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Thanks you, Brett and James
Peter
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> 1. Re: Sources of Information (Robert G. Fisher)
> 2. Re: MySQL+PHP+apache+raq3 (Brett)
> 3. Re: Wish List... (Robert G. Fisher)
> 4. Re: CGIIIIIIII!!!! (Alonso Garcia)
> 5. Re: log rotate - WHEN EXACTLY? (Zeffie)
> 6. Re: Duplicate on RaQ2 to another RaQ2 (Zeffie)
> 7. RE: CGIIIIIIII!!!! (Mark G. Castillo)
> 8. Re: Outlook Express (Zeffie)
> 9. Re: FrontPage & CGI (Zeffie)
> 10. Re: Webmin on Raq3i (Steven Werby)
> 11. Re: ssh and virtual sites. (Steven Werby)
> 12. Re: A few questions (Steven Werby)
> 13. Re: FrontPage & CGI (Steven Werby)
> 14. RE: Vacation message + interface problem and email problem (Jimmy Gross)
> 15. Re: CGIIIIIIII!!!! (H.P. Stroebel)
> 16. RE: Who is ruining my beloved boss? (Jimmy Gross)
> 17. RE: CGIIIIIIII!!!! (Alonso Garcia)
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:12:05 -0400
> From: "Robert G. Fisher" <rfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Sources of Information
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 11:46:27AM +0100, Mark Williams wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend any good books that will teach me the basics of running
> > a RaQ3? I would have liked to go on some of Cobalt's training courses but I
> > live in the UK where they are not offered.
> > I am the admin of the server (ha ha!), so I need to know about permissions,
> > security, well you know, everything really. And I don't want to have to
> > annoy you guys with 100's of silly questions every day :)
>
> Check out the various documentation pieces on Linux itself.
> There are plenty of HOWTO's, many of which I think are
> already installed on your RaQ under the /usr/doc directory
> heirarchy. Otherwise, check out http://linuxdoc.org/
> to skim the HOWTO's and System's Administrator Guide (SAG)
> and Network Administrator's Guide (NAG) -- both of which
> are required reading for the newbie linux SysAdm IMHO.
>
> --
> Robert G. Fisher NEOCOM Microspecialists Inc.
> System Administrator/Programmer (540) 666-9533 x 116
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 2
> From: "Brett" <brettnewman@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] MySQL+PHP+apache+raq3
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:18:20 -0400
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> use the following instructions to install php3 and mysql. If you want to
> install php4 you will have to compile yourself. Be sure to install mysql
> first.
> There are typos in each sentence:
> 1. colbalt.net should be cobalt.net
> 2. Raq3 should be raq3
>
> Brett
>
> Install MySQL+PHP like this (watch the Wrap)
> type (or copy paste & avoid the return charaters) all the lines after the
> '#' symbol (and to the '.rpm') once you telnet into your raq
>
> You mail client will put return characters into these lines, be careful.
>
> After
> [admin@www4]# su root
> password *******
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/MySQL-3.22.32-1.i386.rpm
> MySQL
> ##################################################
> Creating db table
> Creating host table
> Creating user table
> Creating func table
> Creating tables_priv table
> Creating columns_priv table
>
> PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
> This is done with:
> /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
> See the manual for more instructions.
>
> Please report any problems with the /usr/bin/mysqlbug script!
>
> The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
> http://www.mysql.c
> om
> Support MySQL by buying support/licenses at http://www.tcx.se/license.htmy.
>
> Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/MySQL-client-3.22.32-1.i386.r
> pm
> MySQL-client
> ##################################################
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/rpm
> -Uvh MySQL-devel-3.22.32-1.i386.rpm
> MySQL-devel
> ##################################################
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/freetype-1.2-7.i386.rpm
> freetype
> ##################################################
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/freetype-devel-1.2-7.i386.rpm
> freetype-devel
> ##################################################
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/freetype-utils-1.2-7.i386.rpm
> freetype-utils
> ##################################################
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/gd-1.3-5.i386.rpm
> gd
> ##################################################
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/gd-devel-1.3-5.i386.rpm
> gd-devel
> ##################################################
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/php-3.0.16-2C2.i386.rpm
> php
> ##################################################
> [root@www4]# rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.colbaltnet.com/pub/experimental/Raq3/php-mysql-3.0.16-2C2.i386.rpm
> php-mysql
> ##################################################
> [root@www4]#
>
> HTH - this does it all except start MySQL after a reboot.
>
> James.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Yi" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 12:43 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] MySQL+PHP+apache+raq3
>
> > I have a RaQ3 server that I would like to install MySQL+PHP and to work
> > with apache server that came with RaQ3.
> > I think there are several rpm files that I have to install before MySQL
> > and php can compile property
> > Can anyone send me a guide line or installation doc. if it's available
> > for RaQ3 server?
> > Thanks,
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:39:18 -0400
> From: "Robert G. Fisher" <rfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Wish List...
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 04:55:24PM -0500, Geoff Baysinger wrote:
> > This gives the advantage of having a commercially developed open-source
> > database for everyday use that will not interfere with the GUI's database
> > when users go in an start adding (and deleting :) tables.
>
> Okay, first off my disclaimer: I don't have a RaQ3 to test this...
> But: If you leave the databases created by Cobalt alone, then
> there shouldn't be any problem here either. As for commercially
> developed, that doesn't mean much -- the only things lacking
> from PostgreSQL are sub-selects and replication. Speed is a
> minor issue and that largely is a result of fsync() not being
> very fast in Linux for db work. Considering your average RaQ
> user probably won't worry about replication that leaves only
> sub-selects as a possible reason from that explanation, especially
> when you take into account the companies now providing commercial
> support for PostgreSQL. ;-)
>
> --
> Robert G. Fisher NEOCOM Microspecialists Inc.
> System Administrator/Programmer (540) 666-9533 x 116
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 4
> From: "Alonso Garcia" <alonsog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] CGIIIIIIII!!!!
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:39:15 -0600
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I had the same error with a CGI script and it all came down to changing the
> path or paths that are called by the script. Absolute and/or virtual paths
> can create this error when used incorrectly.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark G. Castillo" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 3:59 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] CGIIIIIIII!!!!
>
> > Hey Everyone,
> >
> > First of all, thanks for all the previous help on this matter. The
> initial
> > problem was that emails posted using a Form on the RaQ3 seemed to go
> nowhere
> > at all. So, I checked my /home/log/httpd/error log, and I found CGI
> Wrapper
> > warnings to the effect that "cgi wrapper not found", etc. So, I
> > double-checked my sendmail.cw file, where all appears correct. I decided
> to
> > check the script itself, and the sendmail, referrers, and perl paths
> appear
> > to be correct.
> >
> > My error log has some of these:
> >
> > [Wed Aug 2 14:19:45 2000] [warn] [client 63.216.217.130] handler
> > "cgi-wrapper" not found for: /home/sites/home/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl
> >
> > The browser window is showing me this:
> > CGIWrap encountered an error while attempting to execute this script:
> > Error Message: Permission denied
> > Error Number: 13
> > This message usually indicates there is a problem with the script itself.
> > Often this indicates either that the #! line of the script is incorrect,
> or
> > the script was uploaded in binary mode instead of ascii mode. Check to
> make
> > sure that the script does not have control-M's at the end of every line.
> > That will prevent it from executing. An easy fix that takes care of this
> > most of the time is to put '#!/.../perl --' instead of '#!/.../perl' on
> the
> > first line of the script.
> > If you are not the owner of this script, please forward this error and the
> > URL that caused it to the script owner. That is often the component in the
> > URL right after /cgiwrap/.
> >
> > Permissions on the cgi-bin folder and the script itself appear to be
> correct
> > (775). So what is the permission I am denied? In general, cgi appears to
> > work, as my Search script works.
> > Could this be a problem in the sendmail.cw, sendmail.cf, or access.cw
> files?
> > I even checked the list at:
> > http://users.iol.it/hpstr/
> > And it looks like I'm doing everything right, so how come it comes out all
> > wrong? I'm not kidding, I really need to get this to work. Could this be
> a
> > sendmail problem, like maybe the whole program is corrupted?
> >
> > Any help would be great.
> >
> >
> > Mark G. Castillo
> > http://www.iprocessmart.com
> > Online Industrial Process Equipment
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobalt-users mailing list
> > cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To Subscribe or Unsubscribe, please go to:
> > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-users
> >
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 5
> From: "Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] log rotate - WHEN EXACTLY?
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:47:17 -0400
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Zeffie wrote:
> > >
> > > Can you tell me where that 2 is in the gui code and if it is
> possible or
> > > ok to change it's value.
> >
> > I assume you are using a RaQ2
>
> yep sorry.....
>
> > and accepting the default quota of
> > 20M for the site. The size of the logs are accomplished by taking
> > 10% of the quota for each log file. 30% total for all three log
> > files. This is accomplished in the siteAdd.cgi script that creates
> > the site. It is around line 178 in:
> >
> > /usr/admserv/cgi-bin/.cobalt/siteAdd/siteAdd.cgi
> >
>
> Thank you very much
>
> > I don't recommend changing this, as when updates come out you
> > run the risk of this getting overwritten. If you decide
> > to do this, be careful.
>
> Yep I know what you mean. I'm sure the new update will.
>
> Zeffie
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 6
> From: "Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Duplicate on RaQ2 to another RaQ2
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:56:58 -0400
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Would like to have one RaQ backed up entirely to another RaQ2 every night
> > using something in crontabs. (Thus making the second RaQ2 a hot spare).
> >
> > Any one suggest a package that will do this via ethernet ports or using IP
> > addresses?
> >
> > Jay Kraft
>
> I would suggest setting up a user on the backup box and allowing ftpaccess
> and then having the built in backup program ftp it's file there. I don't
> think this is a secure connection however and that would not make a hot swap
> duplicate box. You could use rsync over ssh with a lot of setup work.
>
> Zeffie
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 7
> Reply-To: <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: "Mark G. Castillo" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] CGIIIIIIII!!!!
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:12:33 -0700
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Alonso,
>
> Are you referring to the '#!/usr/bin/perl' path to perl or the $mailprog =
> '/usr/sbin/sendmail' path? Both seem correct to me, but then again, it's my
> script that isn't working. What would I change it to?
>
> Un saludo,
>
> Mark G. Castillo
> http://www.iprocessmart.com
> Online Industrial Process Equipment
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alonso Garcia
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 3:39 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] CGIIIIIIII!!!!
>
> I had the same error with a CGI script and it all came down to changing the
> path or paths that are called by the script. Absolute and/or virtual paths
> can create this error when used incorrectly.
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 8
> From: "Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Outlook Express
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:21:18 -0400
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > > Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > It was used before "POP-before-Relay" became popular, and (I think)
> > > still beats it in some ways (it's easy to use for the pop-user) - but
> > > it isn't supported by most mail clients. The Right Thing (TM) today
> > > is to use SMTP AUTH.
>
> This is incorrect jeff did not say this. Please work on your sniping. Jeff
> only made a rude comment.
>
> it was written by
> Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
>
> Zeffie
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 9
> From: "Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] FrontPage & CGI
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:27:26 -0400
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Telnet into your RaQ, using your normal admin username and password.
> > Change to root by typing SU, followed by your password again.
>
> he ment to say su in lowercase
>
> Zeffie
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 10
> From: "Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Webmin on Raq3i
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:28:03 -0400
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Robert G. Fisher <rfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 03:50:28PM -0400, Steven Werby wrote:
> > > I believe the entire quota system got hosed.
> >
> > That's rather odd, the quota system is just the standard kernel
> > quota, in fact if you change a user or groups quota with edquota
> > you will see those changes register in the web UI.
>
> I think /home/quota.group and /home/quota.user got 0 byted by something I did
> in Webmin. So it was probably a bug in Webmin, but as a result the Cobalt GUI
> was broken since it relies on the Linux quota system.
>
> > If you messed up the entire quota system...Only way I can think
> > to do that is to remove or overwrite the quota.* files on that
> > mount point.
>
> Robert, I think that's what happened. I've since become extremely comfortable
> in Linux so I haven't made time to take another look at Webmin, but I just
> wanted to share my experience so anyone deciding to use it could do so in an
> informed manner. I actually found it to be a very useful program and many cool
> third parry modules have been added so it's probably a good tool for Linux
> newbies to try out. I still think there are Webmin functions that probably
> won't work properly on a RaQ and actions taken in Webmin that won't be visible
> to the Cobalt GUI, but I leave that as a reader exercise.
>
> Steven Werby {steven@xxxxxxxxxxxx}
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 11
> From: "Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] ssh and virtual sites.
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:44:19 -0400
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Jens Kristian Søgaard <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > "Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > > I'm logged in as root and I su to another user from a virtual site and I
> >
> > > > ************************* Access Denied *************************
> > > > * *
> > > > * Sorry, you do not have telnet/shell access to this Cobalt *
> > > > * server. *
> > > > * *
> > > > *****************************************************************
> >
> > > This has nothing to do with SSH. You'd have the same problem using telnet.
> You
> > > need to grant the user telnet access through the GUI if you want to be able
> to
> > > login or su that user from either telnet or ssh. SSH is available to your
> >
> > That's not completely right. You do _not_ need to grant the user
> > telnet access from the GUI.
>
> My point was really that the telnet and ssh are treated the same by the GUI
> since that option in the GUI controls all shell access. Since ssh is not
> pre-installed by Cobalt it makes sense that they refer to it as telnet access
> instead of shell access or telnet/ssh access (or some other protocol), but that
> point could be lost on a new user.
>
> > As you are the root user (when su'ed), you have the access to override
> > the shell specified in /etc/passwd. You do it this way:
> >
> > su -m username
> >
> > You can also use '-s' and specify the shell you want.
>
> Thank you, Jens. I was unaware of the flags for su b/c I've never read the
> manual. I'm sure this will come in handy for me and probably will for the
> original poster.
>
> Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 12
> From: "Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] A few questions
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 20:01:14 -0400
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Aeron Jarrett <ajarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > <TEARY-EYED>
> > Gosh!
> > </TEARY-EYED>
> >
> > That was kinda harsh... but I guess I was being too vague.
>
> I didn't think you went into enough detail and I thought your method opened up
> your site to be written to by the client, which is something I suspected the
> poster didn't want.
>
> > I assumed that
> > the original poster of the question wanted their client to be able to see
> > what the site will look like before the name has actually gone live.
>
> I made the added assumption that the poster wanted to give the client FTP access
> to the site.
>
> > If my assumption is correct, then what we do here is to make a directory
> > under our company's web directory (not the administration site's web
> > directory) for that client. Like we have one now,
> > http://www.golinknow.com/swiss_store. From there the client is able to see
> > what the site looks like.
>
> But, you're not giving the client FTP or shell access to that directory, are
> you? If you are then how are you preventing them from going up one directory
> and deleting your site (accidentally of course)? I replied to your previous
> post b/c that wasn't explained by you and I was worried that the original poster
> or any other newbie reading your post might not consider the security risks.
>
> > I didn't think that the poster's desire was to do anything more than
> > display the design to the client.
>
> You might be right. It's hard to say from the original post. Here's the
> relevant text.
>
> > I need to know how to allow my customers that are named based (not me) to view
> > there web pages
> > before the registration of there domain name filters down.
>
> I think the poster meant (but did not say) that he wanted to know how to give
> his name-based customers FTP access and allow them a way to view their files
> over the web. In which case your way doesn't address the FTP access piece or if
> it does it doesn't address the security risk piece, unless you trust your
> customers that much. <grin>
>
> Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 13
> From: "Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] FrontPage & CGI
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 20:21:44 -0400
> charset="Windows-1252"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> WebWorkshop <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Basically, I want to run Perl programs on a virtual site with FrontPage
> > extensions installed (I'm using a RaQ3). When I FTP to the site to CHMOD the
> > Perl program to 755, it tells me I don't have permission to do it.
>
> I covered this topic not 2 or 3 days ago on this list. Search the archives
> between Sunday and Tuesday for my post. FYI, if you've created a siteadmin for
> the site then change the ownership of the script to that user.
>
> chown [siteadmin_here]:siteXY /path_to/file
>
> If you don't have a siteadmin for the site, then change the ownership to "admin"
> instead.
>
> Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 14
> Reply-To: <jimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: "Jimmy Gross" <jimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Vacation message + interface problem and email problem
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:03:01 -0700
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> It sounds like you have not upgraded to OS 3 which corrects these problems.
>
> jimmy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of LIENARD Nicolas
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 3:03 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Vacation message + interface problem and email
> problem
>
> Hello,
>
> I've a Cobalt RAQ3i, and with some users, i have a vacation problem.
> First, when i activate vacation message, it doesn't work (i never receive
> vacation message when i mail to this user)
> And sometimes, i've some users who don't appear in the database (altough
> before, they appear in it). But they exist because i found it in my
> /etc/passwd.
> So how did you manage to enable vacation message?
>
> I also try to manually activate it :
> i edited /etc/aliases and put :
>
> ad: "|/usr/local/sbin/vacation.pl /var/vacation/ad.msg
> ad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", \ad, admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> (i wrote the /var/vacation/ad.msg with the good permissions and good owner)
>
> Thanks
>
> ==========================
> LIENARD Nicolas
> Internet-Performance
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> Message: 15
> Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 03:15:59 +0200
> From: "H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: Rechtsanwalt
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] CGIIIIIIII!!!!
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Mark G. Castillo" schrieb:
>
> > My error log has some of these:
> >
> > [Wed Aug 2 14:19:45 2000] [warn] [client 63.216.217.130] handler
> > "cgi-wrapper" not found for: /home/sites/home/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl
>
> should not affect the script. it`s a harmless (but annoying) bug.
>
> apache in the cobalt default configuration does not execute scripts
> outside it`s document root (/web/), i`m not even sure if it can access
> it; did not check that.
> try to create a /cgi-bin/ beneath the /web/ directory, give it the right
> permissions (following the instructions in the faq) and see if the
> script runs from there.
>
> > The browser window is showing me this:
> > CGIWrap encountered an error while attempting to execute this script:
>
> if it doesn`t work beneath the /web/ directory, post the output from the
> cgiwrap debugger. if you don`t want to post it on the list, send it
> off-list.
>
> > Permissions on the cgi-bin folder and the script itself appear to be correct
> > (775). So what is the permission I am denied? In general, cgi appears to
> > work, as my Search script works.
>
> 775 is not good (group writeable). try 700,711,755 (in that order).
>
> > I even checked the list at:
> > http://users.iol.it/hpstr/
> > And it looks like I'm doing everything right, so how come it comes out all
> > wrong? I'm not kidding, I really need to get this to work. Could this be a
> > sendmail problem, like maybe the whole program is corrupted?
>
> btw: formmail (at least in my opinion) isn`t a very good program
> (although it`s not really bad; be sure to use the newest version : 1.6 i
> think; bug fixes). you should consider to try alienform 2. much better,
> and more configurable, no known security bugs.
>
> --
>
> H. P. Stroebel, Germany
>
> CGI-FAQ for Raq-Newbies :
> http://users.iol.it/hpstr/
>
> Yes, I do. But not Yahoo.
>
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>
> Message: 16
> Reply-To: <jimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: "Jimmy Gross" <jimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Who is ruining my beloved boss?
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:06:13 -0700
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> You could purchase a network monitoring/rules product like surfCONTROL and
> you will get detailed reports on all network activity. Check it out at
> http://www.constantino.net Free trial is available for download.
>
> jimmy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Blabla
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:48 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Who is ruining my beloved boss?
>
> Hi,
>
> someone in my company does VERY huge downloads. That´s no more fun...
>
> Where/how can I get informations which user´s doing so?
> (No, he will not lose his job. I just want to beat him a little bit. %~P )
>
> Bye, Jörg
>
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> Message: 17
> Reply-To: <alonsog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: "Alonso Garcia" <alonsog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] CGIIIIIIII!!!!
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 20:29:38 -0600
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Does the script have any other path statements?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark G. Castillo
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 5:13 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] CGIIIIIIII!!!!
>
> Alonso,
>
> Are you referring to the '#!/usr/bin/perl' path to perl or the $mailprog =
> '/usr/sbin/sendmail' path? Both seem correct to me, but then again, it's my
> script that isn't working. What would I change it to?
>
> Un saludo,
>
> Mark G. Castillo
> http://www.iprocessmart.com
> Online Industrial Process Equipment
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alonso Garcia
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 3:39 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] CGIIIIIIII!!!!
>
> I had the same error with a CGI script and it all came down to changing the
> path or paths that are called by the script. Absolute and/or virtual paths
> can create this error when used incorrectly.
>
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