Re[2]: WebCat is different user

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1999

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 24240
interpreted = N
texte = Mea culpa; I whined so hard, and presented such superior arguments, that Granthad no choice but to change it. Now maybe I should perfect my arguments forhooks into the Unix regexp engine and Perl directly from WebCat. Ow, ow, ow,stop hitting me ;)Seriously, though, this is the way that well written Unix programs go about it. Apache does give you the ability to decide what user to run the daemons under;perhaps that could be added to the WebCat preferences. Since I was runningCaldera at the time, I had to fight with 99 as well.All Unix flavors are not interchangable; some use 99 for nobody (RedHat), someuse 65332 (Caldera, SUSE, ???). It is preferred that you don't require the userto have their system set up in a specific way, but rather the program should dowhat you mean not what you say in a useful way.John Peacock____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: Re: WebCat is different user Author: Date: 11/11/99 10:57 AM>Latest Linux beta:>Our admin told me that WebCat no longer runs as user 99 but with a>different number and this fact is not documented.So many people asked for this (or maybe one person asked so many times!) that we assumed it was a good thing. To handle more flavors of unix, we no longer look for 99 hard-coded, we look for user nobody, whatever that number happens to be. John Peacock explains it better.Grant Hulbert , Director of R & D **********************************Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | Formerly, Pacific Coast Software16855 West Bernardo Drive | -------------------------Suite 380 | eCommerce (WebCatalog)San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development858.675.1106 | http://www.smithmicro.com858.675.0372 (fax) **********************************#############################################################This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re[2]: WebCat is different user ( 1999)

Mea culpa; I whined so hard, and presented such superior arguments, that Granthad no choice but to change it. Now maybe I should perfect my arguments forhooks into the Unix regexp engine and Perl directly from WebCat. Ow, ow, ow,stop hitting me ;)Seriously, though, this is the way that well written Unix programs go about it. Apache does give you the ability to decide what user to run the daemons under;perhaps that could be added to the WebCat preferences. Since I was runningCaldera at the time, I had to fight with 99 as well.All Unix flavors are not interchangable; some use 99 for nobody (RedHat), someuse 65332 (Caldera, SUSE, ???). It is preferred that you don't require the userto have their system set up in a specific way, but rather the program should dowhat you mean not what you say in a useful way.John Peacock____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: Re: WebCat is different user Author: Date: 11/11/99 10:57 AM>Latest Linux beta:>Our admin told me that WebCat no longer runs as user 99 but with a>different number and this fact is not documented.So many people asked for this (or maybe one person asked so many times!) that we assumed it was a good thing. To handle more flavors of unix, we no longer look for 99 hard-coded, we look for user nobody, whatever that number happens to be. John Peacock explains it better.Grant Hulbert , Director of R & D **********************************Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | Formerly, Pacific Coast Software16855 West Bernardo Drive | -------------------------Suite 380 | eCommerce (WebCatalog)San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development858.675.1106 | http://www.smithmicro.com858.675.0372 (fax) **********************************#############################################################This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to

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1999

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