Install the Database

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How to install the Database...

This contains...

Pre-install instructions
Installation instructions
Windows servers...
Copyright Info
Help...

Pre-install stuff

You need the path to perl on your server. This will be something like
```
/usr/bin/perl
```
or variants. If the path on your server is not "/usr/bin/perl", you will need to edit dbmain.cgi, dbadmin.cgi and dbview.cgi so that the first line in them reads:
```
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
```
The #! before the path is important
You need to be able to chmod on your server, this shouldn't be an issue. (If you're on a windows server, you don't need to chmod, but there's a problem with these scripts on windows-based servers...)
You need ftp access, to upload in ascii or binary, as needed
Edit db-lib.pl as necessary. You may not need to edit the style settings, but please change
```
$adminpass
```
to something else.
```
$adminpass = 'mynewpassword';
```
Remember to keep the "' '" around the password and the ";" at the end of the line.

Installation Instructions

FTP to your site.
Upload everything except: new.gif, old.gif, in ASCII mode.
Upload new.gif, and old.gif in binary mode.
CHMOD dbadmin.cgi, dbmain.cgi and dbview.cgi to 755 (rwxr-xr-x)
CHMOD catinfo to 666 (rw-rw-rw-)
Create a directory where you put the cgi scripts called info, no capitals.
CHMOD it to 777 (rwxrwxrwx)
Log into the admin script with the password you set earlier.
Create a category, enter the required info, then log in again, and add a hack, it should work. :)

Windows servers
Perl on windows servers doesn't support flock for some reason. If you want to use these scripts on a windows server, simply comment out the lines that call flock like this:

flock blah
#flock blah         <= commented

They should work, but flock is kinda important...

Copyright Info

All code except ReadParse() and die() is copyright to: Paul Murphy (me!). If
you want to use any of it, please ask for permission first. ReadParse and die
are from cgi-lib.pl. Visit his homepage to see the copyright.

A little help...
Still need help? Visit my message board, or email me.