well strangely enough, no I don't recall seeing that hash lines for each
third party package,,,, Im just running it right now,,, nope
its not installing the 3rd party rpms.
At 05:35 PM 4/6/01 +0100, you wrote:
>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
