[ic] Installation for Beginner

Tung Tran interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Tue Oct 1 15:14:00 2002


Thank you very much, Josh Lavin.  It's very good explaination.  Now I understand.  I will take a look at places you suggested.  Thanks again for your help.

Sincerely yours,

Tung Tran


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Joshua Lavin <joshua@kingdomdesign.com>
Reply-To: interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Date:  Tue, 01 Oct 2002 14:04:37 -0500

>> Thank for reply to my question so quickly.  Could you explain
>> a little bit more about the root access. Thank you much.
>
>You're welcome.
>
>Unix servers have user accounts. Users are assigned different rights. The
>'root' user has all the rights.
>
>On a shared webhost, your account will have very limited rights. They
>usually don't let you install software.
>
>What you need is a dedicated server for your webhosting, where you are the
>root user. There are no other webhost customer on this machine. This can be
>pretty expensive; an alternative is a virtual server. On a virtual server,
>you share the machine with other customer, but your account behaves as if it
>was root. There are some modifications you have to make when installing
>software on a virtual server.
>
>Another option would be to choose a shared webhost that offers pre-installed
>Interchange. Korksoft (www.korksoft.com) is one.
>
>Personally, I use a virtual server from Verio (www.verio.com).
>
>Josh Lavin
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