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Mar 11, 2001, 12:05 PM
joebagodonuts
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Mar 11, 2001, 12:05 PM
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Just switched to a new hosting service--merging Links 2.0. Everything seems to work 'cept 'Validate'. Getting
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Error Message : unable to open validation file: /path/to/cgi-local/links/admin/data/validate.db. Reason: No such file or directory
Script Location : /path/to/cgi-local/links/admin/admin.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00502
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SERVER_SOFTWARE : Rapidsite/Apa-1.3.4 FrontPage/4.0.4.3
I've rechecked links.cfg and the chmod. Anything else I should look for?

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Mar 11, 2001, 12:14 PM
Stealth
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Mar 11, 2001, 12:14 PM
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And you have the validate.db in the data directory?

And there are records in the validate.db file?

Regards,

Eliot Lee
Mar 11, 2001, 12:19 PM
joebagodonuts
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Mar 11, 2001, 12:19 PM
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Yes. /path/to/cgi-local/links/admin/data has the validate.db, which consists of the last 2 links I added--tho' not validated.
I can add, delete, modify, check for dup, build all ... just can't validate, :0
Over
JR

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Mar 11, 2001, 12:24 PM
Paul
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Mar 11, 2001, 12:24 PM
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There are only a limited number of reason for this error:

data directory not chmodded to 777
validate.db not chmodded to 666
Incorrect path in links.cfg
validate.db not in data directory

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Mar 11, 2001, 12:32 PM
joebagodonuts
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Mar 11, 2001, 12:32 PM
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In reply to Paul: I've re-chmod my data dir and validate.db. links.cfg looks like this
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# PATH and URL of Admin CGI directory. No Trailing Slash.
$db_script_path = "/path/to/cgi-local/links/admin";
$db_dir_url = "http://www.izmirhigh.com/cgi-local/links/admin";

# URL of User CGI directory. No Trailing Slash.
$db_cgi_url = "http://www.izmirhigh.com/cgi-local/links";

# PATH and URL of Pages to be built. No Trailing Slash.
$build_root_path = "/path/to/OFH/pages";
$build_root_url = "http://www.izmirhigh.com/OFH/pages";
Mar 11, 2001, 12:35 PM
Paul
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Mar 11, 2001, 12:35 PM
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If you send me your ftp info via pm I will take a look.

BTW: you don't really need to hide your paths because no-one can do anything to your site by knowing your paths.

Also the link to your homepage isn't working.

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Mar 11, 2001, 1:09 PM
Paul
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Mar 11, 2001, 1:09 PM
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OK ive had a look.....

I am assuming that this is the problem......

Error Message : unable to open validation file: /www43/web/izmirh/cgi-local/links/admin/data/validate.db. Reason: No such file or directory
Script Location : /u/web/izmirh/cgi-local/links/admin/admin.cgi

Note the paths are totally different.

Looks like you need to change /www43/ to /u/


Paul Wilson.
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Mar 11, 2001, 1:17 PM
joebagodonuts
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Mar 11, 2001, 1:17 PM
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nope, just tried it, :(

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Mar 11, 2001, 1:25 PM
Paul
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You changed all the paths in links.cfg?

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Mar 11, 2001, 1:35 PM
joebagodonuts
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$db_script_path = "/u/web/izmirh/cgi-local/links/admin";
$build_root_path = "/u/web/izmirh/OFH/pages";
What else do I need to update?

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Mar 11, 2001, 1:37 PM
Paul
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Mar 11, 2001, 1:37 PM
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I'm stumped...

I can't see any reason why it won't work.

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Mar 11, 2001, 1:39 PM
Stealth
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Mar 11, 2001, 1:39 PM
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If this new site is stored in a server that has CGIWRAP installed, then that could be one of your problems. Double check the server configurations with your hosting company to make sure that you do or do not have CGIWRAP installed. If you do have CGIWRAP installed, then the paths would need to be changed to include the actual sub-directories under the CGIWRAP directory.

Regards,

Eliot Lee
Mar 11, 2001, 1:40 PM
joebagodonuts
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Mar 11, 2001, 1:40 PM
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k, thx 4 tryin'
JR

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Mar 11, 2001, 1:42 PM
Paul
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Mar 11, 2001, 1:42 PM
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I have CGIWRAP on my server and have not needed to do that....

Strange...

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Mar 11, 2001, 1:50 PM
joebagodonuts
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Mar 11, 2001, 1:50 PM
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Eliot,
Good Point! I WAS on FlashNet, which had CGIWRAP, but not with IzmirHigh.com. Do I need to edit/delete something from my old configuration. Where should I look?
JR

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Mar 11, 2001, 1:54 PM
Paul
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You don't need to change anything unless you changed something when you were on your old server.

Paul Wilson.
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