[ic] Makecat fails makedirs

Marty Tennison interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Thu Mar 28 12:06:01 2002


> Hi, I have been asking for help a couple of times, without
> response.  All I want are some hints of where to look or
> what to try.
>   So far I have IC 4.8.3 installed on a host virtual
> system.  It builds and makes the directories and files.
> HOWEVER, when it gets to the line:
>  run " sh /homeX/me/catalogs/foundation/config/makdirs"? y
>  I hit return for yes.  The response is:
>  /homeX/me/catalogs/foundation/config/makdirs: whoami: not found
>   All I am trying to do is get IC 4.8.3 Foundation to run
> on my website, before attempting to make it into my
> storefront.  I can get it to build
> and work on my home redhat system, but not on my website
> solaris-sun system.
>   Second thing, Has anyone put together a HOWTO on building
> IC 4.8.X on a virtual system...one where there is a home
> and a public html?
> All of the docs I have read are inconsistant, and, I have
> spent many weeks trying various combinations of addresses
> trying to get it to work.
> Part of which is probably the cause of the above problem
>  Thanks Bruce

Hi Bruce,

whoami is a program that usually resides at /usr/bin/whoami If makecat
cannot find this excecutable then it will bomb.   Solution:  Install
(or have someone install) the whoami excecutable and make sure it is
in your path.