Krisbee wrote: > > 1. Non-programmers (that's me) might be wondering why use "make > install-strip" instead just "make install" when building perl. > install-strip runs 'strip' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_%28Unix%29) during the install.
> > 2. After the untar of logitechmediaserver-7.7.2-noCPAN.tgz. It's worth > checking that the files/dirs in the expanded tree have perms 755/644. > Never had this issue (although I saw you mentioning something like this in the other thread). If the perms are wrong in the tar, I'd suggest raising this as an issue with Logitech. > > 3. If you use, or copy as a different name, the standard debian > initscript saved from an existing LMS deb packag install, you could > alterantively simply edit two lines to read: > > > Code: -------------------- > > DAEMON=/opt/logitechmediaserver-7.7.2-33893-noCPAN/slimserver.pl > DAEMON_SAFE=/opt/logitechmediaserver-7.7.2-33893-noCPAN/slimserver.pl > -------------------- > > > I wouldn't do it like this - if you don't want to change the (pointless) DAEMON_SAFE (why?), assign $DAEMON to DAEMON_SAFE > > 4. It's not necessary to create a /etc/squeezeserver dir, as the files > that would exist there are all present under > /opt/logitechmediaserver-7.7.2-33893-noCPAN/ > It's slightly more complicated than that. You do need a prefs location for runtime (as LMS will save it's preferences there). For gentoo, it's /etc/squeezeserver, for debian /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs I'll make that clearer in the guide > > 5. If you need to add a "squeezeboxserver" user, it needs to be added as > a system user, e.g: > > Code: -------------------- > > > adduser --system --home /usr/share/squeezeboxserver --no-create-home --gecos "Logitech Media Server" squeezeboxserver -------------------- > > > For security reasons, I'd recommend setting home to /dev/null and shell to /sbin/nologin or /bin/false > > 8. It's worth checking you still have a functioning log rotate for this > version of LMS. You need to edit /etc/logrotate.d/logitechmediaserver: > Good point - I'll add logrotate to the guide [ extGUI4LMS - an alternative web interface: 'forum' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98186-Announce-Alternative-Web-Interface-(beta)) / 'homepage' (http://code.google.com/p/extgui4lms/) ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roland0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56808 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99648 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
