[volunteergrid2-l] Windoze?

[Steve Dodson]

Can anyone confirm if tahoe actually runs on Windows?  Yes, I know the 
website claims compatibility - but it never worked for me (once upon a 
time) and I was wondering if any of our users could confirm?

On 01/31/2011 10:46 AM, Brad Rupp wrote:
> I'm keeping notes on things I find confusing or don't seem as clear as
> they could be. I will start posting my notes in a day or two when I get
> further along with my node.
>
> Brad
>
> On 1/29/2011 6:10 PM, Jody Harris wrote:
>> 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
>> ----
>> - Think carefully.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Brad Rupp <bradrupp at gmail.com
>> <mailto: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>
>> <mailto: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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