[ic] Makecat problem: undefined catalog

[Nick]

I'm still having the same problem as Steve.

I'm running redhat 7.0 with all new CPAN modules downloaded and
installed and interchange 4.8.5-1 (RPM install).

I've checked every single directory/file permission related and I'm still
getting the same error Steve was.

Anyone have any extra ideas that I could look at? I've tried running makecat
3 times and have not had a success yet...

Any help is much appreciated,
Nick



At 03:06 PM 5/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 30 May 2002 20:25:40 +0100, Kevin Walsh wrote:
> >> The permission thing sounds interesting. Why wouldn't interchange
> >> be able to access stores created by makecat? How would I determine
> >> if this is the problem and, more importantly, what permissions should
> >> I set on which files to correct it?
> >>
> >Look at the permissions on the following directories and set them
> >so that the Interchange user has read/execute permission:
> >
> >    /var/lib/interchange/erin-cat
> >    /var/lib/interchange
> >
> >I assume your /var and /var/lib directories are set correctly.
> >
> >Also check the permissions on the "products" directory (under "erin-cat")
> >and the files in the products directory.  If you find problems there then
> >check all of the files and directories under the erin-cat directory for
> >permission problems.
>
>Bingo! That was it. Thanks everyone for your patience and help!
>
>And, one small gripe for the documentation writer if I may. Where
>things went wrong was at the point that makecat asks two questions
>about usernames/ownership. The first is the name of the Interchange
>owner (interch if you do the RPM install) and the second asks for
>"The user name the catalog will be owned by" with no further
>explanation. This second question is not even mentioned in the docs
>I was using ("Red Hat Interchange 4.8: Getting Started Guide,
>Running Makecat").
>
>I assumed this was supposed to be the name of the user who owned
>all the other files on the virtual web site the catalog was for.
>I guess I was thinking they'd need to own the files so they could
>edit files, ftp changes, etc. But if one selects any username other
>than "interch", the catalog will not work (at least not without
>pestering people on the mailing list to find out what "undefined
>catalog and the seemingly unrelated "MailOrderTo" errors mean).
>
>How about adding a warning here that says something like "Warning:
>use interch as the username unless you know what you're doing and
>intend to manually set file permissions before restarting interchange!".
>
>And adding a little something to the documenation to explain what
>the question is for and why one might choose various user names
>would be handy as well.
>
>-Steve
>
>
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