RE: [mv] Minivend is just not working....I've tried everything

["Kevsurf" <kevsurf@mindspring.com>]

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Ryan,

When I try to install MV via the username "minivend" I get the following
response:

[minivend@ns www]$ rpm -i minivend-4.03-1.i386.rpm
failed to open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm

error: cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm

I have been able to install it via root, but it is said that that shouldn't
be done.  Any idea what I am to do now?

Is there any error with the RPM?  It is looking for
//var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm rather than /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm.....right?

Thanks,
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-minivend-users@minivend.com
[mailto:owner-minivend-users@minivend.com]On Behalf Of Ryan Hertz
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:51 PM
To: minivend-users@minivend.com
Subject: RE: [mv] Minivend is just not working....I've tried everything


******    message to minivend-users from Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com>
******

At 03:41 PM 4/6/00 , you wrote:
>******    message to minivend-users from "Kevsurf"
><kevsurf@mindspring.com>     ******
>
>Tried all that again.  No luck.  Does it make any difference if I couldn't
>install Minivend under anything other than root?

The install should be made with your user account or one explicitly for
minivend.  The server daemon should be run by your minivend account
(bin/start), the CGI ("tlink/vlink") should be owned by your minivend
account and chmod'ed 4755 (right?).


>Thanks,
>Kevin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-minivend-users@minivend.com
>[mailto:owner-minivend-users@minivend.com]On Behalf Of Ed LaFrance
>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:17 PM
>To: minivend-users@minivend.com
>Subject: Re: [mv] Minivend is just not working....I've tried everything
>
>
>******    message to minivend-users from Ed LaFrance
><edlafrance@printexusa.com>     ******
>
>Are you *sure* the server is running?  Did you check for it's process with
>'ps -ux'?  Did you set the permissions on your catalog CGI file to
>755?  Are you running in Unix mode?  Did you try 'chmod u+s
>cgi-bin/catalogname'?  At one time or another, all these things tripped me
>up.
>
>- Ed L.
>
>At 01:36 PM 4/6/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >******    message to minivend-users from Kevsurf
> ><kevsurf@yahoo.com>     ******
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I've tried everything and can't get minivend to work.
> >I have a Linux server and am installing it via the
> >4.03 rpm.  The server starts and the error.log is
> >clean, but I still get the "We're sorry, the MiniVend
> >server is unavailable...
> >We are out of service or may be experiencing high
> >system demand, please try again soon."
> >
> >I can't even view the demos.
> >
> >I have installed MV 3.?? before and everything worked
> >fine.  It wasn't via rpms though.
> >
> >Any suggestions what I should do?
> >
> >I have read all documentation over and over and over,
> >and have tried it all over and over and over.
> >
> >Anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Kevin
> >
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