Hi,
	This file describes how to install VBS.
Good Luck,
Brad Daugherty
bsd@pobox.com
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Method #1 - Straight forward.

Method #2 - More detail.
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Method #1 - Straight forward - This assumes that you have some Unix
		experience.

Edit these files and make sure that the PERL and library paths are
 correct in all of these files:

Bin/arheads.cgi		#CGI to add headings and subheadings
Bin/artitle.cgi		#CGI to add messages and files
Bin/CreateDefs.pl	#Copies Definition files to the proper local
Bin/CreateFiles.pl	#Copies HTML files to the local based on definitions
Bin/CreateMarquee.pl	#Builds the Marquee banner on the VBS
Bin/CreatePassword.pl	#Copies a new Master Password to the definition file
Bin/Search/search-engine.cgi	#A third party search engine
Bin/Mass/MassAdd.pl	#Adds headings and subheadings in bulk

Run CreateDefs.pl and follow the instructions
Edit Lib/"boardname".defs (info is inside that file)
Edit Lib/minimum.defs (info is inside that file)
Run CreateFiles.pl "boardname"
Edit the file Boards/"boardname"/info.html to reflect your board
Load the board in your browser and begin to populate.
If you want to do bulk adds please look at the program MassAdd.pl.
 Please see Bin/Mass/0Readme.txt for more info on MassAdd.pl 
Have Fun.

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Method #2 - More detail

*****SERVER SETUP*****

First things first.  Is your HTTPD deamon setup properly?  Let's see.  Is
        your server running as "root" right now?
        (type "ps -ealf |grep httpd")  If it is running as "root" kill the
        processes right now.  NEVER run a server as "root".  You can change
        this by editing the configuration files.  I know it takes root
        access to bind to a port beneath 1000, but most servers start as
        "root" and then change their identity.

*****FILE SETUP*****

Now setup a new user (usually "www") and a new group (usually "www").
        Have you done Method #1?  If not, do it now.  If it didn't work
        check this out.  Were you logged in as the "www user" when you
        did all of this?  Do all of the files have the right access
        including the directories, the $HACKERLOG, the $LOGFILE, and
        the $PASSWORDFILE.  You should see something like this when
        you do an ("ls -la")

drwxrwxr-x	username	www	directory
drwxrwxr-x	www		www	directory
-rwxrwxr-x	username	www	filename.cgi
-rwxrwxr-x	www		www	filename.cgi
-rw-rw-r--	username	www	filename.log
-rw-rw-r--	www		www	filename.log

Is your server part of the group "www"?  Is everything  okay, but your
        still having problems?  Is your board at least being created
        (CreateFiles works and you get the "Great" message)?  Are you
        getting a "Server Error" message from your web browser when you
        try a add/remove?  Then do a
        ("tail 'httpd_server_directory'/logs/error_log").  This should
        give you some insight as to what is happening.  If your getting
        a "Can't open file ..." then the directory doesn't have the
        proper read/write/execute properties (see above).

If you're still having problems and you can't solve it then contact me
        at bsd@pobox.com and we will see what we can work out.
        However, if it requires more than 1 hour then I will have to
        look at a minimal fee.

I know this is a brief install doc, but time is short.  I hope to have
a better doc once the FAQs start rolling in.

Thanks,
Brad
