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Cyrus Bharda

Lots of Noobie Questions
« on: August 21, 2002, 04:08:21 AM »
1. Ok I downloaded rpm-manager because I thought it would be an easier way of getting stuff to my SME 5.5 box, I ran the rpm fine, and it uploads fine, but what dir does it put all the uploaded files in?

2. I found a lot of other rpm's and just copies them across, using Network Neibourhood, does that affect the files in any way or should I ftp them. I find if I ftp I can only gain access to the /home/e-smith/files/primary dir so atm that dir is pretty much full of junk :-)

3. Is there a way of using/running/starting a GUI "windows" type interface?

4.Some rpm's install fine but others come up with errors, which are:

[root@esmith primary]# rpm -Uvh e-smith-admin-vacation-0.1-1.noarch.rpm
error: open of Access failed: No such file or directory<br />error: open of Denied failed: No such file or directory
error: open of

Access failed: No such file or directory
error: open of Denied

File failed: No such file or directory
error: open of not failed: No such file or directory
error: open of found failed: No such file or directory
error: open of or failed: No such file or directory
error: open of access failed: No such file or directory
error: open of denied failed: No such file or directory
error: open of failed: No such file or directory

[root@esmith primary]# rpm -Uvh e-smith-linkstatus-0.1-1.noarch.rpm
error: open of Access failed: No such file or directory<br />error: open of Denied failed: No such file or directory
error: open of

Access failed: No such file or directory
error: open of Denied

File failed: No such file or directory
error: open of not failed: No such file or directory
error: open of found failed: No such file or directory
error: open of or failed: No such file or directory
error: open of access failed: No such file or directory
error: open of denied failed: No such file or directory
error: open of failed: No such file or directory

[root@esmith primary]# rpm -Uvh webmin-0.990-1.noarch.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
Unabled to identify operating system
error: execution of %pre scriptlet from webmin-0.990-1 failed, exit status 2
error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping webmin-0.990-1

So what do these errors mean?

Thanks for your help!

Cyrus Bharda


schotty

Re: Lots of Noobie Questions
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2002, 02:17:55 PM »
Oh my god...its unbelieveable....

Now where should I start to help you...

So firstly I would like to ask you to read the e-smith manual. Its not very hard and apart from being very informative theres a whole load of stuff to learn.....

You should be aware of e-smiths capabilities and uses before you start "mucking" around installing things. For example if you knew that e-smith uses templates then you would not really want to install webmin on it..... (Wanna know more about this??? Search this forum for webmin....)

If you copy/upload your files onto the server they will not be changed in anyway. And as to you having a primary bay full of junk...well what should I say?? There are indeed aload of people out there who like to live in chaos...


*******Is there a way of using/running/starting a GUI "windows" type interface?***

Yes there is.
Install windows*
After the installation install GUI "windows" type interface

voila......

If you need a linux for installing "GUI "windows" type interface" then you can try vmware or wine...But I am certain that your e-smith server wont really like it.... After all e-smith server wasnt developed for this.....

Bill Talcott

Re: Lots of Noobie Questions
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2002, 08:03:28 PM »
Cyrus Bharda wrote:
>
> 1. Ok I downloaded rpm-manager because I thought it would be
> an easier way of getting stuff to my SME 5.5 box, I ran the
> rpm fine, and it uploads fine, but what dir does it put all
> the uploaded files in?

You want the "Update System" addon. That will give you a form in the Server Manager where you can browse to an RPM (saved anywhere that the current PC can access it, like in C:\temp) and click a button and it will be installed. This will save you a ton of time with the standard e-smith RPMs contribs.

> 2. I found a lot of other rpm's and just copies them across,
> using Network Neibourhood, does that affect the files in any
> way or should I ftp them. I find if I ftp I can only gain
> access to the /home/e-smith/files/primary dir so atm that dir
> is pretty much full of junk :-)

/home/e-smith/files/primary is your main website dir. "http://www.yourdomain.com/"
http://www.star-support.com/downloads/mitel/howto/rpm-howto.htm has a good manual step-by-step method that uses a separate i-bay. This gives a nice area to keep RPMs, and a way to get them to the SME from your Windows box. Once you install "Update System" you won't even have to worry about this though.

> 3. Is there a way of using/running/starting a GUI "windows"
> type interface?

Everything that you should be doing on the server can be done through the Server Manager, or at the command line. It's really not designed be run as a desktop OS...

> 4.Some rpm's install fine but others come up with errors,
> which are:
>
> [root@esmith primary]# rpm -Uvh
> e-smith-admin-vacation-0.1-1.noarch.rpm
> error: open of Access failed: No such file or<br />> directory<br />> error: open of Denied failed: No such file or
> directory
> error: open of

Access failed: No such file or
> directory
> error: open of Denied

File failed: No such file or
> directory
> error: open of not failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of found failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of or failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of access failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of denied failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of failed: No such file or directory
>
> [root@esmith primary]# rpm -Uvh
> e-smith-linkstatus-0.1-1.noarch.rpm
> error: open of Access failed: No such file or<br />> directory<br />> error: open of Denied failed: No such file or
> directory
> error: open of

Access failed: No such file or
> directory
> error: open of Denied

File failed: No such file or
> directory
> error: open of not failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of found failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of or failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of access failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of denied failed: No such file or directory
> error: open of failed: No such file or directory
>
> [root@esmith primary]# rpm -Uvh webmin-0.990-1.noarch.rpm
> Preparing...              
> ########################################### [100%]
> Unabled to identify operating system
> error: execution of %pre scriptlet from webmin-0.990-1
> failed, exit status 2
> error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping
> webmin-0.990-1
>
> So what do these errors mean?

Like schotty said, Webmin is known to be incompatible. More proof that you should do some checking to make sure stuff is compatible with e-smith. It's based on Redhat, but it isn't the same.

Those first two look like you tried to download RPMs, but got "File not found" webpages instead. I bet if you add ".html" to their filenames, you can open them in your browser and see an error page... When the rpm program tries to process "" in the "RPM" you downloaded, it will obviously have problems.</div> </div> </div> <div class="moderatorbar"> <div class="smalltext modified" id="modified_18295"> </div> <div class="smalltext reportlinks"> <img src="https://forums.contribs.org/Themes/Koozali/images/ip.gif" alt="" /> Logged </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr /> <a id="msg18296"></a> <div class="body_message"> <div class="post_wrapper"> <div class="poster col-md-2"> <h4> Ron </h4> <ul class="reset smalltext" id="msg_18296_extra_info"> <li class="avatar"> <a href="https://forums.koozali.org/index.php?action=profile;u=0"> <img src="https://forums.contribs.org/Themes/Koozali/images/noavatar.png" /> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-10"> <div class="body_content"> <span class="arrow-left"></span> <div class="postarea"> </ul> <div class="keyinfo"> <div class="messageicon"> <img src="https://forums.contribs.org/Themes/Koozali/images/post/xx.gif" alt="" /> </div> <h5 id="subject_18296"> <a href="https://forums.koozali.org/index.php/topic,5173.msg18296.html#msg18296" rel="nofollow">Re: Lots of Noobie Questions</a> </h5> <div class="smalltext">« <strong>Reply #3 on:</strong> August 28, 2002, 09:18:54 AM »</div> <div id="msg_18296_quick_mod"></div> </div> <div class="post"> <div class="inner" id="msg_18296">Hi,<br /><br />I liked the RPM manager as well,  after upgrades and reloads lost the RPM for thinking I could get it from the <a href="http://www.e-smith.org" class="bbc_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.e-smith.org</a> site.  but is now gone.  Where can I get it from.<br /><br />Many thanks in advance.<br /><br />Regards<br />Ron</div> </div> </div> <div class="moderatorbar"> <div class="smalltext modified" id="modified_18296"> </div> <div class="smalltext reportlinks"> <img src="https://forums.contribs.org/Themes/Koozali/images/ip.gif" alt="" /> Logged </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr /> </form> </div> <a id="lastPost"></a> <div class="pagesection"> <div class="btn-group navbar-right"> <button type="button" class="btn btn-success dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown"> + </button> <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu"> <li><a class="button_strip_print" href="https://forums.koozali.org/index.php?action=printpage;topic=5173.0" rel="new_win nofollow"><span class="last">Print</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="pagelinks floatleft">Pages: [<strong>1</strong>]   <a href="#top"><strong>Go Up</strong></a></div> <div class="nextlinks_bottom"><a href="https://forums.koozali.org/index.php/topic,5173.0/prev_next,prev.html#new">« previous</a> <a href="https://forums.koozali.org/index.php/topic,5173.0/prev_next,next.html#new">next »</a></div> </div> <div class="navigate_section"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <ol class="breadcrumb"> <li> <a href="https://forums.koozali.org/index.php"><span>Koozali.org: home of the SME Server</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://forums.koozali.org/index.php#c5"><span>Legacy Forums</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://forums.koozali.org/index.php/board,2.0.html"><span>General Discussion (Legacy)</span></a> </li> <li class="active">Topic: <a href="https://forums.koozali.org/index.php/topic,5173.0.html"><span>Lots of Noobie Questions</span></a> </li> </ol> </div> </div> </div> <div id="moderationbuttons"></div> <div class="plainbox" id="display_jump_to"> </div> <br class="clear" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="/Themes/default/scripts/topic.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[ if ('XMLHttpRequest' in window) { var oQuickModify = new QuickModify({ sScriptUrl: smf_scripturl, bShowModify: true, iTopicId: 5173, sTemplateBodyEdit: '\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id="quick_edit_body_container" style="width: 90%">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id="error_box" style="padding: 4px;" class="error"><' + '/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea class="editor" name="message" rows="12" style="width: 100%; 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