Re: [cobalt-users] alternatives to webalizer

[Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have. What I did on our Cobalts was to create a unique directory
> and install all the bells and whistles we added in it. I originally
> did this in order to try and insure that we didn't void the warranty
> by adding this and that. The thought being that if the server needed
> warranty service we'd just delete the directory before we turned the
> server over to Cobalt and then restore it from backup when we got it
> back. There's plenty of room to spare, for example, on the /home
> partition and if one installs all their toys in this manner you
> don't have to sweat the gotcha's and you can simply copy the
> directory over to other similar servers and they're good to go.
> 
> While the purists may not be too fond of this statement,
> there's nothing to prevent you from installing whatever you want
> where ever you want to put it. Stick another Perl in /home/goodies
> and install the modules on it.

Great, thanks for the tips. I've already put /home to use for other things,
so this definitely sounds like the best option. I've got Rsync, Mysql and
PHP living there already, so it won't hurt to put a brand new PERL there as
well.

cheers,
j
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