At 05:51 PM 11/1/2002 -0500, you wrote: I entered the sql-ledger-httpd.conf lines into apache's httpd.conf file under the mod_alias section and now I was able to bring up the Administration pages. Will this be ok? I hope someone can let me know if things will be ok or should I expect the sky to crash on my head at some unforseeable future... :)) PJ
>I am trying to install v. 1.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.7 with PostGresql. >I had already installed an earlier version on another FGBSD machine wihtout >problems. Not this time... >I don't know if anyone has recently verified the installation instructions >or the names of files. First, the setup.pl file is actually called >dnsetup.pl (god knows why...) >Second, the Instllation calls for the creation of an sql-ledger-httpd.conf >file: > >Quote: >create a file sql-ledger-httpd.conf in the same location where your >httpd.conf is and copy the next section into the file > >Alias /sql-ledger/ /usr/local/sql-ledger/ ><Directory /usr/local/sql-ledger/> > AddHandler cgi-script .pl > Options ExecCGI Includes FollowSymlinks ></Directory > ><Directory /usr/local/sql-ledger/users> > Options None ></Directory> > >edit httpd.conf and add > ># SWL-Ledger >Include <ServerRoot>/sql-ledger-httpd.conf >Unquote. > >Either this is incomplete or I am missing something here. >I am not a programmer, but it looks to me like all this could be simply >included in the httpd.conf file without the contortions of the >sql-ledger-httpd.conf file. > >It is pretty obvious from the error messages I get (apache startup - >invalid command Alias...) and from examination of the httpd.conf file that >something is amiss, here, and probably something is lacking in the >instructions. >I suspect that the sql-ledger-httpd.conf file should probably be inserted >into the alias-module of the httpd.conf file. > >Could someone, please, let me know what the correct procedure should be. > >Thanks in advance, > >PJ
