Topic: Installing phpBB-2.0.4. tar on SME 6.0.1.

[Archangel]

I am at a lost on how to go about installing a discussion board on my server.  I followed instructions to the letter, downloaded phpBB-2.0.4.tar to directory named publicaccess/files.  The name of my server is archangel.  The instruction I am having difficulty with is as follows:
[root@e-smith /opt]# tar zxf /path/to/downloaded/file/phpBB-2.0.4.tar.gz

I used my information for the above and it looks like this:    
[root@archangel /opt]# tar zxf /publicaccess/files/phpBB-2.9.4.tar.gz

the result is an error, "directory or file not found or something".  What am I doing wrong? Can you help me on this?  Thanks

 

Winston

[mrjhb3]

Might be easier to create a phpbb ibay, set it so it can run dynamic content, then copy your tar file to /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpbb/html, untar it here and follow the rest of the directions.  fyi.. I'd also suggest getting the latest version of phpbb and installing that.  They also provide a zip file if that is easier for you.

Just my 2 cents.

JB

[raem]

mrjhb3fyi

> .. I'd also suggest getting the latest version of phpbb and installing that.

I agree, the current version is 2.0.16, earlier versions have serious security vulnerabilities & you should upgrade immediately or you will get hacked very soon.

[DanB35]

the result is an error, "directory or file not found or something".  What am I doing wrong?

If you're getting that error, you're typing something incorrectly.  If you can post the exact error you're getting, that might help track down where the error is.  I agree with the other comments, though, that you really should use the current version--2.0.4 is very out-of-date and has a number of security holes.

[gbaird]

Get the latest version of phpbb before you start

You can get the zip or gz version extract it on your local computer to ftp it to your working server

Create an ibay on your server  for phpbb and make sure to enable php

Create a database for it (use phpmyadmin is easiest)

Ftp your phpbb files to the ibay you created

Go to the /phpbb-ibay/install/install.php and answer the few simple questions save the configuration

Your done !  5 to 10 minutes

NOTE: You should make the config.php file writeable before you use the install.php

[DanB35]

I don't recommend installing web apps in ibays for security reasons--local users could read just about anything you have installed there, apache access controls notwithstanding.  Hence the recommendation in my howto to install it in /opt, with a httpd.conf fragment setting the alias.

[raem]

DanB35

> I don't recommend installing web apps in ibays for > security reasons--local users could read just
> about anything you have installed there, apache
> access controls notwithstanding.  

Only if local users have access rights.
Installing apps in ibays allows you to control & limit access to certain user groups, thus an improvement in security I would have thought.

[DanB35]

The short answer is that my howto documents don't put the web apps into ibays because Charlie suggested that the way I (and several others) have documented is better.  I don't remember the reasons at this point, it having been a few years ago that I wrote the document in question.

You're right that an ibay allows some control over who can see it, but I believe it'd need to be open (at least readable) to everybody to be usable as a web app.  Users wouldn't need shell access to see the contents of the ibay, either--they could just as well access it via Windows networking.