Oh, I guess that's probably because 'pax' does not exist in linux, does it?
-dre On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Larry Popiel wrote: > No errors. What I understand is that pax is supposed to place the files in > the appropriate directories when it is run. The caldavd executable just tells > me it's not installed and to install it. not sure where everything is places > in the system. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:22 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Jan 24, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Laurence Popiel wrote: >> >>> I have the trunk up and running in test mode configured and accessible from >>> iCal and iPhones. I now want to put in in production.I created a dir in >>> /opt and followed the steps to download. When I run the ./run -i script it >>> appears to compile but when i run the caldavd executable it tells me that >>> is not installed. Am I missing something? I also tried release ver 2.4 and >>> fixed the dead links ut get an error on line 379 saying unbound variable so >>> I'm a bit lost at the moment. >>> Can anyone help with the proper steps to install as a service? >> >> This is one part of the product I've never really used (as it's not needed >> in Mac OS X Server), so perhaps somebody with experience using it can chime >> in... >> >> What exactly are the errors you get when trying to run caldavd? Did you >> notice any errors after issuing "run -i"? >> >> -dre >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Laurence Popiel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks. That was it. fat fingers. >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Jan 17, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Laurence Popiel wrote: >>> >>>> Ok back to the beginning. I have the server up and running on my test box >>>> using trunk rev 6738. >>>> >>>> Just built my standalone server following the method I used successfully. >>>> All went well until I tried to run the server and got this error: >>>> >>>> It starts to load and gets to Starting server then when it gets to >>>> >>>> File "usr/lib/python2.6/plist.py , line 301, in __getattr__ >>>> raise AttributeError , attr >>>> AttributeError : append >>>> >>>> any thoughts? >>> >>> broken caldavd.plist? >>> >>> xmllint --valid /path/to/your/config.plist >>> >>> It should return nothing. If it finds an error, it will bark at you, e.g.: >>> >>> bash-3.2# xmllint --valid /etc/caldavd/caldavd.plist > /dev/null >>> /etc/caldavd/caldavd.plist:35: parser error : StartTag: invalid element name >>> <<string>icalvip.icalserver.rack</string> <!-- The hostname clients use >>> when >>> ^ >>> >>> You can always try the sample (dev) config if you're unsure whether yours >>> might be problematic. >>> >>> -dre >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Laurence Popiel <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> Finally after everyone's advise and help, I have the server up and running >>>> and sharing calendars. Since I am new to all of this and even more of a >>>> newbie when it comes to writing scripts, any advise on how to script >>>> server startup on boot and shutdown on reboot or shutdown. >>>> >>>> larry >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Well, don't run memcached as root. Are you setting UserName and GroupName >>>> in caldavd.plist? These should be set to some non-root user that can be >>>> used for running the various daemons. See caldavd-apple.plist for an >>>> example. You may need to create a user account for this purpose, though it >>>> should be fine to test it using your personal account. >>>> >>>> -dre >>>> >>>> On Jan 14, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Laurence Popiel wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well I followed the advise to use a release version 2.4 (not trunk) and >>>>> found that many of the links in the run script to pkgs are broken or >>>>> unavailable. I was able to repoint most of them but still to no avail. >>>>> At this point I went back to trunk and was able to run the script but it >>>>> too has another problem. It installs and it starts the server but it >>>>> hangs on the error below and never starts the server >>>>> >>>>> {memcached-Default} can't run as root without the -u switch >>>>> >>>>> Anyone have any ideas as to how to get either version running. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Cool, you're welcome :) >>>>> >>>>> The responsiveness you experience on our mailing list changes from time >>>>> to time, but it's been pretty good lately - glad it's helpful. It's sort >>>>> of an interesting situation for us, because to date our most important >>>>> target platform is Mac OS X Server, since that is where our service is >>>>> bundled and sold. However, linux support is becoming more and more >>>>> important, so it's great to see people picking it up and running with it >>>>> out in the world. >>>>> >>>>> This probably goes without saying, but: the most important thing to know >>>>> about this and any other open source project is that the user (or >>>>> administrator) is responsible for validating the configuration and making >>>>> sure things are working as intended. Also, any support is usually offered >>>>> on a 'best effort' basis by the community, which may or may not be good >>>>> enough for business purposes. This is probably the biggest difference >>>>> between our open source distribution and what you find bundled with Mac >>>>> OS X Server. >>>>> >>>>> In Cupertino, we've currently got zero inches of snow ;) >>>>> -dre >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Laurence Popiel wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks dre, >>>>>> it helps quite a lot. As a novice it has forced me to dive in headfirst >>>>>> and learn far more than I expected. Rather pleasantly i must say. also >>>>>> in all my years providing support in an enterprise environment (usual >>>>>> OSs for desktop and deployment) I have never experienced a community >>>>>> that is as responsive and willing helpful as your user community. >>>>>> So thank you for all the work you have done and the gracious time you >>>>>> gave to help me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Larry (under 24" of snow today) >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> It's been a while since the last release, so trunk is pretty different >>>>>> from the last 'stable' release. It's generally not recommended to run >>>>>> trunk code in a production environment, or if you do, make sure to test >>>>>> it thoroughly for your use cases. One reason that you may wish to avoid >>>>>> trunk code is that long-term problems can crop up, e.g. when upgrading >>>>>> to the next major version, we only support upgrades from older releases >>>>>> and not necessarily development versions. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would probably recommend testing the most recent release to see if it >>>>>> does the job for you. Regarding how to actually deploy it on the >>>>>> production host, the 'run' script has an 'install' method that can >>>>>> install the various resources in the standard locations (e.g. >>>>>> /usr/local/...), however things like process lifecycle management are >>>>>> left up to the administrator. I would recommend that you do all the >>>>>> testing of your target release (or dev code if you wish) on a >>>>>> non-production host, including the installation using run script, and >>>>>> also whatever scripts you wish to use to start and stop the service, etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> There is not a great deal of documentation about our server outside of >>>>>> the PDF for iCal Server, however this is not targeted at the open source >>>>>> distribution, but rather the integrated distribution that is part of Mac >>>>>> OS X Server. >>>>>> >>>>>> The documentation (in a somewhat tattered state, unfortunately) for the >>>>>> open source distribution is all located here: >>>>>> http://trac.calendarserver.org/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Hope this helps, >>>>>> -dre >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Laurence Popiel wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Now that I'm able to setup ad run the development version, where can I >>>>>>> find documentation on setting up in a small network production >>>>>>> environment. I'll have 8 users, three groups and 8 calendars. Does it >>>>>>> install differently and point to different config files ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Looks like one of the externally hosted dependencies is failing to >>>>>>> download... will check into it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -dre >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jan 11, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Guy wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Likely new checkins have broken something.. it's always risky running >>>>>>>> trunk.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The usual advice here is to pick a revision that works and use that... >>>>>>>> either something from the released branch. Or just check out and use >>>>>>>> the revision that worked for you when you where testing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --Guy >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 11 Jan 2011, at 16:34, Laurence Popiel wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I am extremely new to Ubuntu and linux in general. I have installed >>>>>>>>> Ubuntu 10.04 and followed the steps outlined in several postings. >>>>>>>>> After a little trial and error I was able to set up and access the >>>>>>>>> CalendarServer and configure users by modifying the accounts.xml and >>>>>>>>> caldavd-dev.plist. I could connect via iCal and the two iphones in my >>>>>>>>> network. >>>>>>>>> Since i was able to get it up and running I decided to build a server >>>>>>>>> to host the Calendar Server, afp file sharing, samba and use the >>>>>>>>> server for time Machine backups. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Using a pentium 4 box I installed Ubuntu 10.04 server and followed >>>>>>>>> these steps: >>>>>>>>> 1) edit /etc/fstab to enable xattrs by adding the “user_xattr” option. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> e.g. (all on one line): >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> UUID=8f2bb850-0e8f-4d81-bba5-fb93ef9b9990 / ext4 >>>>>>>>> errors=remount-ro,user_xattr 0 1 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> after doing the above you need to reboot, or “sudo mount / -o remount” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 2) sudo apt-get build-dep postgresql >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 3) sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-xattr python-twisted >>>>>>>>> subversion curl >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 4) svn co >>>>>>>>> http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/calendarserver/CalendarServer/trunk >>>>>>>>> CalendarServer >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 5) cd CalendarServer ; ./run -s >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> when I run ./run -s i get this: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Downloading libevent... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> % Total %Received % Xferd AverageSpeed Time Time Time >>>>>>>>> Current >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dload Upload >>>>>>>>> Total Spent Left Speed >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >>>>>>>>> --:--:-- 0:40:24 --:--:-- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The previous successful install was revision 6725 and it continued >>>>>>>>> and finished without a hangup. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> now it is revision 6726 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any ideas as to why it worked without a hitch 4 days ago and now I >>>>>>>>> cant get any further than what you see. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> calendarserver-users mailing list >>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/calendarserver-users >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> calendarserver-users mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/calendarserver-users >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
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