Re: [webmin-l] Webmin on Windows XP Pro == NOT!

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 27/Jul/2006 14:21 Bob Madore wrote ..
> HELP!!!!!
> 
> I followed all the instructions on the webmin site, but for some reason,
> V1.290 will not install
> 
> ### from the webmin site
> Install winzip or pkunzip so that you can extract the .zip file linked
> to above.
> Install the latest versions of ActiveState Perl for Windows.
> Install the process.exe program, a command-line tool for listing and 
> killing Windows processes.
> Verify that sc.exe is installed. This is part of Windows XP, and may be
> found in the Windows Resource Kit on other versions of the OS.
> Install the Win32::Daemon Perl module.
> Create the c:\temp directory if it doesn't already exist.
> After extracting the Webmin ZIP file to c:\webmin , open a command shell
> window, cd to that directory and run perl setup.pl.
> Answer all the questions as you would for a tar.gz install of Webmin, as
> documented above.
> ### from the webmin site
> 
> I run the c:\webmin\perl setup.pl and get the following output with no
> real clue as to what is wrong.
> 
> I ran it from the c:\webmin driectory and from outside with the same 
> results and no logs anywhere that I can find that show anything wrong.
> 
> NOTHING in the c:\etc\webmin directory
> NOTHING in the C:\var\webmin directory
> C:|temp EXISTS
> 
> #### Output from my cmd line.
> 
> C:\webmin>perl setup.pl
> ***********************************************************************
> *            Welcome to the Webmin setup script, version 1.290        *
> ***********************************************************************
> Webmin is a web-based interface that allows Unix-like operating
> systems and common Unix services to be easily administered.
> 
> Installing Webmin in C:/webmin ...
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Webmin uses separate directories for configuration files and log files.
> Unless you want to run multiple versions of Webmin at the same time
> you can just accept the defaults.
> 
> Config file directory [/etc/webmin]:
> Log file directory [/var/webmin]:
> 
> Perl seems to be installed ok
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> 
> -----
> Failed to create temp directory c:\temp
> -----

Are you running the installer as a user who
has permission to write to, delete and re-create
c:/temp ? This typically has to be the Administrator
login.

 - Jamie