FreeBSD Errors

Frank · - Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 15 Location: The Netherlands

Hi,

Abyss on Windows installs in just 1 minute, but on FreeBSD I haven't succeeded yet, after an evening of annoying errors:

after tar xzfm <abyss package> to /abysws it leaves me with an error after executing ./abysws as ROOT : something like: you cannot execute abyss with root privaliges. Sounds o.k to me, so I configured a user ABYSS to execute ./abyss, after I make sure user ABYSS has sufficient rights to do so.
Then the message is: No such file or directory. key: /root/console/bindip - file: /abyss/abyss.conf - line: 0 Col: 0
And also: Cannot save configuration file - No such file or directory. key: /root/console/bindip - file: /abyss/abyss.conf - line: 0 Col: 0

I modified the abyss.conf and changed <root> into <abyss>, no such luck.

Even after granting the user ABYSS rights in /root/console/bindip (which I created and is a security risc, of course!) I still get the error.

The manual for abyss on FreeBSD does not mention anything here.
Neither does it mention that you need the package compat4x, because otherwise you get an error: lib_r.so.4 not found ! (This took me an extra 90 minutes to solve, by the way.)

Aprelium seems to spare no expense to not letting you succeed in installing Abyss on FreeBSD.....(am I getting cynicle ?)

Abyss is a great Web server and I am determined to get it working on FreeBSD, so any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanx,

Frank
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AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

First of all you have posted in the wrong section of the forum. This is the tutorials section and this is NOT a tutorial.

Secondly, Im sure there are plenty of help topics on this subject. Just seach the forum and Im sure you will find the answer to your problem.

Im sure you have to install and run abyss as a root user but as I have very little experience with FreeBSD, dont hold me to it.
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Frank · - Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 15 Location: The Netherlands

Hi, Inquisitor,

Yes I noticed a little too late that this post was mis-posted, anyway,
As you said yourself, you have little experience in FreeBSD so your reply is of little help to me, is it. Still you are sure about certain things in FreeBSD....
Good thinkin', realy....

I would like to direct my question to someone who CAN help me.

Thanx,

Frank
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AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

aprelium · - Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Posts: 6800

Frank,

If you are using FreeBSD 5.0 or higher you'll have to install it with the FreeBSD 4.x compatibility layer (which is usually installed by default).

The rest of the install procedure is similar to Linux. Do not try to install it using your root account as this leads to a lot of file permission and root privileges problems (especially if you're not used to Unix systems which have their own logic when it comes to file permissions and security).

So the best to do is to create a normal user account (or use an already existent one) and log on using it. Install Abyss Web Server as explained in the manual and run it. It should work without any problems. With a normal user account, you cannot use ports < 1024 (this is a limitation in Unix systems). Only root can use them.

So to use port 80 (and to start Abyss at boot time if you want), follow the instructions in http://www.aprelium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=46217#46217 .
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