[ic] Permission's + Catalog Migration

[Sam Batschelet]

[Sam Wrote]
> Hit List,
>
>   I am migrating a series of catalogs from one server to the next and I am
> coming up with a few permission issues that really don't make sense.
>
> OldServer Config:
> [ic] 4.8.2 base upgraded to 4.9.8
> [db] mysql-3.23.41-1
> [interchange dir] /usr/lib/interchange
> [catalog directory] /var/lib/interchange
> [cat user] interch
>
> NewServer Config:
> [ic] 4.9.8
> [db] mysql-3.23.54a-11
> [interchange dir] /usr/local/interchange
> [catalog directory] /home/interch/catalogs
> [cat user] interch
>
> Ok so I moved the database, html and catalog over making sure to keep
perms
> the same. I created a symbolic link which connected any old calls to
> /var/lib/interchange and changed the perms.
> /var/lib/interchange
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 interch  interch        30 Oct 29 00:48 cat ->
> /home/interch/catalogs/cat
>
> Next I had an issue with the database username and password so I altered
> them correctly in my variable.txt file.  A wierd thing though when I would
> restart IC i would get an error that the password was wrong.  So bingo a
> perm error right... but the perms were the same as a few of the
functioning
> catalogs on the server.  So I ended up altering the dbconf/mysql/mysql.cfg
> with the correct User Pass and it worked.
>
> /home/interch/catalogs/cat
> drwxrws---    2 interch  interch      4096 Oct 29 02:54 products
> -rw-rw-r--    1 interch  interch      2608 Oct 29 02:20 variable.txt
> /cgi-bin
> -rwsr-sr-x    1 interch  interch      7164 Oct 28 23:40 cat  (migrated
> catalog)
> -rwsr-sr-x    1 interch  interch      7164 Oct 08 23:40 cat2 (existing
> catalog)
>
> Now the server restarts but the good old We're sorry, the Interchange
server
> is unavailable... on all the migrated catalogs.  So obviosly there is a
> permissions error but what would be the cause, because of the change in IP
> and domain as well as ownership config is it possible that the cgi file is
> not compatible with this new setup?  Its a long shot but I'm really lost.
> Any help would be great.

Ok I did a little more looking around in the cgi file and I saw a reference
to /var/run/interchange/socket which is not setup on the new server.  How
would I fix that call and would that be the cause?

>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Sam Batschelet
> ExactaSphere Inc
>
>
>
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