[Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon?

2009-01-16 Thread Nicolas Morin
Hi there,
I want to gather opinions about a possible small change in the way the
Amazon covers are handled in the opac on the detailed view of a
record.
Currently we show the Amazon cover and link back to the product's page
on Amazon's web site from the cover itself. Some librarians I talk to
are uncomfortable with the idea that their public library will show a
link to a (monopolistic (online-only (us-owned
(insert-yr-own-fears-here bookseller in such a prominent way :
using the whole cover image as a link.
At least some of them would be assuaged, I think, by a more discreet
link between their opac and Amazon : removing the link from the image
itself and providing it through a tiny text just below the image,
saying "source : Amazon", might be a solution. See example at
http://www.libfly.com/je-suis-une-legende-livre-25918.html
What do you think?
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Re: [Koha-devel] virtual hosting of Koha

2009-01-16 Thread Krishnan M
I get the digest, so i am only able to respond now. 

I want to report one failure, and an eventual success (using a different 
route...)

The failure:
i was unable to deploy Koha to my regular account with a shared hosting service 
(specifically, hostmonster.com). 

i don't remember any problems with the make process, however, i had issues with 
getting the hosting to work...i don't even think i was using virtual hosts, i 
wanted to first get at least the INTRANET running, but the only thing i could 
use was changes to .htaccess files, since i don't get access to Apache's config 
directly.

Koha had problems finding the Perl modules, specifically it did not pick up 
environment variables pointing to their location

i was not very smart at that point with different approaches, so after trying 
for a while, i chose another route...

Success:

Since i was determined to host on the Internet, i basically decided to get my 
"own server", essentially a slice (at slicehost.com). They use virtualization 
and give you a choice of OS, ample bandwidth, and for all practical purposes, 
its like your own box, where you are root and can do whatever you like.

>From then on, it was like a regular Koha install and a few hours later, it was 
>up and running...

i've never gone back and analyzed what went wrong with the shared hosting, but 
i basically faced one problem after another, so that eventually, i just gave 
up. But, i think, in theory, it should be possible to do with some changes to 
the install process.

Regards,
krishnan

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   1. Re: virtual hosting of Koha (Michel Virard)
   2. how to handle the link back to amazon? (Nicolas Morin)


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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:35:38 -0500
From: Michel Virard 
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] virtual hosting of Koha
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Hello Yan,

Any luck so far? I, too, am planning to move my Koha to the commercial  
hosting service where our web site is already located and I am interested  
in what to expect with such a move.

Michel

Le Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:07:34 -0500, Han, Yan 
 
a ?crit:

> Hello, All,
>
>
> I have been running Koha on a local server, but am testing to virtual
> host Koha on a commercial server (for example. Bluehost.com). In local
> server implementation, you need to "make install" to install
Koha.
>
>
> In a commercial server, "make install" is not allowed. So does
anyone
> have any luck to run koha in a commercial host? If so, please let me
> know the configuration changes, and the company's name.
>
>
> It seems that  configuration is not allowed in this
> commercial server.  If Apache env is not allowed to change in this case,
> how can we setEnv for "perl5lib" and "Koha_conf"?
>
>
> # KOHA's OPAC Configuration
>
> 
>
>ServerAdmin
>
>DocumentRoot /data1/koha/opac/htdocs
>
>ServerName kobol
>
>ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ "/data1/koha/opac/cgi-bin/"
>
>Redirect permanent index.html
> http://150.135.239.44:80/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl
>
>
>ErrorLog /data1/koha/log/opac-error_log
>
>TransferLog /data1/koha/log/opac-access_log
>
>SetEnv PERL5LIB "/data1/koha/intranet/modules"
>
>SetEnv KOHA_CONF "/etc/koha.conf"
>
> 
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Yan
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:59:13 +0100
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Subject: [Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon?
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Hi there,
I want to gather opinions about a possible small change in the way the
Amazon covers are handled in the opac on the detailed view of a
record.
Currently we show the Amazon cover and link back to the product's page
on Amazon's web site from the cover itself. Some librarians I talk to
are uncomfortable with the idea that their public library will show a
link to a (monopolistic (online-only (us-owned
(insert-yr-own-fears-here bookseller in such a prominent way :
using the whole cover image as a link.
At least some of them would be assuaged, I think, by a more discreet
link

Re: [Koha-devel] Database size with InnoDB

2009-01-16 Thread Zeno Tajoli
Hi to all,

At 16.42 08/01/2009, Nahuel ANGELINETTI wrote:

>I don't know if some people have a big experience from InnoDB
>and MySQL.
>We just see in mysql documentation innoDB does not
>reallow the disk space of deleted datas.

I'm try to find a solution of this problem.
I'm still working but I think that those are good hits:

1)
a .ibd file for every table
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=1287

>[12 Jul 2004 15:51] Heikki Tuuri
>
>If you use MySQL-4.1.3, define
>
>innodb_file_per_table
>
>in my.cnf, and do OPTIMIZE TABLE, the operating system will get the 
>disk space back. That
>is because the table is stored in its own .ibd file, and OPTIMIZE 
>will rebuild the whole
>table to another .ibd file, rename the .ibd file, and delete the old 
>.ibd file.

2) buil a script to drop / rewrite tables.
The hack is to rewrite tables in MyIsam type and after transform them 
into InnoDB
http://www.saturn.in/portfolio/mysql.shtml

Bye

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Re: [Koha-devel] Database size with InnoDB

2009-01-16 Thread Nahuel ANGELINETTI
Hi,

Le Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:46:29 +0100,
Zeno Tajoli  a écrit :
> 
> >[12 Jul 2004 15:51] Heikki Tuuri
> >
> >If you use MySQL-4.1.3, define
> >
> >innodb_file_per_table
> >
> >in my.cnf, and do OPTIMIZE TABLE, the operating system will get the 
> >disk space back. That
> >is because the table is stored in its own .ibd file, and OPTIMIZE 
> >will rebuild the whole
> >table to another .ibd file, rename the .ibd file, and delete the old 
> >.ibd file.
> 
> 2) buil a script to drop / rewrite tables.
> The hack is to rewrite tables in MyIsam type and after transform them 
> into InnoDB
> http://www.saturn.in/portfolio/mysql.shtml
>

Build a script should be the solution, BUT do not rewrite tables un
MyIsam, it doesn't support the foreign keys, so they will be dropped.
The solution I found in mysql website, is to mysqldump all the
database, drop/create the database, and reinsert all the datas.

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Re: [Koha-devel] Database size with InnoDB

2009-01-16 Thread Nahuel ANGELINETTI
Hi,

Le Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:46:29 +0100,
Zeno Tajoli  a écrit :
> 
> >[12 Jul 2004 15:51] Heikki Tuuri
> >
> >If you use MySQL-4.1.3, define
> >
> >innodb_file_per_table
> >
> >in my.cnf, and do OPTIMIZE TABLE, the operating system will get the 
> >disk space back. That
> >is because the table is stored in its own .ibd file, and OPTIMIZE 
> >will rebuild the whole
> >table to another .ibd file, rename the .ibd file, and delete the old 
> >.ibd file.
> 
> 2) buil a script to drop / rewrite tables.
> The hack is to rewrite tables in MyIsam type and after transform them 
> into InnoDB
> http://www.saturn.in/portfolio/mysql.shtml
>

Build a script should be the solution, BUT do not rewrite tables un
MyIsam, it doesn't support the foreign keys, so they will be dropped.
The solution I found in mysql website, is to mysqldump all the
database, drop/create the database, and reinsert all the datas.

bests,

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Re: [Koha-devel] virtual hosting of Koha

2009-01-16 Thread MJ Ray
Michel Virard  wrote:
> Le Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:07:34 -0500, Han, Yan   
> a écrit:
> > In a commercial server, "make install" is not allowed. So does anyone
> > have any luck to run koha in a commercial host? If so, please let me
> > know the configuration changes, and the company's name.
> >
> > It seems that  configuration is not allowed in this
> > commercial server.  If Apache env is not allowed to change in this case,
> > how can we setEnv for "perl5lib" and "Koha_conf"?

Put something like the contents of the virtualhost into an .htaccess
file.  It works since 2.0 but I don't have a current example handy.

There are two ways to install without make install (which is allowed
on some commercial hosts like Bytemark and ContextShift - please
contact me if you'd like to order from them and benefit my
co-operative):-

1. mount your web space with curlftpfs or similar and run make install
on your local workstation;

2. make install on your local workstation, then edit the configuration
files and copy the tree across to your web space.

If the hosting provider is too restrictive, zebra, the cron jobs and
z39.50 access (ports 210 and 9990 UDP) may cause problems too.

BTW: I think this thread should be on the main koha list, not -devel.

Hope that helps,
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Re: [Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon?

2009-01-16 Thread Nicole Engard
I agree - but I have another reason for not liking the cover image
linking to Amazon.  I hate that clicking on the book image takes you
out of the OPAC with no warning.  This can be confusing to some
patrons - whereas if the link specifically said Amazon then it would
be clear what's about to happen.

Also, does the link have to go to Amazon US? Can't we set it up so
that the users can pick their local Amazon?

PS. I couldn't get that link to load 

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On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Nicolas Morin
 wrote:
> Hi there,
> I want to gather opinions about a possible small change in the way the
> Amazon covers are handled in the opac on the detailed view of a
> record.
> Currently we show the Amazon cover and link back to the product's page
> on Amazon's web site from the cover itself. Some librarians I talk to
> are uncomfortable with the idea that their public library will show a
> link to a (monopolistic (online-only (us-owned
> (insert-yr-own-fears-here bookseller in such a prominent way :
> using the whole cover image as a link.
> At least some of them would be assuaged, I think, by a more discreet
> link between their opac and Amazon : removing the link from the image
> itself and providing it through a tiny text just below the image,
> saying "source : Amazon", might be a solution. See example at
> http://www.libfly.com/je-suis-une-legende-livre-25918.html
> What do you think?
> Nicolas
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Re: [Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon?

2009-01-16 Thread Joshua Ferraro
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Nicolas Morin
 wrote:
> Hi there,
> I want to gather opinions about a possible small change in the way the
> Amazon covers are handled in the opac on the detailed view of a
> record.
> Currently we show the Amazon cover and link back to the product's page
> on Amazon's web site from the cover itself. Some librarians I talk to
> are uncomfortable with the idea that their public library will show a
> link to a (monopolistic (online-only (us-owned
> (insert-yr-own-fears-here bookseller in such a prominent way :
> using the whole cover image as a link.
> At least some of them would be assuaged, I think, by a more discreet
> link between their opac and Amazon : removing the link from the image
> itself and providing it through a tiny text just below the image,
> saying "source : Amazon", might be a solution. See example at
> http://www.libfly.com/je-suis-une-legende-livre-25918.html
> What do you think?
Last I read the terms of use, Amazon required that you link back to
the specific item who's content you are using.

My opinion is that if a library is uncomfortable with Amazon.com's
business model for making images free, they should instead purchase a
subscription to a service that provides images without the requirement
to link back to the item.

Josh

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Re: [Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon?

2009-01-16 Thread paul POULAIN
Joshua Ferraro a écrit :
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Nicolas Morin
>  wrote:
>   
>> Hi there,
>> I want to gather opinions about a possible small change in the way the
>> Amazon covers are handled in the opac on the detailed view of a
>> record.
>> Currently we show the Amazon cover and link back to the product's page
>> on Amazon's web site from the cover itself. Some librarians I talk to
>> are uncomfortable with the idea that their public library will show a
>> link to a (monopolistic (online-only (us-owned
>> (insert-yr-own-fears-here bookseller in such a prominent way :
>> using the whole cover image as a link.
>> At least some of them would be assuaged, I think, by a more discreet
>> link between their opac and Amazon : removing the link from the image
>> itself and providing it through a tiny text just below the image,
>> saying "source : Amazon", might be a solution. See example at
>> http://www.libfly.com/je-suis-une-legende-livre-25918.html
>> What do you think?
>> 
> Last I read the terms of use, Amazon required that you link back to
> the specific item who's content you are using.
>   
nicolas just propose to remove the link back from image to put it on a 
small text just below the image. I don't think the terms of use specify 
"you link back to the specific item *on the image itself*", so it would 
still be OK, isn't it ?
> My opinion is that if a library is uncomfortable with Amazon.com's
> business model for making images free, they should instead purchase a
> subscription to a service that provides images without the requirement
> to link back to the item.
>   
/me won't enter this flamewar (at least here in France... just FYI : 
another provider in France do that. But to get an estimate of the cost, 
you must first send him the list of your isbns (to size how many images 
you'll use) + you cant' do a direct URL, you must provide the images 
from your server + you can't cache them definetly. Technically awful !)

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Re: [Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon?

2009-01-16 Thread Nicolas Morin
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:54 PM, paul POULAIN  wrote:
> Joshua Ferraro a écrit :
>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Nicolas Morin
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> At least some of them would be assuaged, I think, by a more discreet
>>> link between their opac and Amazon : removing the link from the image
>>> itself and providing it through a tiny text just below the image,
>>> saying "source : Amazon", might be a solution. See example at
>>> http://www.libfly.com/je-suis-une-legende-livre-25918.html
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>> Last I read the terms of use, Amazon required that you link back to
>> the specific item who's content you are using.
>>
> nicolas just propose to remove the link back from image to put it on a
> small text just below the image. I don't think the terms of use specify
> "you link back to the specific item *on the image itself*", so it would
> still be OK, isn't it ?


That's right  : in the example I gave, the link still is to the
specific item we're using, it's just a link out of a text link saying
"source : Amazon", rather than out of the image itself. And I think
that still fulfills the requirements of Amazon's contract.
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Re: [Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon?

2009-01-16 Thread Joshua Ferraro
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Nicolas Morin
 wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:54 PM, paul POULAIN  
> wrote:
>> Joshua Ferraro a écrit :
>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Nicolas Morin
>>>  wrote:
>>>
 At least some of them would be assuaged, I think, by a more discreet
 link between their opac and Amazon : removing the link from the image
 itself and providing it through a tiny text just below the image,
 saying "source : Amazon", might be a solution. See example at
 http://www.libfly.com/je-suis-une-legende-livre-25918.html
 What do you think?

>>> Last I read the terms of use, Amazon required that you link back to
>>> the specific item who's content you are using.
>>>
>> nicolas just propose to remove the link back from image to put it on a
>> small text just below the image. I don't think the terms of use specify
>> "you link back to the specific item *on the image itself*", so it would
>> still be OK, isn't it ?
>
>
> That's right  : in the example I gave, the link still is to the
> specific item we're using, it's just a link out of a text link saying
> "source : Amazon", rather than out of the image itself. And I think
> that still fulfills the requirements of Amazon's contract.
> Nicolas
Ahh, gotcha, I missunderstood. I'd have to review the amazon
associates terms but I'd guess that's OK.

Josh

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Re: [Koha-devel] About Mail::Sendmail

2009-01-16 Thread MJ Ray
Nahuel ANGELINETTI  wrote:
> I'm adding the ability to send shelves by mail.
> During my addition I find a problem sending by mail:
> Wide character in subroutine entry
>
> This means the data encode_base64() received is too big.

I think it means that it's improperly encoded.  Did the line
encode_base64(encode("UTF-8", $iso2709));
in your patch fix it?

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Re: [Koha-devel] About Mail::Sendmail

2009-01-16 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi,

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:08 AM, MJ Ray  wrote:
> Nahuel ANGELINETTI  wrote:
>> This means the data encode_base64() received is too big.
>
> I think it means that it's improperly encoded.  Did the line
> encode_base64(encode("UTF-8", $iso2709));
> in your patch fix it?

It does; I tested it prior to pushing the patch.

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Re: [Koha-devel] About Mail::Sendmail

2009-01-16 Thread Nahuel ANGELINETTI
Le Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:13:39 -0500,
Galen Charlton  a écrit :

> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:08 AM, MJ Ray  wrote:
> > Nahuel ANGELINETTI  wrote:
> >> This means the data encode_base64() received is too big.
> >
> > I think it means that it's improperly encoded.  Did the line
> > encode_base64(encode("UTF-8", $iso2709));
> > in your patch fix it?
> 
> It does; I tested it prior to pushing the patch.

Well, it does... BUT there is another problem sending mail with
Mail::Sendmail, did you tryied to send a "big" overdues to vendors
via /cgi-bin/koha/acqui/lateorders.pl. It throw the same error, but
there it's inside of the Mail::Sendmail code. Should we have to recode
it before?

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Re: [Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon?

2009-01-16 Thread Joe Atzberger
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Nicole Engard wrote:

>
> Also, does the link have to go to Amazon US? Can't we set it up so
> that the users can pick their local Amazon?
>

This is already established via the SysPref "AmazonLocale".

I think we could go the route Nicolas suggests, and try to stay consistent
by doing the same with other image sources, but for Baker & Taylor images it
will not make any sense unless you link the image itself, because they
insert fake "buttons" (that the user will click on) into the images
themselves.  That's part of the deal with them.

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Re: [Koha-devel] About Mail::Sendmail

2009-01-16 Thread Joe Atzberger
Nahuel,

You might be able to fix your problem with basic system adminstration,
configuring sendmail to allow itself a larger memory footprint.

-Joe

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Nahuel ANGELINETTI wrote:

> Le Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:13:39 -0500,
> Galen Charlton  a écrit :
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:08 AM, MJ Ray  wrote:
> > > Nahuel ANGELINETTI  wrote:
> > >> This means the data encode_base64() received is too big.
> > >
> > > I think it means that it's improperly encoded.  Did the line
> > > encode_base64(encode("UTF-8", $iso2709));
> > > in your patch fix it?
> >
> > It does; I tested it prior to pushing the patch.
>
> Well, it does... BUT there is another problem sending mail with
> Mail::Sendmail, did you tryied to send a "big" overdues to vendors
> via /cgi-bin/koha/acqui/lateorders.pl. It throw the same error, but
> there it's inside of the Mail::Sendmail code. Should we have to recode
> it before?
>
> bests,
>
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Re: [Koha-devel] virtual hosting of Koha

2009-01-16 Thread Han, Yan
I am testing the migration through a commercial vendor. This takes a little 
longer than I thought, but I believe that I should be able to do so soon. (in 
1-2 months? I hope). I will keep you posted if I have success. 

 

Yan Han

 

From: koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org 
[mailto:koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org] On Behalf Of Krishnan M
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:27 AM
To: koha-devel@lists.koha.org
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] virtual hosting of Koha

 

I get the digest, so i am only able to respond now. 

I want to report one failure, and an eventual success (using a different 
route...)

The failure:
i was unable to deploy Koha to my regular account with a shared hosting service 
(specifically, hostmonster.com). 

i don't remember any problems with the make process, however, i had issues with 
getting the hosting to work...i don't even think i was using virtual hosts, i 
wanted to first get at least the INTRANET running, but the only thing i could 
use was changes to .htaccess files, since i don't get access to Apache's config 
directly.

Koha had problems finding the Perl modules, specifically it did not pick up 
environment variables pointing to their location

i was not very smart at that point with different approaches, so after trying 
for a while, i chose another route...

Success:

Since i was determined to host on the Internet, i basically decided to get my 
"own server", essentially a slice (at slicehost.com). They use virtualization 
and give you a choice of OS, ample bandwidth, and for all practical purposes, 
its like your own box, where you are root and can do whatever you like.

From then on, it was like a regular Koha install and a few hours later, it was 
up and running...

i've never gone back and analyzed what went wrong with the shared hosting, but 
i basically faced one problem after another, so that eventually, i just gave 
up. But, i think, in theory, it should be possible to do with some changes to 
the install process.

Regards,
krishnan

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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:35:38 -0500

From: Michel Virard 

Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] virtual hosting of Koha

To: "Han, Yan" ,

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Hello Yan,

  

Any luck so far? I, too, am planning to move my Koha to the commercial  

hosting service where our web site is already located and I am interested  

in what to expect with such a move.

  

Michel

  

Le Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:07:34 -0500, Han, Yan 

 

a ?crit:

  

> Hello, All,

>

>

> I have been running Koha on a local server, but am testing to virtual

> host Koha on a commercial server (for example. Bluehost.com). In local

> server implementation, you need to "make install" to
 install

Koha.

>

>

> In a commercial server, "make install" is not allowed. So does

anyone

> have any luck to run koha in a commercial host? If so, please let me

> know the configuration changes, and the company's name.

>

>

> It seems that  configuration is not allowed in this

> commercial server.  If Apache env is not allowed to change in this case,

> how can we setEnv for "perl5lib" and "Koha_conf"?

>

>

> # KOHA's OPAC Configuration

>

> 

>

>ServerAdmin

>

>DocumentRoot /data1/koha/opac/htdocs

>

>ServerName kobol

>

>ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ "/data1/koha/opac/cgi-bin/"

>

>Redirect permanent index.html

> http://150.135.239.44:80/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl

>

>

>ErrorLog
 /data1/koha/log/opac-error_log

>

>TransferLog /data1/koha/log/opac-access_log

>

>SetEnv PERL5LIB "/data1/koha/intranet/modules"

>

>SetEnv KOHA_CONF "/etc/koha.conf"

>

> 

>

>

>

>

> Thanks,

>

>

> Yan

>

  

  

  

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