failed: 1' errors?
>
the gethostbyaddress is a major point... when I have questions that need
to be answer looking at the logs... I need to: grep -v getthosbyaddres
maillog > newlog ... if not it is realy impossible to look at it! (beside
of the consumptions of tons of MB's.)
I also have a feeling that will solve many of the sendmail problems
discussed on the list.. but's only a gut feeling ;)
other thing that we are interested is in the possibilitie to run another
MTA in some of the VS's (like exim.. I like it a lot... an a prospective
client mentioned Lyris both as an MTA and a listserver)... or not tu run
any MTA in other vs's.
Thanks for all your support!
cheers!
Marcos
> Tim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marcos Rubinstein
> > ALPA WWW
> > Sent: 07 April 2001 03:18
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: PreBuilt Distro
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Tim Sellar wrote:
> > -------------------8<snip,snip,snip>8-------------------
> > >
> > > The question I have for the list now is, what do you want to see in the
> > > skels? Do people want RedHat based skels? What applications are
> > required?
> > > What configurations?
> > -------------------8<snip,snip,snip>8-------------------
> >
> > Tim... all other I leave to urivan... my main issue would be perl.
> >
> > I would like that in the vs the admins will be able to install new modules
> > in something like /usr/local/perl...
> >
> > I notice that a common request from the clients is the abilitie to
> > install aditional modules for perl...
> >
> > this aditional modules *need* to be in something like /usr/local/perl, not
> > only because of permissions, but also to be able to do backups!
> >
> > Another small issue is what I posted in freevsd-devel the other day... the
> > possibilitie of using OA in sendmail, in such a way that sendmail binds to
> > specific ip addresses.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Marcos
>
