Re: Installing iTools 7 (from WebTen)

on 9/29/2003 12:38 pm, Eric Yang at eyang@xxxxxxxxx so noted...

>> Does the machine running iTools need to be logged in as root? I do not have
>> access to the Tenon directory or its contents when logged in as an
>> administrator.
> 
> Root will give you full privileges to read/write in /Library/Tenon
> directories.
> If you login with other users, then you will have read access to
> /Library/Tenon directories only.

So after setting up the system and enabling root, if I want to do
manipulation of web site content through the Finder I have to log out as an
admin user then log in as root, then do the reverse when done?

While the server is physically secure (ie. I'm sitting next to it) is there
any harm in leaving it looged in as root for extended periods of time?


>> Directories owned by "www" show in the Finder (through the permissions
>> pop-up in a Get Info window) as a blank entry. Is this normal?
> 
> Yes, this is normal.  You don't own the files, and that's why they pop
> up as blank directories.  If you use Command-I to change the ownership
> of the folder, then you can see the directory content.  However, we
> don't recommend you to do that because wrong permission might cause the
> system to stop working.

I can see the contents of the directories, it's just that under the
ownership pop-up menu (in Get Info) there's no "www" user in the list so the
pop-up's current selection is blank. This issue is probably related to...


>> Directories owned by the logged-in admin user show as random Chinese
>> characters, sometimes mixed with a few English characters of the admin name
>> when viewed in the Finder. This is *not* normal.
>> 
>> Is it time to wipe the drive and start over?
> 
> It's best to start over.

I'm thinking that very same thing.   : )

Thanks for your help!

(Actually, a new user I just created has none of the problems of the first
one, so I may try deleting the problematic user and going from there, before
setting fire to the existing setup).


Rob Marquardt
Designer/Resident Wirehead
Toast Design

800 Washington Avenue North
Minneapolis MN 55401
612.330.9863 v
612.321.9424 f
www.toastdesign.com

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