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Hobbit install failure? Can't get Hobbit Started

list Tanthony
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:30:04 -0500
Message-Id: <user-231890b9f7c3@xymon.invalid>

I just gave it the defaults.  "Stupid User trick" right?  I'm not that
familiar with Linux or Apache and just took all the defaults.

I did see that error which is what prompted this help email.

T.C.


Thomas C. Anthony II (T.C.)
Communications/Network Engineer
Phone = XXX-XXX-XXXX
Fax = XXX-XXX-XXXX


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  |RE: [hobbit] Hobbit install failure?  Can't get Hobbit Started                                                                          |
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To Rich's point:

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chgrp nobody /home/hobbit/server/www/rep /home/hobbit/server/www/snap
chgrp: invalid group: `nobody'
make: *** [install-dirs] Error 1

GLH

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:user-cf452ff334e0@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:00 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit install failure? Can't get Hobbit Started

When you ran the configure script how did you answer the question about
the group that your webserver runs under?

user-76ab58815011@xymon.invalid wrote:
I think my make failed.  Here is the log file:

Created Makefile with the necessary information to build Hobbit Some
defaults are used, so do look at the Makefile before continuing.

Configuration complete - now run make (GNU make) to build the tools
hobbit at hobbit-dev:~/Desktop/snapshot$ make install mkdir -p
/home/hobbit/server /home/hobbit/server/download /home/hobbit/data
mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/bin chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/bin
chgrp `id -g hobbit` /home/hobbit/server/bin mkdir -p
/home/hobbit/server/etc chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/etc chgrp `id
-g hobbit` /home/hobbit/server/etc mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/ext
chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/ext chgrp `id -g hobbit`
/home/hobbit/server/ext mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/tmp chown hobbit
/home/hobbit/server/tmp chgrp `id -g hobbit` /home/hobbit/server/tmp
mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/web chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/web
chgrp `id -g hobbit` /home/hobbit/server/web mkdir -p
/home/hobbit/server/www /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs
/home/hobbit/server/www/help /home/hobbit/server/www/html
/home/hobbit/server/www/menu /home/hobbit/server/www/notes
/home/hobbit/server/www/rep /home/hobbit/server/www/snap
/home/hobbit/server/www/wml chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/www
/home/hobbit/server/www/gifs /home/hobbit/server/www/help
/home/hobbit/server/www/html /home/hobbit/server/www/menu
/home/hobbit/server/www/notes /home/hobbit/server/www/rep
/home/hobbit/server/www/snap /home/hobbit/server/www/wml chgrp `id -g
hobbit`  /home/hobbit/server/www /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs
/home/hobbit/server/www/help /home/hobbit/server/www/html
/home/hobbit/server/www/menu /home/hobbit/server/www/notes
/home/hobbit/server/www/rep /home/hobbit/server/www/snap
/home/hobbit/server/www/wml chgrp nobody /home/hobbit/server/www/rep
/home/hobbit/server/www/snap
chgrp: invalid group: `nobody'
make: *** [install-dirs] Error 1
hobbit at hobbit-dev:~/Desktop/snapshot$ ./configure


Per the instructions I try to run the ./server/hobbit.sh start command
and it doesn't work.  I get hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ ./server/hobbit.sh
start
bash: ./server/hobbit.sh: No such file or directory
hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ ./hobbit/hobbit.sh start
bash: ./hobbit/hobbit.sh: Not a directory hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$
./home/hobbit/hobbit.sh start
bash: ./home/hobbit/hobbit.sh: No such file or directory
hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ ls
data     Documents  hobbit  Pictures  server     Videos
Desktop  Examples   Music   Public    Templates
hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ hobbit.sh start
bash: hobbit.sh: command not found
hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ ./hobbit.sh start
bash: ./hobbit.sh: No such file or directory hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$


Any help is greatly appreciated


Thanks

T.C.


Thomas C. Anthony II (T.C.)
Communications/Network Engineer
Phone = XXX-XXX-XXXX
Fax = XXX-XXX-XXXX
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Rich Smrcina
VM Assist, Inc.
Phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Ans Service:  XXX-XXX-XXXX
user-61add9955ef9@xymon.invalid
http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina

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