[ic] Interchange on FreeVSD?

Stefan Hornburg interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Wed Feb 19 18:04:00 2003


On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:16:35 +0000
Interchange user <interchange.mail@virgin.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday 19 February 2003 09:40 pm, you wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:26:08 +0000
> >
> > Interchange user <interchange.mail@virgin.net> wrote:
> > > Is anyone using Interchange with FreeVSD? Any problems?
> > >
> > > Obviously, the hosting company would have to install Interchange, as
> > > FreeVSD doesn't provide true root access.
> > >
> > > I don't know much about how this software works, but I'm wondering if,
> > > because it's not virtual machine based, editing IC source (like I had to
> > > do in Payment.pm, for example) could be a problem.
> >
> > Interchange doesn't need root access at all. Just running a daemon needs to
> > be allowed.
> >
> > Bye
> >            Racke
> 
> Hey.
> 
> I know. What I meant was that only the true root user gets to install daemons.

No, only if the daemon needs to bind to a port < 1024. IC uses an Unix socket
by default.

> 
> But the real question I was asking is whether the architecture of FreeVSD, 
> and the way its filesystem works, etc. would present problems with IC.

Just try to install it. 

Ciao
      Racke