[ic] Permission's + Catalog Migration

[Stefan Hornburg]

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 03:37:17 -0500
"Sam Batschelet" <batschelet at exactasphere.com> 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.

The path to the socket Interchange and the CGI link program are using is
compiled into the program. You need to create new link programs or use
a symbolic link pointing to the new socket location.

Bye
	Racke

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