I have uploaded all the file for Dbman and set the permission, also I have created a directory called "dbman" under the "cgi-bin" directory.

Di I have to rename "db.cgi" to "db.pl"

I have also set default.cfg" the following variables to values like:

$db_dir_url = "http://web.winona.msus.edu/cgi-bin/dbman";


also $db_script_url = $db_dir_url . "/db.pl";

Do I have to "default.cfg" turn benchmarking off

# use Benchmark; # Uncomment this line if using Benchmarking.


$db_benchmark = 0;

My last question is how can I view the index file for dbman ? what is the path I use to
see my index file for dbman ?

is this right ?
www. domain.com/cgi-bin/dbman/auth/index.htm ?

 
Not necessarily. It depends on your server. Some servers are set up to only recognize the .cgi extension, others only recognize .pl and still others recognize both. If you're not sure what your server does, try one and if it doesn't work try the other one.


I don't understand the question. If you want to use benchmarking, delete the # from the beginning of the "use Benchmark" line and set $db_benchmark to 1. If you don't want to use benchmarking, leave things as they are.


There is not an index file, per se, for DBMan. The index.htm file in the auth directory is only there to prevent people from accessing the directory and seeing files there that are used for verification.

To access DBMan, if you're using the default configuration, use
www.domain.com/cgi-bin/dbman/db.pl

That will take you to the login screen. If you allow a default user, you can go straight to the DBMan home page by using

www.domain.com/cgi-bin/dbman/db.pl?db=default&uid=default




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JPD

In the readme file it says,

Make sure you edit db.cgi and check that the path to perl points to Perl 5.003 or better.

How can we check the path points to Perl ?

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