[sharp-discuss] New User: Major Installation Problems

[Clemens Vonrhein]

Hi,

first, I think you might mean SHARP not SOLVE ;-)

If you're running on an IRIX 6.5 system it is recommended to use the
irixn32 binaries - not the irix64 ones, which are intended for pre 6.2
IRIX64 systems. I would stop your currently running server, fetch the
various irixn32 files from our WWW page and re-install.

The permissions are absolutely fine: only the httpd running on your
machine needs to be able to read most of these files. The actual user
sees these files only through the httpd.

You mention, that you used the installSHARP, newmachine and newuser
script (as root on monkey). Have you then used the useSHARP script (as
mentioned in the email that was sent to you through the newuser
script)?

To make sure that everything with the setup is fine:

  - go to your sharpfiles directory (usually ~/.sharpfiles)

  - have a look at a file called .sharpaccess.monkey.8080 (or
    similar): do the Auth*File directives point to the right place?

I'm not sure why checkBDG.sh is complaining about not finding a valid
licence key. Maybe something got corrupted when you saved the email
attachement of the licence key? To check this yourself:

  % cd /where/ever/you/installed/sharp
  % source ./setup.csh
  % bin/irix64_exe/sharp

  => this should only complain about missing parameters, not about the
  licence.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Clemens

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otherwise it might take a while for them to get through, since they
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On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 04:08:30PM -0700, Albion Baucom wrote:
> 
> Hello, I am trying to setup SOLVE on an SGI R12000 IRIX 6.5 64-bit
> machine.
> 
> I am having numerous problems _following_ installation. I _can_
> sucessfully use the installSOLVE script, and the "newmachine", and
> "newuser" scripts. But after that nothing works.
> 
> First off, I have read the following page closely
> 
> http://www.globalphasing.com/sharp/installation/index.html
> 
> and used the program "checkBDG.sh".
> 
> I run the installation as root on the computer I am installing on
> using the following files
> 
> installSHARP
> sharp.irix64.tar.gz
> sharp_tutorials.tar.gz
> helpers_client.irix64.tar.gz
> helpers_server.irix64.tar.gz
> sushi.tar.gz
> 
> Fine.
> 
> First off, the permissions on the directories after the installation are
> whacked. I get an arbitrary user (1119) as the owner of files, and
> read/write/exectute permissions by the owner ONLY on a lot of the files,
> including key files in sushi/base. After running "newmachine" and pointing
> the script to all the applicable info, and then running "newuser", adding
> myself as a user (albion), I cannot access the webserver even though I can
> see httpd is running on my machine. I get 
> 
> Forbidden 
> You don't have permission to access / on this server.
> 
> when I try "netscape http://monkey:8080" as I am instructed in the e-mail
> generated after running "newuser" (as the user I created).
> 
> Im not suprised. All the files in suchi/base (such as index.htm) are only
> readable by user (1119) as is the perl script (index.pl) that is suppose
> to be called when loading this page. Huh? Do I have to change all the
> permissions myself?
> 
> 
> The "checkBDG.sh" script returns the following warnings
> 
> WARNING 001 : no file sharp.irixn32.tar.gz found -
> WARNING 002 : no file helpers_client.irixn32.tar.gz found -
> WARNING 003 : no file helpers_server.irixn32.tar.gz found -
> 
> This is strange as I didnt use any *irixn32* tar files to begin with, only
> the ones I got from the server named *irix64*. Hmmm.
> 
> WARNING 004 : there doesn't seem to be a valid licence key
> 
> Again, strange as the installSOLVE script accepts this file and allows
> installation, and this was the license attached to the license reply by
> e-mail.
> 
> 
> Obviously something has gone really bad here.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> Im corn-fused. But I am UNIX savy and a programmer ... I just don't follow
> how this installSOLVE script is behaving.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Albion
> 
> Albion E. Baucom
> http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~baucom
> 
> 
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