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<chapter>
    <title>SERWEB</title>
    <qandaset>
	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    Is there <quote>send IM</quote> page for sending instant messages only or does
		    it accept replies as well (i.e. does it act like a full &ua;) ?
		</simpara>
	    </question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    It can send messages only.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>
	
	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    I have serweb running. I'm able to connect to <acronym>MySQL</acronym> fine. But
		    it doesn't seem like the form params are getting assigned to variables. Is there
		    something obvious I'm missing?
		</simpara>
	    </question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    Please check if <varname>register_globals</varname> is set to On in your
		    <filename>php.ini</filename> file. The option is set off by default due to
		    security reasons.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>
	
	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    Can somebody tell me how to configure the serweb? Which directory should I put
		    those files and which file and parameters should I modify. Or maybe this
		    question was asked previously by somebody already, then please provide me a like
		    to those answers.
		</simpara>
	</question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    Dan Austin's howto (see &ser; webpage) is probably the currently most extensive
		    documentation available.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>
	
	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    Trying to load the serweb page I get the following error message: Fatal error:
		    Call to undefined function: mysql_pconnect() in
		    /var/www/html/phplib/db_mysql.inc on line 73
		</simpara>
	    </question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    Configure <acronym>PHP</acronym> to load the MySQL extension.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>
	
	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    I can open the page and even make changes and save them, but I'm receiving the
		    following warning message: Warning: fopen(<quote>/tmp/ser_fifo</quote>,
		    <quote>w</quote>) ? Permission denied in /var/www/html/serweb/functions.php on
		    line 172 Sorry - cannot open fifo.
		</simpara>
	    </question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    Make sure that the user under which the web server is running has read and write
		    access to the <acronym>FIFO</acronym>.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>
    
	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    Is there a way to add/edit/view aliases from serweb?
		</simpara>
	    </question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    When new user confirm registration, new numeric alias is created. There is no
		    another way to add or edit aliases from serweb.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>
	
	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    I am getting a <quote>Forbidden</quote> reply from the Apache. The Apache is
		    pointing to the index.php for the serweb. I've only changed the &ip; address of
		    the local host to 127.0.0.1 in the config.php. Does anyone have any suggestions
		    ?
		</simpara>
	    </question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    Check if the file/folder has read permission for everybody.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>

	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    I get following warnings and error on NetBSD when I call
		    user_interface/index.php:
		    </simpara>
		<simpara>
		    [Wed Jul 16 09:56:53 2003] [error] PHP Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has
		    been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by
		    reference, modify the declaration of [runtime function name]().  If you would
		    like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set
		    allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file.  However, future
		    versions may not support this any longer.  in
		    /usr/pkg/share/httpd/htdocs/iptel/phplib/user.inc on line 72 [Wed Jul 16
		    09:56:53 2003] [error] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function:
		    mysql_pconnect() in /usr/pkg/share/httpd/htdocs/iptel/phplib/db_mysql.inc on
		    line 73
		</simpara>
	    </question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    Simply do what the text says: enable allow_call_time_pass_reference in
		    <filename>/usr/pkg/etc/php.ini</filename> and install <acronym>PHP</acronym>
		    MySQL support.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>
	
	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    I started the webserver and got the following message: Starting up of httpd:
		    [Thu Aug 14 15:16:51 2003] alert ] httpd: Could not determine the of server
		    fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName 
		</simpara>
		<simpara>
		    Does anyone know where is the problem ?
		</simpara>
	    </question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    Set ServerName variable in the configuration file of your webserver to hostname
		    of your computer.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>
	<qandaentry>
	    <question>
		<simpara>
		    What version of ser should I use with serweb from the CVS ?
		</simpara>
	    </question>
	    <answer>
		<simpara>
		    CVS version of serweb is aligned to the stable branch of ser. It will not work
		    with ser 0.8.10 because the database tables have been changed recently.
		</simpara>
	    </answer>
	</qandaentry>

    </qandaset>
</chapter>


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