[ic] Newbie: Installation Question

[Ryan Grace]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Ed LaFrance wrote:

> At 02:27 PM 11/12/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >I am installing Interchange 4.9.9 to start learning it.
> >
> >I have my base hosting account, with clients domains setup within my account.
> >
> >Example:  /MyDomain/ClientDomain
> >
> >I'm just curious if I install Interchange once in my folder, will I be
> >able to create seperate catalogs / sites all using that one
> >installation?  Or do I need to install Interchange for each domain?  I am
> >on a shared server and do not have root priveledge if that is an issue.
> >
> >Thanks!!
> >
> >- Justin
>
> One interchange installation can run multiple catalogs owned by different
> users. What may trip you up is the need to set group memberships in order
> for the permissions to work; if you don't have the ability to add
> supplementary group memberships to the user account which will run the
> interchange server, you may not be able to get it to work without
> administrator assistance. Of course it all depends upon your hosting and
> user setup.
>
> - Ed L.
>

You should also check to make sure your hosting provider is OK with you running a daemon.  Unless you're using a VPS setup I find that hosting providers don't usually like you running persistent daemons in shared environments.

Ryan