I'm trying to install Links 2 and this is the error I am getting, when I click on "Build All" in the admin.cgi

Also, where would the public have to go to view my links? I've uploaded all my files into the CGI-BIN directory...Even the templates.

what do i have to put in my public directory so my visitors can see my links?

Links Manager: Building Pages
Building Pages
Pages built on 13-Feb-2001 at 05:54:15
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Backing up database . . .
Backing up links, category and email database (File::Copy) ...

CGI ERROR
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Error Message : Unable to copy links backup. Reason: Permission denied
Script Location : /host/w/w/w/i/t/a/www.itamilonline.com/cgi-bin/links/admin/nph-build.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00503

Set the permissions of the backup folder to 777.

Thomas
http://www.japanreference.com

To create the folders and set the CHMOD permissions, check out the following link:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...5&vc=1#Post84226

In the link above the original Links does not have the following folders and files associated with them

755 DIRECTORY cgi-bin/links/admin/Html/

755 DIRECTORY cgi-bin/links/admin/Lwp/

755 * Parallel (SUBDIR)

755 DIRECTORY cgi-bin/links/admin/lwp/Parallel/

755 * Protocol (SUBDIR)

755 DIRECTORY cgi-bin/links/admin/lwp/parallel/Protocol/

Basically, all the cgi/pl files are 755, the db/html's are 666 and most ( not all ) of the others are 644.

When things don't build, it's usually a permission problem, or you copied/typed something wrong...

I did not put my templates in the cgi-bin/links/admin/templates folder.
I ended up putting then in a folder underneath my public folder. If you do that, remember to change the path in the links.cfg file ( search for the word templates ). The reason for doing this is to allow for headers and footers. Those will come a little later on as you use Links....you quickly get tired of editing 20-30 files just to change the same item in each template.

Gene

What are all these extra folders you are talking about? Are you sure your talking about Links 2???

Andy

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YES...he is, YOURADDS! Look in the LWP folder that comes with the LINKS 2.0 zip file!

Regards,

Eliot Lee

Oh. Is this an update? I must be using one of the older copies. The only folders i have are;

cgi-bin
cgi-bin/admin
cgi-bin/admin/backup
cgi-bin/admin/templates
cgi-bin/admin/data
cgi-bin/admin/data/rates
cgi-bin/admin/data/hits
pages

Thats it! What version is Links 2 up to now?

See Ya

Andy

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No...it's not an update...the LWP folder should there.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

That's what Eliot just mentioned: Links 2.0 is the old version, the current version is 2.01!

Thomas
http://www.japanreference.com

Just went to the download page for Links 2 (2.01) and downloaded it, but still it only has the same folders as i said about in my earlier post??? Weird....

Andy

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The "normal" folders are as you list...The link I referenced had some additional folders that been added due to some MODs that the author had installed. I was just pointing out that "Buckshot" may not need these folders for a basic installation. I have not had a need for the LWP folder. While the instuctions contained two different ways to set up the folders, the basic information is there ( but, what the hey, I getting oldtimers disease anyway -- LOL )

The one difference is that I have other perl programs installed so I don't clutter up my cgi-bin folder. I put each perl program in its own folder.

Instead of
cgi-bin
cgi-bin/admin
cgi-bin/admin/backup
cgi-bin/admin/templates
cgi-bin/admin/data
cgi-bin/admin/data/rates
cgi-bin/admin/data/hits
pages

I have
cgi-bin/links
cgi-bin/links/admin
cgi-bin/links/admin/backup
cgi-bin/admin/links/data
cgi-bin/admin/links/data/rates
cgi-bin/admin/links/data/hits
public_html/pages
public_html/templates


Not any better, just a different way to accomplish the same thing.

As I understand version numbering versions with minor changes use a decimal number. So there's probably not a lot of difference between 2 and 2.01. Not much to get excited about, anyway, in terms of features, etc.

Gene

Thanks for sorting that out for me. I was getting worried that i was going mad

Andy

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