Hello Kevin,
When you do you're vsd-genskel.pl, do you get a section saying:
Installing third party pkgs...? Its just that the freevsd-pkgs rpm, in
the post install section, modifies freevsd.conf to include the @add_ons
line. It is this line that makes genskel install the vsd specific rpms.
Now, I'm afraid that I don't know if the source freevsd.conf includes
this line (I don't think it does) and can see that causing a whole heap
of problems.
Please keep us informed if you try again on a RH7 box, and even more so
with the ready made skels. You're trying something we've been dieing to
do for ages, RH skel on a non RH box. Excellent.
Damion.
Kevin Druet wrote:
>
> No I have not managed to get the installation to work.
>
> I have read and reread the installation information and am unable to get
> everything to work as well as it does in 1.4.5
>
> here is quickly what I am doing,
>
> rpm -ivh freevsd-pkgs*.rpm
> cd /usr/share/freevsd/pkgs
> rpm -ivh openssl-0.9.5*.rpm
> rpm -ivh openssl-devel*.rpm
>
> I untar the source,
> autoconf; autoheader
> ./configure --enable-addons --with-openssl
> make install
>
> vsd-install.pl
>
> vsd-genskel.pl
>
> then I try to make a create a host, and its pretty much all down hill from
> there. I will be trying again tonight with a pre built skel on a Debian
> base system.
>
> Regards,
> Kevin Druet
>
> At 04:22 PM 4/6/01 +0100, you wrote:
> >Kevin,
> >
> >Just curious. Have you got 1.4.7-1 successfully installed?
> >
> >Tim
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Druet
> > > Sent: 03 April 2001 17:26
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: 1.4.7 is yet another flop
> > >
> > >
> > > well the beer has worked,,, Im in an all round generally better
> > > mood today,
> > > albeit im in 4 hours late, im sure you can imagine it was a tough
> > > morning....
> > >
> > > I read through the emails and first let me apologize to the list for
> > > sounding like a ridiculous fool, I do that often, and according to the
> > > people who work for me I do it well.
> > >
> > > Now regarding the installation, I have read through the readme
> > > files that I
> > > used to install (I think they were from 1.4.6 release) and I see nothing
> > > regarding the installation path, my concern at the time was just simply
> > > moving them , did any part of the system look for them in the
> > > previous path ?
> > >
> > > the rpms, no, they were not installed on the host server, except
> > > for the 2
> > > openssl rpms,
> > >
> > > as far as the trouble logging in,
> > >
> > > This is rather hilarious, it seems that as luck would have it,
> > > my default
> > > installation of red hat not being patched with any errata fixes,
> > > was broken
> > > into in the first 20 minutes of being "born" and the person who had done
> > > this had changed the group passwd and shadow files, as well as dropped 2
> > > rather cool binaries into /etc/rc.d/rc3.d one was creating an ssh
> > > connection to his own server via ssh and the other was sniffing passwords
> > > off the network, and sending them to him via the ssh connection.
> > > I believe
> > > that he had installed a few other patched prorgrams as well, BIND was
> > > working on ports 53 and 2486 and I had a couple of entries in etc
> > > services,
> > > one on port 1724 and few others, I believe that the patched binaries and
> > > scripts were were conflicting heavily with freeVSD.
> > >
> > > I again I apologize for venting on the list, to work I go.
> > >
> > > I will reinstall everything tonight after the users are done trying to
> > > break my will for the day.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Kevin Druet
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 10:06 AM 4/3/01 +0100, you wrote:
> > > >Kevin,
> > > >
> > > >Thank you for your comments. If I may correct you on all of them...
> > > >
> > > >When installing from RPM, binaries will be placed in /usr/sbin and
> > > >configuration into /etc. This is consistent with standard practice.
> > > >When installing from SOURCE, binaries will by default be placed in
> > > >/usr/local/sbin and configuration into /usr/local/etc. Again, this is
> > > >consistent with standard practice. It also made abundantly clear in the
> > > >installation documentation which, from your comments, you do not
> > > appear to
> > > >have read.
> > > >
> > > >The error you are reporting - 'vsd_priv access' and an inability
> > > to log into
> > > >your server - sounds like an error which was reported on the support list
> > > >recently:
> > > >http://www.freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support/2001
> >/Mar/0324.h
> > >tml. You will find an explanation of the problem there.
> > >
> > >You may find the final reply informative as well:
> > >http://www.freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support/2001/Mar/0332.
> >h
> > >tml
> > >
> > >
> > >If this does not resolve the problems you are experiencing, please get back
> > >to us, and we may assist further.
> > >
> > >Tim
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Druet
> > > > Sent: 03 April 2001 04:31
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: 1.4.7 is yet another flop
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So I can live with the vince thing, thats kinda funny,,,
> > > >
> > > > I used the tar.gz this time so that I could install the addons
> > > > for openssl,
> > > >
> > > > I followed the instructions to the letter as I always do,
> > > >
> > > > and now I cant even login to the server, a "blip" comes up so
> > > > quickly that
> > > > I cant read the whole thing, but what I think I get a glimpse of is
> > > >
> > > > vsd_priv access
> > > >
> > > > I dont mean to come off sounding rude or ignorant but dont you
> > > > people test
> > > > this stuff before you call it a release ?
> > > >
> > > > The GPL is good for development, and as such we expect bugs, but not
> > > > trivial frig ups and incomplete software, the GPL is supposed to
> > > > aid in the
> > > > development, not relinquish responsibility because no one pays for it.
> > > >
> > > > further to my list of gripes I noticed that the default path that the
> > > > tar.gz installs the binary and config files is not even native to RH
> > > >
> > > > /usr/local/sbin I believe is where all the binary files wound up and the
> > > > vsd.conf file ended up in /usr/local/etc. had this software been
> > > > meant for
> > > > any other distro, I would call this a defective user issue, but as this
> > > > software has been built around RH 6.2 and since thats the distro
> > > > im using I
> > > > feel that my gripes are valid.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Im off to the pub to dowse the flames, g'night all
