----- Original Message ----- From: Ho-Sheng Hsiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [SL] Can I have some help please?
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:18:12AM +0100, Scott Taylor wrote: > > There are 6 httpd threads running (1 root and 5 scott). > > Yeah. You run httpd as root and it SUID into scott. OK > > > I had a previous sql-ledger in /usr/local/www/sql-ledger and only > > this has a members directory. The current /usr/local/sql-ledger has > > none...if it should then why hasn't this come from the install? > > That tells me that there's something to do with the configuration file > you haven't disclosed. If I have left out something from the config file, then I am not aware of it. > > > There is more than one httpd file but I don't think this is a > > problem because when I run httpd -v it returns the correct apache > > version. > > This is so weird. You mean to tell me that you installed different > versions of httpd, too? It sounds like you tried to do a custom > compile of apache (without cleaning up the old copy?). Exactly what > distro are you using? > I had 1.3.23 then 2.0.39, but because of the logrotate problem in RH 7.3 I had to install latest 1.3.27. > > Unfortunately, this is a stand alone system and I have nothing to > > compare it. I really love using SQL Ledger but the installation > > process is one of the worse I have seen in Linux (I have installed > > this 3 times over the last year and always have major problems) > > By "I really love using SQL Ledger" I can assume you've used > SQL-ledger before. Was that system working? Would you be able to > access your friend (?) system and check out how it's set up? Would you > be able to copy those files and clean out the old stuff? > Yes I was using SL with no problems, until I was forced to change my Apache version because of logrotate. All 3 installs of SL have been on my machine so there is nothing to compare, because I installed 1.8.7 over the top of 1.8.4 in /usr/local/sql-ledger. I still have 1.8.2 in /usr/local/www/sql-ledger though. > Keep in mind that your httpd.conf might be pointing to the copy of > /usr/local/sql-ledger which has none. Your logs alternate between > permission denied and a none-existant directory which suggests a > confusion between those directories. I don't know how you got an > installation that doesn't have a members directory, though it is > required if you want to actually use it. > If I unpack SL over the top of /usr/local/sql-ledger again would this work? > As for your comment about the installation process of SQL-ledger and > linux ... that gets into some deep existential philosophy that > ultimatey, if you want personal freedom, you pay with personal > responsibility: Microsoft gets the chum to cough up money because the > chum thinks he will have his hands held, even if it's not true. If > you're going to be quirky about it and don't want to pay for it, > you're on your own. > Fair comment > My persional opinion is that you and computers have bad vibes, and > they simply refuse to cooperate. The computers prefer being rude, and are > generally obnoxious to you, but that sounds too wishy-washy for > something that's ostensibly the pentultimate in logical determinism. > Even if anthromorphosizing the computer is still true :-) > Fair comment. > Scott, I've seen several people telling you exactly what you can do, > including the magical ritual of making httpd run under apache:apache, > (called, 'taking the defaults', especially if you're running a > well-put-together distro like Redhat or Debian) and I've told you that > it works for more reasons other than security. But you're set in your > ways and assume that there must be some logical way to get what you > want to do to work -- and there is -- that kind of tinkering is beyond > the scope of the "basics" and require some empathy (yes, empathy) for > the computer, in order to grasp the system as a whole. It's the kind > of stuff that professional people are willing to get paid for. If you > want, you can ship the computer to my address, and I can fix it up for > you, including running it under the quirky scott:scott, and I'll send > it back to you in working order with a bill for $100/hr of my time, > and shipping costs. I'm sure there's others on this group who's > willing to do that for much less. > On the contrary, I am not set in my ways. Everyone has said that I can run it as apache, nobody or something else that does not have root permission because it doesn't matter as long as you are consistent. Having failed under apache I was merely trying something else. > Otherwise, you have two options: (1) install a fresh copy of Apache > (and if you're using redhat, that means doing "rpm -ivh > apache-packagename.rpm", and if you're using Debian, that means > "apt-get install httpd" and NOT a custom compile, because it seems to > me you're not skilled enough for that), running under nobody/nobody or > apache/apache, and if it STILL doesn't work, and you've exhausted the > README and the docs, then I'm sure more people will warm up to your > plight. > What makes you think something is wrong with Apache? It is running fine. Sounds like SL is the problem if there is no members directory. Should I unpack another file on my SL directory? Scott > Or, (2) give up, and run a copy of Quickbooks. > > -Qaexl- > > http://www.next-horizons.com/qaexl/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: viaVerio will pay you up to > $1,000 for every account that you consolidate with us. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4749864;7604308;v? > http://www.viaverio.com/consolidator/osdn.cfm > ------------------------------------------------------- > (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users > Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: viaVerio will pay you up to $1,000 for every account that you consolidate with us. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4749864;7604308;v? http://www.viaverio.com/consolidator/osdn.cfm ------------------------------------------------------- (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
