Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: installation woes

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2: Re: installation woes (response to 1)
Posted by Torben Brosten on
Brad,

When a server is run from a laptop/desktop with a dynamic ip, I believe you can still use "localhost:port" to access the server from your laptop.  When you know the dynamic IP address, then you can temporarily access the server from other computers --but it is generally awkward to access a server with a dynamic ip.

regarding permission denied, try this:

login as root
root# cd /var/lib
root# chmod -R 770 aolserver
root# cd /var/lib/aolserver
root# chown -R service0:web service0

This page may have more useful info: https://openacs.org/doc/openacs-5-1/openacs.html

also you might have to be logged in as root to access /tmp and untar files

hope this helps,

Torben

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3: Re: installation woes (response to 2)
Posted by brad babai on
thanks for the help, i am almost done now, but i've hit this other snag which is a bit baffling to me

in step 5 of the OpenACS install guide i run the program using

/usr/local/aolserver/bin/nsd-postgres -t /var/lib/aolserver/weg/etc/config.tcl   (ive changed service0 to weg)
i get the right output on my xterm console but when i type into the browser http://weg.test:8000 i get a cannot connect error

my error log seems fine except for to error readings which are

[05/Aug/2004:17:44:59][3344.1075081856][-main-] Error: pidfile: failed to open pid file '/usr/local/aolserver/log/nspid.weg': 'Permission denied'
(twice) and
[05/Aug/2004:17:44:59][3344.1075081856][-main-] Fatal: modload: failed to load module '/usr/local/aolserver/bin/nssha1.so'
Fatal: modload: failed to load module '/usr/local/aolserver/bin/nssha1.so'

Is there any explanation for this? the first error is weird because when i go to that directory path, the nspid.weg does not exist....

neither does the nssha1.so file,