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VERY BASIC Questions about MySQLMan installation

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VERY BASIC Questions about MySQLMan installation
I have purchased MySQLMan recently and finally I'm ready to install it.

I administer various sites on servers that I pay space for.

I'm pretty comfortable with HTML, FTP, FrontPage, etc... but don't know much about Telnet.

I was trying to install the MySQLMan program and was following the instructions in the readme file.

Since I couldn't get the installation file (install.cgi) to run after uncompressing it on the server under the cgi-bin folder, I called the tech support person there and asked to run it for me.

They use SSH Telnet only. They don't allow users to use regular telnet.

The guy left a message few minutes ago saying that after he tried to unpack the install.cgi file, the program was asking for a URL which he didn't know...

Questions:

1) By reading the above, does anybody have a suggestion?

2) Below is the list of files I have. Am I missing any files?
install.cgi
install.dat
license
readme
readme.mod_perl
readme.speedycgi

3) How do you run the install.cgi file from a browser?

4) Do I have to change anything in these files other than making sure the path to per is correct?

alomenzo
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Re: [alomenzo] VERY BASIC Questions about MySQLMan installation In reply to
Those files are not MySQLMan, are they? It's probably DBMan SQL Sly


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1) By reading the above, does anybody have a suggestion?
You can install our products in shell mode by using the command below:
perl install.cgi

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3) How do you run the install.cgi file from a browser?
Just point your browser to: http:/www.yourdomain.com/path_to_product/install.cgi

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4) Do I have to change anything in these files other than making sure the path to per is correct?
You might change #!/usr/bin/perl to the path Perl on your server at the top of install.cgi

TheStone.

B.
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Re: [TheStone] VERY BASIC Questions about MySQLMan installation In reply to
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Yes they are DBMan SQL files. My mistake...
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You can install our products in shell mode by using the command below:
perl install.cgi


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Just point your browser to: http:/www.yourdomain.com/path_to_product/install.cgi


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You might change #!/usr/bin/perl to the path Perl on your server at the top of install.cgi

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alomenzo: Aug 15, 2002, 7:35 PM
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Re: [TheStone] VERY BASIC Questions about MySQLMan installation In reply to
The previous message I posted before was all messy, so I had to reppost it. I guess the reason was that I was cutting and pasting from the previous message...

I will use a simpler look to finally get my sistuation across...

You: Those files are not MySQLMan, are they? It's probably DBMan SQL Sly
alomenzo: Yes, it is DBMan SQL.. My mistake.

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You: You can install our products in shell mode by using the command below:
perl install.cgi
alomenzo: As I mentioned earlier, I don't know much about Telnet or Shell mode. That's why I asked the administrator of the hosting company I use to run the command for me. They use only SSH Telnet, not the regular Telnet. Anyway he left a voice mail message this afternoon saying that the program asked him for a URL and it didn't know what to use so he had to stop

You: Just point your browser to: http:/www.yourdomain.com/path_to_product/install.cgi



alomenzo: I did that. I tried with the uncompressed files in a subfolder inside the cgi-bin folder and also directly under cgi-bin but invain.



You: You might change #!/usr/bin/perl to the path Perl on your server at the top of install.cgi
alomenzo: That was one of the first things I checked. The Path to Perl.
Please help anybody....
alomenzo

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alomenzo: Aug 15, 2002, 9:29 PM
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Re: [alomenzo] VERY BASIC Questions about MySQLMan installation In reply to
Are you asking a question in that post or just quoting what was already said?
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Found it!

It turned out to be the permission set on the install.cgi (was lower than 755).

From the FTP program, I would right-click on install.cgi, choose Properties and set the permission to 755, OK...

Then to verify I went back and checked and it was back to 666.

So as soon as I changed it back to 755, I went to a browser and pointed to the path and ran the install.cgi and this time it worked.. It started the install program.

Thanks support.