Changes to spider-web from OZ1LQH

[spider.git] / spider-web / README

diff --git a/spider-web/README b/spider-web/README
index 6406d43c2f287ef37355a719f54e96a62e11503b..e253db7255daebe31b9f2bff6e8d79ecdcb290fb 100644 (file)
--- a/spider-web/README
+++ b/spider-web/README
@@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ Completely based on a clx web client written in Java by dl6dbh
 
 The webserver has to run on the same machine as your DxSpider software!
 
 
 The webserver has to run on the same machine as your DxSpider software!
 

+It is assumed that you have Java installed.  You need JDK1.3.1 at least.
+

 Installation instructions (Performed as root):
 
 Put all the files in the spider-web directory into a newly created directory
 under the DocumentRoot of your websever for instance 'client'. In my case
 Installation instructions (Performed as root):
 
 Put all the files in the spider-web directory into a newly created directory
 under the DocumentRoot of your websever for instance 'client'. In my case

-this is:  /var/www/html/client/
+this is:  /home/httpd/html/client/ although ymmv.  For Suse the correct
+path should be /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/client/ for example.

 
 Move spider.cgi to the cgi-bin directory of your webserver, in my case that is
 
 Move spider.cgi to the cgi-bin directory of your webserver, in my case that is

-/var/www/cgi-bin/ 
+/home/httpd/cgi-bin/ although ymmv.  For Suse the correct path should be
+/usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/ for example.

 
 Change the permissions of the files to ensure they are correct :
 
 
 Change the permissions of the files to ensure they are correct :
 


@@ -32,5 +36,12 @@ $PORT = "8000" ;
 'PORT' is the portnumber that you use to connect to your DxSpider via
 telnet (see Listeners.pm)
 
 'PORT' is the portnumber that you use to connect to your DxSpider via
 telnet (see Listeners.pm)
 

+NOTE: If you can start the console but cannot connect to the cluster from it, 
+then it is possible that the machine you are on cannot resolve the hostname of 
+your cluster machine.  If this is the case, you need to set your hostname 
+manually as above.
+
+You also need to set the $NODECALL variable.  This prints the name of your
+choosing (probably your cluster callsign) on the html page.

 
 You now can connect to Spider-Web via http://yourserver/cgi-bin/spider.cgi
 
 You now can connect to Spider-Web via http://yourserver/cgi-bin/spider.cgi