help.

[Robert Davidson]

When I had to patch the files I had to do it manually.
(make the changes by hand, not using patch)..

Patch gave me the same errors your getting.

Cya.

On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, sysop wrote:
>Well, that was a start....
>
>Is there a certian version of the CGI-modules to use? When i try to patch it
>it says
>patching file 'Base.pm'
>Hunk #1 FAILED at 938.
>1 out of 1 hunk FAILED.
>
>wrong version?
>
>when i try "patch patchfile" it just sits there. no activity. looking at the
>patchfile, Base.pm is what we are patching so I specify "patch Base.pm
>patchfile" that is when i get the FAILED message.
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ivan Kohler <ivan at sisd.com>
>To: sysop <sysop at etgs.com>
>Cc: ivan-freeside at sisd.com <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
>Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 6:04 PM
>Subject: Re: help.
>
>
>>The manpage for `patch' would be a good start.  :)
>>
>>You probably need to compile Perl with setuid/setgid emulation enabled.
>>
>>On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, sysop wrote:
>>
>>> I have this same problem with apache 1.3, I can run apache as freeside
>and
>>> it seems to function correctly. With the exception of the error caused by
>>> not applying the patch to CGI-modules. Being a newbie at unix could
>someone
>>> point me in the direction of an example of how to patch this file. I have
>>> configured sendmail for our domain and about 30 other domains so I am not
>>> completely ignorant, but just not sure where to start on the patch thing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Steve
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ivan Kohler <ivan at sisd.com>
>>> To: Bill Fumerola <billf at jade.chc-chimes.com>
>>> Cc: tanto <tanto at cartel.cartel.org>; ivan-freeside at sisd.com
>>> <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
>>> Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 3:06 AM
>>> Subject: Re: help.
>>>
>>>
>>> >Apache 1.3 shouldn't be necessary, but I agree, it certainly isn't a bad
>>> >idea.
>>> >
>>> >On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Bill Fumerola wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, tanto wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > -rwsr-xr-x   1 freeside users        1572 Mar 23  1998 cust_pay.cgi
>>> >> > -rwsr-xr-x   1 freeside users        3517 Jul  2 11:31 cust_pkg.cgi
>>> >> > -rwsr-xr-x   1 freeside users        2916 Jul 12 22:18 part_pkg.cgi
>>> >> >
>>> >> > As far as I know, that means that freeside owns them and they are
>SUID
>>> >> > freeside.  Anyone know how to get the httpd server (apache 1.2.6 I
>>> >> > believe) to run the files as freeside?  From what I can tell.. they
>>> should
>>> >> > run as freeside right now.
>>> >>
>>> >> Those should work exactly as you say, I'd check apache's documentation
>>> >> (www.apache.org) about how it runs CGI's, but I might suggest also
>>> >> updating to apache1.3
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp -
>>> >> -  ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol at computerhorizons.com - BF1560  -
>>> >>
>>> >> "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect
>>> >> when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >--
>>> >Ivan Kohler <ivan at sisd.com> - finger for PGP key
>>> >Silicon Interactive Software Design - http://www.sisd.com/ -
>888-670-SISD
>>> >Open-source billing and administration for ISPs -
>>> http://www.sisd.com/freeside
>>> >20 4,16 * * * saytime # please don't be surprised if you find me
>dreaming
>>> too
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>--
>>Ivan Kohler <ivan at sisd.com> - finger for PGP key
>>Silicon Interactive Software Design - http://www.sisd.com/ - 888-670-SISD
>>Open-source billing and administration for ISPs -
>http://www.sisd.com/freeside
>>20 4,16 * * * saytime # please don't be surprised if you find me dreaming
>too