[cobalt-developers] webget install?

["Nigel Hewett" <nigel.hewett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can anyone assist with the webget python script instell on a raq4?


INSTALLING

Webget depends on Python.  It can be obtained from
<URI:http://www.python.org/>.  This README assumes Python is installed
and working on your system.

	“Python is installed /usr/bin/python”

* Place the file backend.py at a place where it can be called by the
system's cron.

	"Not sure where to place this file?"

* Place the file frontend.py in a directory where it can be accessed
remotely as a CGI-script.

	"frontend.py edited to point to /usr/bin/python and extension
changed to cgi chmod to 0755 and permission as admin placed in
site1\web\cgi-bin"

* Place the file core.py at a place where it can be read by the uid(s)
who will run backend.py and frontend.py

	"again where should this be placed"

* Configure your webserver to see frontend.py as a CGI-script (with
Apache you would place ``AddHandler cgi-script py'' in your .htaccess)

	"This is not required as I named em cgi? I hope"

* Setup your system's cron to run backend.py at a regular interval

	"again another blank look on my face"

* Change the globals in the top of backend.py and frontend.py, and pay
special attention to the value passed to sys.path.append() (this value
should be the directory where core.py is).


* Both backend.py and the frontend.py will try to create webget.db if it
doesn't exist.  Make sure they are able to do that.

NOTE: Webget does not have any form of password authentication.  If you
wish to shield Webget, use your webserver's authentication services.

Suggested setup:

* Create a user (i.e. webget)
* Put all files (e.g. *.py, webget.db, ...) in some subdir of the
homedir of that user (i.e. /home/webget/public_html/).
* Login as that user and use ``crontab -e'' to edit that user's crontab
* Use Apache's suEXEC (or similar) to make it run frontend.py as that
user


Sorry to be a pain in the a*% but you gota learn some where.
Unfortuantly wasted my life till now on m$oft :(

Thanks in advance

Nigel