[volunteergrid2-l] Install Tests

[Jody Harris]

I think we need to write our own installation instructions on our wiki....
Since I've installed tahoe so many times I take everything for granted, I
think that Brad and Steve could work together with their recent experiences
to get a good document started.

j
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On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Brad Rupp <bradrupp at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have not found any information in the documentation about running as a
> non-privileged user.  However, to be fair, I have been reading the
> documentation on a need to know basis.  In other words, I have been reading
> what I need to know to get my node setup.  I very easily could have missed
> it.
>
> Brad
>
> On 1/29/2011 9:34 AM, Shawn Willden wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Brad Rupp <bradrupp at gmail.com
>> <mailto:bradrupp at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    I figured out the problem.  I assumed since I was installing
>>    software that I needed to be root.  I also ran the test as root.
>>      Once I figured out the error in my ways I installed the software
>>    as non-root.  When I ran the tests as non-root, everything worked
>>    great and the test passed.
>>
>>
>> Ah, yes.  It's recommended to run Tahoe as a user with no privileges on
>> the system.  The only files it should be able to read/write are the ones
>> in its own working store.  Some people even install it in a chroot jail,
>> though I find that to be too much work.
>>
>> Is this something that wasn't well-documented, or was it documented but
>> you just missed it?  If the former, then we should probably see how the
>> documentation can be improved.
>>
>> --
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>>
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