Re: NT help!!

["Jay Clark" <jay.clark@rotor.com>]

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From: "Gunnar Hjalmarsson" <mailbox@gunnar.cc>
To: <ringlinklist@gunnar.cc>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ringlinklist] NT help!!
>
> Hi Katie,
>
> I don't know very much about NT either, but I got some help from Jay
> Clark to do a couple of modifications in the program and in the
> README.TXT file.
>
Follow the readme.txt file to make changes to the .pl files.
> > I was advised by someone that the chmod commands are for Unix only,
> > so how does one install the ringlink script to an NT server,
> > especially when the FAQ states "chmod "data" to 777??
Not really needed if they setup the server correctly your cgi-bin folder
should have the correct permissions any directory under that should have the
same but you can set it up so it can be different. If the data directory
doesn't work you need to contact your server and have them make the
permissions change on the drive.
>
> Maybe chmod is a Unix command, but there must be a way to control file
> permissions on a Windows NT server too. Another ringmaster pointed out
> that setting directory permissions on NT is more complicated than on
> Unix, and that it may require action by someone with administrative
> access to the server (i.e. your provider). Check your provider's manual,
> to start with.
>
> The script must be allowed to create new files and directories in the
> "data" directory. That's the reason why the instruction suggests the
> data directory permissions to be 777.
>
> > And do I need to save all of the .pl files as .cgi?
>
> No. *.cgi is required by certain Unix servers.
you might have to change it is all up to the server for whatever is used.
Most likely you will not have to change them.
>
> > So far, all that I have done, other than edit particular files, is
> > to make the ringlink folders in my cgi-bin directory.
>
> So why not just "go for it" and see if it works. Oh, one more thing.
> Ringlink makes use of sendmail, which I have been told is not a standard
> program on NT servers. So you should make sure your provider has
> sendmail.
reply if they need to know where to get the sendmail port I will post the
link.
Jay Clark