[ic] The dreaded 'undefined catalog' error, not as easy as it sounds...

Robert Trembath robert@ishoptech.com
Thu, 5 Apr 2001 06:33:15 -0500


This is true the owner needs to be interch. That seems to be the only way
I've gotten it to work.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Webb, Malcolm" <malcolmw@upshot.com>
To: <interchange-users@lists.akopia.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 2:54 AM
Subject: RE: [ic] The dreaded 'undefined catalog' error, not as easy as it
sounds...


> Hi Jason-
>
> When you ran makecat, did you ask it to have the owner of your catalog be
a
> user other than the ic user? If so, that may be the source of your
problem.
>
> I think I encountered this error and solved the problem by changing the
> ownership of a file (products.txt?) to be owned by the ic user. Although
> that solved this particular problem, I then ran into a host of other
errors.
> Eventually, I ended up just changing ownership of all the newly created
> files to the ic user, and things are working fine now.
>
> ===========================================
> Malcolm Webb
>
>
> ===========================================
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Timm [mailto:jason@itchoices.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 12:38 AM
> To: interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
> Subject: [ic] The dreaded 'undefined catalog' error, not as easy as it
> sounds...
>
>
> Hello...
>
> I am using IC 4.6.4 on RH Linux 7.0 with Perl 5.6.  This machine is
> dedicated for IC.
>
> I have IC installed and running now, but am having the dreaded error:
>
> Undefined catalog: /cgi-bin/store
>
> Now, I know that everyone is thinking, "Didn't he read the archives?", and
> the answer is yes.  I mean, I know that it is probably something simple to
> fix, but I am having a hard time with it so any help or suggestions would
be
> appreciated.
>
> Using makecat seems to go ok, and when restarting IC, it says:
>
> -----
> Killing Interchange server 1231 with TERM.
> Low traffic settings.
> Calling UI....
> ...UI is loaded....
> Interchange V4.6.4
> Configuring catalog alstore...Using default DBM database.
> done.
> Configuring catalog construct...Using default DBM database.
> done.
> Configuring catalog store...Using default DBM database.
> done.
> Configuring catalog tutorial...done.
> Interchange server started in INET and UNIX mode(s) (process id 1271)
> Continuing in UNIX MODE ONLY
> -----
>
> I am trying to get 'store' running.  It seems to know the catalog is
there,
> but not when I go to /cgi-bin/store - it gives the undefined catalog
> message.
>
> I have tried messing with things in the interchange.cfg file (the
aliases),
> but nothing seems to work.  Here is how it currently stands:
>
> -----
> #Catalog   construct /var/lib/interchange/catalogs/construct
> /cgi-bin/construct
> Catalog       construct /var/lib/interchange/construct /cgi-bin/construct
> /cons$
> Catalog       tutorial /var/lib/interchange/tutorial /cgi-bin/tutorial
> Catalog       store /var/lib/interchange/store /cgi-bin/store
> Catalog       alstore /var/lib/interchange/alstore /cgi-bin/alstore.cgi
> -----
>
> Here is the catalog directory:
>
> -----
> drwxrwsr-x   15 interch  interch      1024 Apr  4 22:48 alstore
> drwxrwsr-x   15 interch  interch      1024 Oct  6  2000 construct
> drwxrwsr-x   15 interch  interch      1024 Apr  4 22:17 store
> drwxrwsr-x   15 interch  interch      1024 Apr  4 16:20 test
> drwxrwsr-x    6 interch  interch      1024 Apr  4 14:29 tutorial
> -----
>
> Are there certain file or directory permissions that could be causing this
> problem (if so, which ones)?  Anyone have any other ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Jason
> jason@itchoices.com
>
>
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