- Add the user `freeside' to your system.
-
- Add the freeside database to your database engine. (with MySQL) (with PostgreSQL)
-
- Allow the freeside user full access to the freeside database. (with MySQL) (with PostgreSQL)
+
- Allow the freeside user full access to the freeside database.
+
+ - with MySQL:
$ mysqladmin -u root password 'set_a_root_database_password'
+$ mysql -u root -p
+mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,INDEX,ALTER,CREATE,DROP on freeside.* TO freeside@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'set_a_freeside_database_password';
+ - with PostgreSQL
+
+ - Add the freeside database to your database engine. (with MySQL) (with PostgreSQL)
- Unpack the tarball:
gunzip -c fs-x.y.z.tar.gz | tar xvf -
- - Copy or link fs-x.y.z/site_perl to FS in your site_perl directory. (try `
perl -V' if unsure) mkdir /usr/local/lib/site_perl/FS
-cp fs-x.y.z/site_perl/* /usr/local/lib/site_perl/FS
or ln -s /full/path/to/fs-x.y.z/site_perl /usr/local/lib/site_perl/FS
+ - Build and install the Perl libraries:
+
+$ cd FS/
+$ perl Makefile.PL
+$ make
+$ su
+# make install UNINST=1
- Copy or link fs-x.y.z/htdocs to your web server's document space.
mkdir /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
cp -r fs-x.y.z/htdocs/* /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
or ln -s /full/path/to/fs-x.y.z/htdocs /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
- - Restrict access to this web interface. (with Apache)
+
- Restrict access to this web interface. (with Apache)
- Enable CGI execution for files with the `.cgi' extension. (with Apache)
- Set ownership and permissions for the web interface. The web interface needs to run as the freeside user - there are several ways to do this.
@@ -51,14 +70,15 @@ chmod 4755 browse/*.cgi edit/*.cgi edit/process/*.cgi misc/*.cgi misc/process/*.
cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
chown -R freeside .
chmod 755 browse/*.cgi edit/*.cgi edit/process/*.cgi misc/*.cgi misc/process/*.cgi search/*.cgi view/*.cgi
- - Use mod_perl. You should run a separate iteration of Apache[-SSL] as the freeside user. (Warning: The redirect method of CGI.pm 2.36 [as distributed with Perl 5.004_04] is broken under mod_perl. Downlaod the current version from CPAN.)
+
- Use mod_perl. You should run a separate iteration of Apache[-SSL] as the freeside user. (Warning: The redirect method of CGI.pm 2.36 [as distributed with Perl 5.004_04] is broken under mod_perl. Downlaod the current version from CPAN. Apache 1.3.6 is also highly recommended because of signal handling problems in earlier versions.)
cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
chown -R root .
chmod 755 browse/*.cgi edit/*.cgi edit/process/*.cgi misc/*.cgi misc/process/*.cgi search/*.cgi view/*.cgi