[Live-demo] Does your application work on the click2try GISVM?

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com
Wed Oct 14 19:40:36 EDT 2009


The overarching build script will calls all the other build scripts is 
expected to be run as root, hence the install_geonetwork.sh scripts gets 
called as root.
Changing this would be possible, but will have a large impact, so 
wouldn't be done lightly.

Simon Pigot wrote:
> What puzzles me about all this is that the changes Jeroen has made to 
> the shortcut scripts were actually the way in which the shortcut 
> scripts were originally submitted!
>
> Cameron, the chown command is in the install_geonetwork.sh already!
>
> The problems seem to have been caused by a decision someone made to 
> change the uid/gid of user/password (when? how? why?) - is it still 
> necessary to run the scripts with a sudo to user?
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
>
> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Jeroen,
>> I hope that we can apply your fixes to the geonetwork install scripts.
>> If you have not updated the install_geonetwork.sh , can you please 
>> describe the issue and fix in the issue tracker, so that we can 
>> update it before we go through the next release cycle.
>>
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?group=status&component=LiveDVD&order=priority 
>>
>>
>> Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi Aneel,
>>> These are the changes I did:
>>>
>>> from the root of the geonetwork application:
>>> sudo chown -R user:user *
>>>
>>> In the shortcuts that start and stop GeoNetwork I removed the first 
>>> part of the command, just leaving the part:
>>>
>>> /usr/lib/geonetwork/bin/start-geonetwork.sh
>>>
>>> or
>>> /usr/lib/geonetwork/bin/stop-geonetwork.sh
>>>
>>> That's all.
>>> Ciao,
>>> Jeroen
>>>
>>> ____________________________________________________
>>> Jeroen Ticheler
>>> De Braakweg 12a
>>> 7524 PH Enschede
>>> Tel/Fax: +31 (0)53 7370049
>>> Mobile: +31 (0)6 81286572
>>> http://www.ticheler.net
>>>
>>> Please consider the environment before printing this email.
>>>
>>> On Oct 14, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Aneel wrote:
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Hello Jeroen,
>>>>
>>>> Please give us the steps you did to fix these issues. Whatever you 
>>>> doing
>>>> is specific to particular instance only. We have to fix them at
>>>> application level to make permanent.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Aneel
>>>> click2try
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 13:05 +0200, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> Last thing, I also fixed the start and stop shortcuts. They 
>>>>> should  point directly to the start and stop scripts and not go 
>>>>> through the  launchhelper script.
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>> Jeroen
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 14, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Aneel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>> Hello Jeroen,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maintenance and bug fix activity is going on click2try-GISVM. Please
>>>>>> don't try the GISVM on click2try for some time. Once we have done 
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> maintenance activity, we will post update on this mailing list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Aneel
>>>>>> click2try
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 12:41 +0200, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>>>> I tried again several times today. I got some steps further, 
>>>>>>> but  can't
>>>>>>> get on to the desktop :-( I use "user/user" as account/pw but 
>>>>>>> then I
>>>>>>> get an error as shown on the screenshot. Is there a way to use SSH?
>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>> Jeroen
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________
>>>>>>> Jeroen Ticheler
>>>>>>> De Braakweg 12a
>>>>>>> 7524 PH Enschede
>>>>>>> Tel/Fax: +31 (0)53 7370049
>>>>>>> Mobile: +31 (0)6 81286572
>>>>>>> http://www.ticheler.net
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please consider the environment before printing this email.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Oct 14, 2009, at 1:22 AM, Tom Callaghan wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>            
>>>>>>>> Hi Jaroen,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe I can help you with your connection issues.  The message
>>>>>>>> “Public Internet Access: Yes, Not available” refers to something
>>>>>>>> that has not yet been set up for this VM.  This is not a 
>>>>>>>> problem and
>>>>>>>> you should still be able to access the VM.  When you attempted to
>>>>>>>> connect, had  you highlighted the VM osgeo-gisvm20-25 and click2ed
>>>>>>>> the LAUNCH button?  If so, what happens?  Do you see a light 
>>>>>>>> purple
>>>>>>>> screen with a progress bar across the top?  Do you receive a 
>>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>>> for installing a click2try java applet?  Does a frame with a page
>>>>>>>> not found appear on the left side of the screen with a title bar
>>>>>>>> “quickstart guide”?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From: Jeroen Ticheler [mailto:Jeroen at Ticheler.net]
>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:41 PM
>>>>>>>> To: Aneel
>>>>>>>> Cc: Cameron Shorter; Ricardo Pinho; Tom Callaghan; Arun Sharma
>>>>>>>> Tecnics
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Live-demo] Does your application work on the 
>>>>>>>> click2try
>>>>>>>> GISVM?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Aneel,
>>>>>>>> I tried to connect and have a look. I can't get access, maybe
>>>>>>>> because someone else is using the VM, is that correct? I read
>>>>>>>> "Public Internet Access: Yes, Not available" and I see one user
>>>>>>>> online.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Concerning the problem, the first two lines are normal for a very
>>>>>>>> first time startup. The following three lines are not and indicate
>>>>>>>> that the permissions of the account running the application don't
>>>>>>>> allow writing to the logs directory. Most likely the same is true
>>>>>>>> for some other directories that GeoNetwork needs to be able to 
>>>>>>>> write
>>>>>>>> to. I suggest reviewing the privileges of the process owner to
>>>>>>>> ensure that write privileges are given to the GeoNetwork 
>>>>>>>> application
>>>>>>>> folders.
>>>>>>>> Let me know if I can help further.
>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>> Jeroen
>>>>>>>> ps. I will be on my way to Sydney from Thursday morning onwards
>>>>>>>> (Amsterdam time zone).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Aneel wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Issue2: (GeoNetwork - it doesn't work)
>>>>>>>> Launching /usr/lib/geonetwork/bin/start-geonetwork.sh
>>>>>>>> rm: cannot remove `logs/*request.log*': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> rm: cannot remove `logs/output.log': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mv: cannot stat `logs/geonetwork.log.*': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mv: cannot stat `logs/intermap.log.*': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mv: cannot stat `logs/geoserver.log.*': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>
>>>>       
>>
>>
>>   
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