Re: Programm Error: Install Script exiting

[Thomas Walter <tw@mail.itreff.de>]

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jjh wrote:
> it says that it cannot create the link of wheather VLINK or TLINK to our
> "/usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/"/simple path. ERROR MESSAGE: no such file or
> directory. 

Uhm - Have you ever seen a file named "/usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/"/simple
?
I think the problem is that you use the standard-file/dir-names (which
are read from the /etc/httpd/httpd.conf-file) MV suggests while
installing the demo shop. Having a SuSE myself I noticed that the
cgi-bin-directory is written in " in the config-file (this is where the
first part "/.../" comes from. 

But now to the solution...
When you are asked where to install the simple-cgi you should first
read, then think how the file is going to be called (and if the
default-value is OK) before pressing return. 
You will have to enter 
/usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/simple
without any " or /"/s.

> so we made an "ln /home/0001/mvend/bin/<tlink or vlink>
> /usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/simple" and made a "chmod 755
> /usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/simple".
> the clients' web browsers access the site "http://<hostname>/cgi-bin/simple"
> without problems: There is no data in the browser for about 2 minutes;
> suddenly the browser stops with a B.U.S.Y. message from MINIVEND: "We're
> sorry, the MiniVend server is unavailable...
> We are out of service or may be experiencing high system demand, please try
> again soon."

If it still does not work - check the file permissions. The owner and
the group of the simple-cgi have to be the minivend-user. The
access-rights should be -rwsr-xr-x (yes, the cgi needs suid). BTW: This
is explained in the FAQ - "We're sorry, the MiniVend server is
unavailable...".

     Balu

[comment]
PS: I think "a team of SAP R/3 consultants" should now that writing
"P.L.E.A.S.E" (No - it is not about saying please - it is about how you
say it) will not help getting fast answers.
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