Another thought...

[John Esak]

Oh, okay, I got your messages... or at least, read your messages out of
order. Glad it helped.  I should have known it was PATH from the very start
by what you described.

John




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Templin [mailto:Guy_Templin at adelphikitchens.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:50 AM
> To: john at valar.com; Fplist (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Another thought...
>
>
> John,
>
> That was it. However it was on my old system /u was a mounted
> filesystem and
> the new system is not. I totally forgot about that. I changed my
> new fppath
> to read.
>
> /usr/appl
>
> /usr/appl
>
>
> and it works fine now.
>
> Thanks much to everyone for your help.
>
> Guy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Esak" <john at valar.com>
> To: "Fplist (E-mail)" <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
> Cc: <Guy_Templin at adelphikitchens.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 11:43 PM
> Subject: Another thought...
>
>
> >
> > As I think about it, and because Jim Asman brought it up... :-)  Your
> > problem is likely not setperms, but PATH.... or a combination of both.
> >
> > Make sure the /etc/default/fppath file is correct. This means,
> if you had
> > before on your old system,
> >
> > /u/appl
> >
> > /u/appl
> >
> > and it worked fine. This is because you did not have a separate
> (mounted)
> > hard drive for the /u filesystem. The /u filestyem was actually on the
> first
> > hard drive (along with /).  If, on your new system, you
> actually do have a
> > second hard drive, but are still using /u/appl scheme, then the
> > /etc/default/fppath file must look like this:
> >
> > /u/appl
> > /u
> > /appl
> >
> > I know it isn't a big differnce, beccause the 2nd and 3rd lines get
> combined
> > to point to the files... but it is significantly different.
> >
> > In any case, therein probably is your problem. If this is the answer,
> thank
> > Jim for bringing it up to me in the FP Room. We were just mentioning the
> > list and I'm on a machine that doesn't have any of JP's or your
> email. So
> > hopw this works.
> >
> > John
> >
> > P.S. - The idea is that the second line of /etc/default/fppath
> must be the
> > "mount point" of the file system you are using, i.e., /u.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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