[ic] 4.8.5 makecat error
John Beima
interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Sun Aug 25 13:44:00 2002
Quoting Mark Jaffe <wizards@wizdev.net>:
>
> Very frustrating situation; I have NEVER been able to make a functioning
> catalog. This morning, I thought I'd try once more, operating makecat under
> the interchange user, on behalf of the user who will own the catalog.
> Following transcript of the session reveals an error I cannot understand;
> there is a reference to a directory which does not relate to ANY of the
> input parameters:
>
> [interchange@wizdev interchange]$ interchange/bin/makecat
>
> Select a short, mnemonic name for the catalog. This will be
> used to set the defaults for naming the catalog, executable,
> and directory, so you will have to type in this name frequently.
>
> NOTE: This will be the name of 'vlink' or 'tlink', the link CGI
> program. Depending on your CGI setup, it may also have the
> extension .cgi added.
>
> Only the characters [-a-zA-Z0-9_] are allowed, and it is strongly suggested
> that the catalog name be all lower case.
>
> If you are doing the demo for the first time, you might use "foundation".
>
> Catalog name? artists
> makecat -- Interchange catalog installation program.
>
> *** We will be making a catalog named 'artists'. ***
>
>
> Try using the UP arrow at some of the prompts -- you have the
> Term::ReadLine module installed, and Interchange may find some
> default values in your HTTP server configuration file. You can
> cycle among them with the UP and DOWN arrows.
>
> ######### BEGINNING CATALOG CONFIGURATION #########
>
> During many of the following operations, defaults are placed in
> a buffer for you. You may use the up and down arrows to toggle
> between the defaults.
>
> If you made a mistake on a *previous* entry and realize that
> in a later one, if you enter ONLY an @ sign and press return you
> should be returned to the previous step.
>
> # The server name, something like: www.company.com
> # www.company.com:8000
> # www.company.com/~yourname
> #
> Server name? www.geminimanor.com
>
> # The type of demo catalog to use. The standard one distributed is:
> #
> # foundation
> #
> # If you have defined your own custom template catalog,
> # you can enter its name.
> #
> # If you are new to Interchange, use "foundation" to start with.
>
>
> DemoType? foundation
>
> # The email address where orders for this catalog should go.
> # To have a secure catalog, either this should be a local user name and
> # not go over the Internet -- or use the PGP option.
> #
>
>
> MailOrderTo? alex
>
> # Where the Interchange files for this catalog will go, pages,
> # products, config and all. This should not be in HTML document
> # space! Usually a 'catalogs' directory below your home directory
> # works well. Remember, you will want a test catalog and an online
> # catalog.
> #
>
>
> CatRoot? /home/alex/catalogs/artists
>
> # The location of the normal CGI directory. This is a
> # file path, not a script alias.
> #
> # If all of your CGI programs must end in .cgi, this is
> # should be the same as your HTML directory.
> #
>
>
> CgiDir? /home/httpd/cgi-bin
>
> # The URL location of the CGI program, without the http://
> # or server name.
> #
> # http://www.virtual.com/cgi-bin/prog
> # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> #
> # http://www.virtual.com/program.cgi
> # ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> #
>
>
> CgiUrl? /cgi-bin/artists
>
> #
> # Additional URL locations for the CGI program, as with CgiUrl.
> # This is used when calling the catalog from more than one place,
> # perhaps because your secure server is not the same name as the
> # non-secure one.
> #
> # http://www.secure.domain/secure-bin/prog
> # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> #
> # We set it to the name of the catalog by default to enable the
> # internal HTTP server.
> #
>
>
> Aliases? /artists
>
> # The base directory for HTML for this (possibly virtual) domain.
> # This is a directory path name, not a URL -- it is your HTML
> # directory.
> #
>
>
> DocumentRoot? /usr2/sites/Gemini
>
> # Where the sample HTML files (not Interchange pages) should be installed.
> # There is a difference. Usually a subdirectory of your HTML directory.
> #
>
>
> SampleHtml? /usr2/sites/Gemini/artists
>
> # Where the image files should be copied. A directory path
> # name, not a URL.
> #
>
>
> ImageDir? /usr2/sites/Gemini/artists/images
>
> # The URL base for the sample images. Sets the ImageDir
> # directive in the catalog configuration file. This is a URL
> # fragment, not a directory or file name.
> #
> # <IMG SRC="/foundation/images/icon.gif">
> # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> #
>
>
> ImageUrl? /artists/images
> Couldn't change directory to /home/httpd/interchange: No such file or
> directory
Actually Mark I see a couple of things here.
First your CatRoot answer is wrong.
It should of been:
/home/alex/catalogs
It will create the artists folder for you. The idea behind this variable is that
many catalogs can be housed in the same directory.
Next for simplicity sake the DocumentRoot and SampleHtml paths should be the same.
/usr2/sites/Gemini
You don't have to worry to much about the sample HTML since foundation really
doesn't use it anyway.
The next one has to do with how you are doing http & https....
If you secure server domain (IE: https://www.geminimanor.com) is going to be the
same as your non-secure domain (IE: http://www.geminimanor.com) then the
ImageDir variable should just be set to:
/images
If your domains we different you add the extra path at the begining, to allow
for you to sym-link the directory over from the other ssl server.
Now onto your access error. The first time you ran makecat it asked you a bunch
of "extra" questions. If you have answered these incorrectly they will haunt you
later on.
OR...
Is this where you have installed the actuall Interchange software. If it is, the
interchange user doesn't have permission to access it.
I would first look at the permission of what that user has access to, then erase
your install, and re-install it, answering the questions with what you have
learned, since that first day.
John Beima
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>
> Why did it try to reference /home/httpd/interchange???
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