[freeside] Some basic install clarifications

[Curtis Maurand]

Check the docs on the mapsecrets file.  its in your freeside directory
somewhere  I haven't running it in a while.  I do remember that there
was quite a bit of gnashing of teeth over the mapsecrets file.

Curtis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Sprickman" <spork at inch.com>
To: <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:00 PM
Subject: [freeside] Some basic install clarifications


> Hello,
>
> I'm running Freeside 1.4.0 on FreeBSD 4.6, perl 5.005_03 using
> Apache::ASP.
>
> I've followed the instructions, but I get a little lost down at the
bottom
> where one configures the users.  I understand that I must run the
> "freeside-adduser" command to add the users to the htpasswd file and
I'm
> guessing this also adds an "internal" Freeside user.  I think I'm
clear on
> that.
>
> But after that I'm confused as to which user to use for the
"fs_setup"
> step.  Does it matter?  This command creates all the tables, but I'm
> confused what the username has to do with it.
>
> Also the next step "populate-msgcat" has me lost as well, I don't
know
> which user to supply or to do this for every Freeside user.
>
> Lastly, when I run the startup script, I get the following message:
>
> devel2]/usr/local/etc/rc.d # sh freeside.sh start
> Starting freeside-queued: freeside-queued started with pid 2140
> done.
> Starting fs_passwd_server: done.
> Starting fs_signup_server: done.
> [devel2]/usr/local/etc/rc.d # User nostart not found in mapsecrets!
at
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/FS/UID.pm line 234.
> User nostart not found in mapsecrets! at
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/FS/UID.pm line 234.
>
> Do I add another user "nostart"?  Should the user that initially
creates
> the tables be a special user in any way?  Is this a user that also
logs in
> to the web interface?
>
> Also, once I figure this out, I'd like to dump my config and start
over.
> What exactly needs to be done besides blasting away the db?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
>
> --
> Charles Sprickman
> spork at inch.com
>
>
>