Issues starting Abyss for the first time

 
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nath.e.will
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:41 am    Post subject: Issues starting Abyss for the first time Reply with quote

On starting Abyss for the first time in Gentoo Linux, i am encountering error:
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Abyss Web Server X1 (v 2.6)   
Copyright (C) Aprelium - 2001-2009

Critical: Cannot execute the server using root privileges (key: root/server/parameters/opsys/sysgroup - file: /usr/local/abyssws/abyss.conf - line: 0 - col: 0)

so i su to normal user, reattempt, this time receiving error:

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Abyss Web Server X1 (v 2.6)
Copyright (C) Aprelium - 2001-2009

Error: No such file or directory (key: /root/console/bindip - file: /usr/local/abyssws/abyss.conf - line: 0 - col: 0)
Error: Cannot save the configuration file (key: /root/console/bindip - file: /usr/local/abyssws/abyss.conf - line: 0 - col: 0)
Critical: No such file or directory

no matter what i can't make it past this...

the installation steps were as follows, following install instructions for Linux...

after downloading the source file, i execute:
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tar xzfm abwsx1.tgz

cd into the direcotory and run:
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 ./abyssws

then i get the aforementioned errors.

install location is /usr/local

please help, i'm stumped
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Moxxnixx
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You need to start Abyss with the -r command to give it root privileges. You
can do this with "./abyssws -r"

For more detailed instructions, go to...
http://www.aprelium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=51123#51123
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nath.e.will
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:57 pm    Post subject: woo hoo! Reply with quote

thanks moxxnixx, i will give this a shot when i get home. i used to use aprelium on my windoze box, and i LOVE the software. i was starting to think i'd have to go back to Apache, which is fun, but quite a bit less user friendly.

i'll post the results back here once i'm able to give it a go...

too bad i've been specifically banned from accessing the home-box via SSH from work, now i'm gonna be eager all day... :)


edit: you know, on thinking about this... the notion of giving the server root power makes me a wee bit nervous... seems like if the server were compromised this could lead to some issues... any chance i could use the user & group "apache" that's set up for apache to run under?
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aprelium
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Issues starting Abyss for the first time Reply with quote

nath.e.will,

The solution is easy. Just install Abyss Web Server as a normal user and later run the script which sets it up as a service. This will handle all the required operations (starts a root to gte ports < 1024, and later switch to a less priviledged account).
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