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NAME="AEN441">3.2.1. Introduction</H2
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><P
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>&#13;	Installation of bugzilla is pretty straightforward, particularly if your
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	machine already has MySQL and the MySQL-related perl packages installed.
	If those aren't installed yet, then that's the first order of business.  The
	other necessary ingredient is a web server set up to run cgi scripts.
	While using Apache for your webserver is not required, it is recommended.
      </P
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>&#13;	Bugzilla has been successfully installed under Solaris, Linux,
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	and Win32. The peculiarities of installing on Win32 (Microsoft
	Windows) are not included in this section of the Guide; please
	check out the <A
HREF="win32.html"
>Win32 Installation Notes</A
> for further advice
	on getting Bugzilla to work on Microsoft Windows.
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>&#13;	The Bugzilla Guide is contained in the "docs/" folder in your
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	Bugzilla distribution.  It is available in plain text
	(docs/txt), HTML (docs/html), or SGML source (docs/sgml).
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NAME="AEN447">3.2.2. Installing the Prerequisites</H2
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><P
>If you want to skip these manual installation steps for
	  the CPAN dependencies listed below, and are running the very
	  most recent version of Perl and MySQL (both the executables
	  and development libraries) on your system, check out
	  Bundle::Bugzilla in <A
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>Using Bundle::Bugzilla instead of manually installing Perl modules</A
></P
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>&#13;	The software packages necessary for the proper running of bugzilla are:
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>&#13;	      MySQL database server and the mysql client (3.22.5 or greater)
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	    </P
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>&#13;	      Perl (5.004 or greater, 5.6.1 is recommended if you wish
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	      to use Bundle::Bugzilla)
	    </P
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><P
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>&#13;	      DBI Perl module
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	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
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>&#13;	      Data::Dumper Perl module
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	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
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>&#13;	      Bundle::Mysql Perl module collection
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	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
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>&#13;	      TimeDate Perl module collection
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	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
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>&#13;	      GD perl module (1.8.3) (optional, for bug charting)
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	    </P
></LI
><LI
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>&#13;	      Chart::Base Perl module (0.99c) (optional, for bug charting)
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	    </P
></LI
><LI
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>&#13;	      DB_File Perl module (optional, for bug charting)
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	    </P
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>&#13;	      The web server of your choice.  Apache is recommended.
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	    </P
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>&#13;	      MIME::Parser Perl module (optional, for contrib/bug_email.pl interface)
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>&#13;	    It is a good idea, while installing Bugzilla, to ensure it
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	    is not <EM
>accessible</EM
> by other machines
	    on the Internet. Your machine may be vulnerable to attacks
	    while you are installing. In other words, ensure there is
	    some kind of firewall between you and the rest of the
	    Internet.  Many installation steps require an active
	    Internet connection to complete, but you must take care to
	    ensure that at no point is your machine vulnerable to an
	    attack.
	  </P
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>Linux-Mandrake 8.0, the author's test system, includes
	    every required and optional library for Bugzilla.  The
	    easiest way to install them is by using the
	    <TT
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>urpmi</TT
> utility.  If you follow these
	    commands, you should have everything you need for
	    Bugzilla, and <TT
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>checksetup.pl</TT
> should
	    not complain about any missing libraries.  You may already
	    have some of these installed.</P
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><TT
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>bash#</TT
><B
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> urpmi
		perl-mysql</B
></TD
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><TD
><TT
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>bash#</TT
><B
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> urpmi
		perl-chart</B
></TD
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><TT
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><B
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		perl-gd</B
></TD
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><TT
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>bash#</TT
><B
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> urpmi
		perl-MailTools</B
> (for Bugzilla email
	      integration)</TD
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><TT
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><B
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		apache-modules</B
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><A
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><P
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>&#13;	Visit MySQL homepage at <A
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HREF="http://www.mysql.com"
TARGET="_top"
>www.mysql.com</A
> and grab the latest stable release of the server.  Many of the binary versions of MySQL store their data files in <TT
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>/var</TT
> which is often part of a smaller root partition. If you decide to build from sources you can easily set the dataDir as an option to <TT
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>configure</TT
>.
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      </P
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>&#13;	If you install from source or non-package (RPM, deb, etc.)
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	binaries you need to add
	<I
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>mysqld</I
> to your
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	init scripts so the server daemon will come back up whenever
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	your machine reboots. Further discussion of UNIX init
	sequences are beyond the scope of this guide.
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>You should have your init script start
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>mysqld</I
> with the ability to accept
	    large packets. By default, <TT
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>
	    only accepts packets up to 64K long. This limits the size
	    of attachments you may put on bugs. If you add <TT
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>-O
	    max_allowed_packet=1M</TT
> to the command that starts
	    <TT
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>mysqld</TT
> (or
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>safe_mysqld</TT
>), then you will be able
	    to have attachments up to about 1 megabyte.</P
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>&#13;	  If you plan on running Bugzilla and MySQL on the same
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	  machine, consider using the <TT
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>--skip-networking</TT
>
	  option in the init script. This enhances security by
	  preventing network access to MySQL.
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><A
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NAME="install-perl">3.2.4. Perl (5.004 or greater)</H2
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><P
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>&#13;	Any machine that doesn't have perl on it is a sad machine
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	indeed.  Perl for *nix systems can be gotten in source form
	from http://www.perl.com.  Although Bugzilla runs with most
	post-5.004 versions of Perl, it's a good idea to be up to the
	very latest version if you can when running Bugzilla.  As of
	this writing, that is perl version 5.6.1.
      </P
><P
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>&#13;	Perl is now a far cry from the the single compiler/interpreter
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	binary it once was.  It includes a great many required modules
	and quite a few other support files.  If you're not up to or
	not inclined to build perl from source, you'll want to install
	it on your machine using some sort of packaging system (be it
	RPM, deb, or what have you) to ensure a sane install. In the
	subsequent sections you'll be installing quite a few perl
	modules; this can be quite ornery if your perl installation
	isn't up to snuff.
      </P
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><TD
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><P
>Many people complain that Perl modules will not install
	  for them.  Most times, the error messages complain that they
	  are missing a file in <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"@INC"</SPAN
>.  Virtually every
	  time, this is due to permissions being set too restrictively
	  for you to compile Perl modules or not having the necessary
	  Perl development libraries installed on your system..
	  Consult your local UNIX systems administrator for help
	  solving these permissions issues; if you
	  <EM
>are</EM
> the local UNIX sysadmin, please
	  consult the newsgroup/mailing list for further assistance or
	  hire someone to help you out.
	</P
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><P
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>&#13;	  You can skip the following Perl module installation steps by
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	  installing <SPAN
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>Bundle::Bugzilla</SPAN
> from
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><I
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>CPAN</I
></A
>, which
	  includes them. All Perl module installation steps require
	  you have an active Internet connection.  If you wish to use
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	  Bundle::Bugzilla, however, you must be using the latest
	  version of Perl (at this writing, version 5.6.1)
	</P
><P
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>&#13;	  <TT
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> <TT
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>bash#</TT
> <B
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	      -e 'install "Bundle::Bugzilla"'</B
>
	  </TT
>
	</P
><P
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	  MIME::Parser, which are not essential to a basic Bugzilla
	  install.  If installing this bundle fails, you should
	  install each module individually to isolate the problem.
	</P
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NAME="AEN534">3.2.5. DBI Perl Module</H2
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><P
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	Perl modules.  For our purposes it's required by the MySQL-related
	modules.  As long as your Perl installation was done correctly the
	DBI module should be a breeze.  It's a mixed Perl/C module, but Perl's
	MakeMaker system simplifies the C compilation greatly.
      </P
><P
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>&#13;	Like almost all Perl modules DBI can be found on the Comprehensive Perl
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	Archive Network (CPAN) at http://www.cpan.org.  The CPAN servers have a
	real tendency to bog down, so please use mirrors.  The current location
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	at the time of this writing can be found in <A
HREF="downloadlinks.html"
>Appendix B</A
>.
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><P
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>&#13;	Quality, general Perl module installation instructions can be found on
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	the CPAN website, but the easy thing to do is to just use the CPAN shell
	which does all the hard work for you.
      </P
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>&#13;	To use the CPAN shell to install DBI:
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><A
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></P
><P
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>&#13;	    <TT
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	      <B
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>
	    </TT
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	    <DIV
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><P
>Replace "DBI" with the name of whichever module you wish
		to install, such as Data::Dumper, TimeDate, GD, etc.</P
></TD
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>
	  </P
><P
></P
></DIV
>
	To do it the hard way:
	<DIV
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><A
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></P
><P
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>&#13;	    Untar the module tarball -- it should create its own directory
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	  </P
><P
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>&#13;	    CD to the directory just created, and enter the following commands:
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	    <P
></P
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><LI
><P
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>&#13;		  <TT
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>&#13;		    <TT
CLASS="prompt"
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>bash#</TT
>
		    <B
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>perl Makefile.PL</B
>
		  </TT
>
		</P
></LI
><LI
><P
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>&#13;		  <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>&#13;		    <TT
CLASS="prompt"
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>bash#</TT
>
		    <B
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>make</B
>
		  </TT
>
		</P
></LI
><LI
><P
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>&#13;		  <TT
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>&#13;		    <TT
CLASS="prompt"
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>bash#</TT
>
		    <B
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>
		  </TT
>
		</P
></LI
><LI
><P
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>&#13;		  <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>&#13;		    <TT
CLASS="prompt"
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>bash#</TT
>
		    <B
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>make install</B
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		  </TT
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		</P
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>
	    If everything went ok that should be all it takes.  For the vast
	    majority of perl modules this is all that's required.
	  </P
><P
></P
></DIV
>
      </P
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><P
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	(similar to Java's serialization).  It comes with later sub-releases of
	Perl 5.004, but a re-installation just to be sure it's available won't
	hurt anything.
      </P
><P
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	can be found on CPAN (see <A
HREF="downloadlinks.html"
>Appendix B</A
>) and
	can be
	installed by following the same four step make sequence used
	for the DBI module.
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      </P
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	modules.  These modules are grouped together into the the
	Msql-Mysql-modules package.  This package can be found at CPAN.
	After the archive file has been downloaded it should
	be untarred.
      </P
><P
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	by running:
	<TT
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>
	<B
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>perl Makefile.pl</B
>
      </P
><P
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	compilation target and your MySQL installation.  For many of the questions
	the provided default will be adequate.
      </P
><P
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>&#13;	When asked if your desired target is the MySQL or mSQL packages,
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	select the MySQL related ones.  Later you will be asked if you wish
	to provide backwards compatibility with the older MySQL packages; you
	  should answer YES to this question. The default is NO.
	</P
><P
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	  a null password should find itself with sufficient access to run tests
	  on the 'test' database which MySQL created upon installation.  If 'make
	  test' and 'make install' go through without errors you should be ready
	  to go as far as database connectivity is concerned.
	</P
></DIV
><DIV
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><P
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	modules have been grouped into a bundle similar to the MySQL
	modules bundle. This bundle is stored on the CPAN under the
	name TimeDate (see link: <A
HREF="downloadlinks.html"
>Appendix B</A
>). The
	component module we're most interested in is the Date::Format
	module, but installing all of them is probably a good idea
	anyway.  The standard Perl module installation instructions
	should work perfectly for this simple package.
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	</P
></DIV
><DIV
860
CLASS="section"
861
><H2
862
CLASS="section"
863
><A
864
NAME="AEN590">3.2.9. GD Perl Module (1.8.3)</H2
865
><P
866
>&#13;	  The GD library was written by Thomas Boutell a long while
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	ago to programatically generate images in C.  Since then it's
	become the defacto standard for programatic image
	construction.  The Perl bindings to it found in the GD library
	are used on millions of web pages to generate graphs on the
	fly. That's what bugzilla will be using it for so you must
	install it if you want any of the graphing to work.
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	</P
><P
875
>&#13;	  Actually bugzilla uses the Graph module which relies on GD
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	itself.  Isn't that always the way with object-oriented
	programming?  At any rate, you can find the GD library on CPAN
	in <A
HREF="downloadlinks.html"
>Appendix B</A
>.  
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	</P
><DIV
884
CLASS="note"
885 886 887
><P
></P
><TABLE
888
CLASS="note"
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WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/note.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Note"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
904
>&#13;	    The Perl GD library requires some other libraries that may
905 906
	  or may not be installed on your system, including
	  <TT
907
CLASS="classname"
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>libpng</TT
> and
	  <TT
911
CLASS="classname"
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>libgd</TT
>.  The full requirements are
	  listed in the Perl GD library README.  Just realize that if
	  compiling GD fails, it's probably because you're missing a
	  required library.
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	  </P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
924
CLASS="section"
925
><H2
926
CLASS="section"
927
><A
928
NAME="AEN599">3.2.10. Chart::Base Perl Module (0.99c)</H2
929
><P
930
>&#13;	  The Chart module provides bugzilla with on-the-fly charting
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	abilities.  It can be installed in the usual fashion after it
	has been fetched from CPAN where it is found as the
	Chart-x.x... tarball, linked in <A
HREF="downloadlinks.html"
>Appendix B</A
>. Note that
	as with the GD perl module, only the version listed above, or
	newer, will work. Earlier versions used GIF's, which are no
	longer supported by the latest versions of GD.
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	</P
></DIV
><DIV
943
CLASS="section"
944
><H2
945
CLASS="section"
946
><A
947
NAME="AEN603">3.2.11. DB_File Perl Module</H2
948
><P
949
>&#13;	  DB_File is a module which allows Perl programs to make use
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	of the facilities provided by  Berkeley DB version 1.x. This
	module is required by collectstats.pl which is used for  bug
	charting. If you plan to make use of bug charting, you must
	install this module.
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	</P
></DIV
><DIV
957
CLASS="section"
958
><H2
959
CLASS="section"
960
><A
961
NAME="AEN606">3.2.12. HTTP Server</H2
962
><P
963
>&#13;	  You have a freedom of choice here - Apache, Netscape or any
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	other server on UNIX would do.  You can easily run the web
	server on a different machine than MySQL, but need to adjust
	the MySQL <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bugs"</SPAN
> user permissions accordingly.
	<DIV
971
CLASS="note"
972 973 974
><P
></P
><TABLE
975
CLASS="note"
976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 1001
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/note.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Note"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
>I strongly recommend Apache as the web server to use.
	    The Bugzilla Guide installation instructions, in general,
	    assume you are using Apache.  As more users use different
	    webservers and send me information on the peculiarities of
	    installing using their favorite webserver, I will provide
	    notes for them.</P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
>
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	</P
><P
1004
>&#13;	  You'll want to make sure that your web server will run any
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	file with the .cgi extension as a cgi and not just display it.
	If you're using apache that means uncommenting the following
	line in the srm.conf file:
	<TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
1017 1018
CLASS="programlisting"
>&#13;AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
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	</PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
1024 1025 1026
>
	</P
><P
1027
>&#13;	  With apache you'll also want to make sure that within the
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	access.conf file the line:
 <TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
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CLASS="programlisting"
>&#13;Options ExecCGI
1040
AllowOverride Limit
1041
</PRE
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></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
1046
>
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	is in the stanza that covers the directories into which
	you intend to put the bugzilla .html and .cgi files.
1049
	</P
1050
><DIV
1051
CLASS="note"
1052 1053 1054
><P
></P
><TABLE
1055
CLASS="note"
1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/note.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Note"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
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><P
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>&#13;          AllowOverride Limit allows the use of a Deny statement in the
          .htaccess file generated by checksetup.pl 
        </P
><P
1075
>&#13;	  Users of newer versions of Apache will generally find both
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	  of the above lines will be in the httpd.conf file, rather
	  than srm.conf or access.conf.
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	</P
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></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
1083
><DIV
1084
CLASS="warning"
1085 1086 1087
><P
></P
><TABLE
1088
CLASS="warning"
1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/warning.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Warning"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
1104
>&#13;	    There are important files and directories that should not
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	  be a served by the HTTP server. These are most files in the
	  <SPAN
1107 1108 1109 1110 1111
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"data"</SPAN
> and <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"shadow"</SPAN
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>  directories
	  and the <SPAN
1114 1115
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"localconfig"</SPAN
1116 1117 1118 1119
> file. You should
	  configure your HTTP server to not serve content from these
	  files. Failure to do so will expose critical passwords and
	  other data. Please see <A
1120
HREF="geninstall.html#htaccess"
1121
>.htaccess files and security</A
1122 1123 1124
> for details
	  on how to do this for Apache.  I appreciate notes on how to
	  get this same functionality using other webservers.
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	  </P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
1132
CLASS="section"
1133
><H2
1134
CLASS="section"
1135
><A
1136
NAME="AEN625">3.2.13. Installing the Bugzilla Files</H2
1137
><P
1138
>&#13;	  You should untar the Bugzilla files into a directory that
1139 1140
	you're willing to make writable by the default web server user
	(probably <SPAN
1141 1142
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"nobody"</SPAN
1143 1144 1145
>).  You may decide to put the
	files off of the main web space for your web server or perhaps
	off of <TT
1146
CLASS="filename"
1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152
>/usr/local</TT
> with a symbolic link in
	the web space that points to the Bugzilla directory.  At any
	rate, just dump all the files in the same place, and make sure
	you can access the files in that directory through your web
	server.
1153 1154
	</P
><DIV
1155
CLASS="tip"
1156 1157 1158
><P
></P
><TABLE
1159
CLASS="tip"
1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/tip.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Tip"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
1175
>&#13;	    If you symlink the bugzilla directory into your Apache's
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	  HTML heirarchy, you may receive
	  <SPAN
1178
CLASS="errorname"
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>Forbidden</SPAN
> errors unless you add the
	  <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"FollowSymLinks"</SPAN
> directive to the
	  &#60;Directory&#62; entry for the HTML root.
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	  </P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><P
1192
>&#13;	  Once all the files are in a web accessible directory, make
1193 1194 1195
	that directory writable by your webserver's user.  This is a
	temporary step until you run the post-install
	<TT
1196
CLASS="filename"
1197
>checksetup.pl</TT
1198
> script, which locks down your
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	installation.
      </P
1201
><P
1202
>&#13;	Lastly, you'll need to set up a symbolic link to
1203
	<TT
1204
CLASS="filename"
1205 1206 1207 1208
>/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT
> for the correct
	location of your perl executable (probably
	<TT
1209
CLASS="filename"
1210 1211 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222
>/usr/bin/perl</TT
>). Otherwise you must hack
	all the .cgi files to change where they look for perl, or use
	<A
HREF="setperl.html"
>The setperl.csh Utility</A
>, found in
	<A
HREF="patches.html"
>Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</A
>.  I suggest using the symlink
	approach for future release compatability.
	<DIV
1223
CLASS="example"
1224
><A
1225
NAME="AEN641"><P
1226 1227 1228 1229
><B
>Example 3-1. Setting up bonsaitools symlink</B
></P
><P
1230
>&#13;	      Here's how you set up the Perl symlink on Linux to make
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	    Bugzilla work. Your mileage may vary.  For some UNIX
	    operating systems, you probably need to subsitute
	    <SPAN
1234 1235
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"/usr/local/bin/perl"</SPAN
1236 1237
> for
	    <SPAN
1238 1239
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"/usr/bin/perl"</SPAN
1240 1241 1242
>  below; if on certain other
	    UNIX systems, Perl may live in weird places like
	    <SPAN
1243 1244 1245
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"/opt/perl"</SPAN
>.  As root, run these commands:
1246
	    <TABLE
1247 1248 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
1255 1256
CLASS="programlisting"
>&#13;bash# mkdir /usr/bonsaitools  
1257
bash# mkdir /usr/bonsaitools/bin 
1258
bash# ln -s /usr/bin/perl /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl
1259
	    </PRE
1260 1261 1262 1263 1264
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
>
1265
	  </P
1266
><P
1267
>&#13;	    Alternately, you can simply run this perl one-liner to
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	    change your path to perl in all the files in your Bugzilla
	    installation:
	    <TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
1279
CLASS="programlisting"
1280 1281
>&#13;perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#\!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm
processmail syncshadowdb
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	    </PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
>
	    Change the second path to perl to match your installation.
	  </P
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></DIV
>
1292
	<DIV
1293
CLASS="tip"
1294 1295 1296
><P
></P
><TABLE
1297
CLASS="tip"
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WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/tip.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Tip"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
1313
>&#13;	    If you don't have root access to set this symlink up,
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	    check out the
	    <A
HREF="setperl.html"
>The setperl.csh Utility</A
>, listed in <A
HREF="patches.html"
>Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</A
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>. It will change the path to perl in all your Bugzilla files for you.
	  </P
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></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
>
	</P
></DIV
><DIV
1331
CLASS="section"
1332
><H2
1333
CLASS="section"
1334
><A
1335
NAME="AEN654">3.2.14. Setting Up the MySQL Database</H2
1336
><P
1337
>&#13;	  After you've gotten all the software installed and working you're ready
1338 1339 1340 1341
	  to start preparing the database for its life as a the back end to a high
	  quality bug tracker.
	</P
><P
1342
>&#13;	  First, you'll want to fix MySQL permissions to allow access
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	from Bugzilla.  For the purpose of this Installation section,
	the Bugzilla username will be <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bugs"</SPAN
>, and will
	have minimal permissions.
	
1350
	<DIV
1351
CLASS="warning"
1352 1353 1354
><P
></P
><TABLE
1355
CLASS="warning"
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WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/warning.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Warning"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
1371
>&#13;	    Bugzilla has not undergone a thorough security audit. It
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	    may be possible for a system cracker to somehow trick
	    Bugzilla into executing a command such as <B
1374
CLASS="command"
1375 1376 1377 1378 1379 1380 1381 1382 1383 1384 1385
>DROP
	      DATABASE mysql</B
>.
	  </P
><P
>That would be bad.</P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
>
1386
      </P
1387
><P
1388
>&#13;	Give the MySQL root user a password.  MySQL passwords are
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	limited to 16 characters.
	<P
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></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
1397 1398
>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
1399
> <TT
1400
CLASS="prompt"
1401
>bash#</TT
1402
> <B
1403
CLASS="command"
1404 1405 1406
>mysql
		-u root mysql</B
> </TT
1407
>
1408
	  </TD
1409 1410 1411
></TR
><TR
><TD
1412 1413
>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
1414
> <TT
1415
CLASS="prompt"
1416
>mysql&#62;</TT
1417
> <B
1418 1419
CLASS="command"
>&#13;		UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD ('new_password')
1420 1421
		WHERE user='root'; </B
> </TT
1422
>
1423
	  </TD
1424 1425 1426
></TR
><TR
><TD
1427 1428
>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
1429
> <TT
1430
CLASS="prompt"
1431
>mysql&#62;</TT
1432
> <B
1433
CLASS="command"
1434 1435 1436
>FLUSH
		PRIVILEGES;</B
> </TT
1437
>
1438
	  </TD
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></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
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> From this point on, if you need to access
	MySQL as the MySQL root user, you will need to use
	<B
1447
CLASS="command"
1448 1449 1450 1451 1452
>mysql -u root -p</B
> and enter your
	new_password.  Remember that MySQL user names have nothing to
	do with Unix user names (login names).	  
      </P
1453
><P
1454
>&#13;	Next, we create the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bugs"</SPAN
> user, and grant
	sufficient permissions for checksetup.pl, which we'll use
	later, to work its magic.  This also restricts the
	<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bugs"</SPAN
> user to operations within a database
	called <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bugs"</SPAN
>, and only allows the account to
	connect from <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"localhost"</SPAN
>.  Modify it to reflect
	your setup if you will be connecting from another machine or
	as a different user.
      </P
1475
><P
1476
>&#13;	Remember to set bugs_password to some unique password.
1477
	<P
1478 1479 1480 1481 1482 1483
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
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>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>&#13;	      <TT
CLASS="prompt"
1488 1489
>mysql&#62;</TT
>
1490
	      <B
1491
CLASS="command"
1492
>GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,INDEX,
1493 1494 1495
		ALTER,CREATE,DROP,REFERENCES 
		ON bugs.* TO bugs@localhost
		IDENTIFIED BY 'bugs_password';</B
1496
>
1497
	    </TT
1498
>
1499
	  </TD
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></TR
><TR
><TD
1503 1504 1505 1506 1507
>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>&#13;	      <TT
CLASS="prompt"
>&#13;		mysql&#62;
1508
	      </TT
1509
>
1510
	      <B
1511 1512
CLASS="command"
>&#13;		FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
1513
	      </B
1514
>
1515
	    </TT
1516
>
1517
	  </TD
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></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
>
1524
      </P
1525
><P
1526
>&#13;	Next, run the magic checksetup.pl script.  (Many thanks to
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	Holger Schurig &#60;holgerschurig@nikocity.de&#62; for writing
	this script!) It will make sure Bugzilla files and directories
	have reasonable permissions, set up the
	<TT
1531
CLASS="filename"
1532 1533 1534 1535
>data</TT
> directory, and create all the MySQL
	tables.
	<P
1536 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
1542 1543
>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
1544
> <TT
1545
CLASS="prompt"
1546 1547
>bash#</TT
>
1548
	      <B
1549
CLASS="command"
1550
>./checksetup.pl</B
1551
> </TT
1552
>
1553
	  </TD
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></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
1559 1560
> The first time you run it, it will create a
	file called <TT
1561
CLASS="filename"
1562 1563 1564
>localconfig</TT
>.
      </P
1565 1566
></DIV
><DIV
1567
CLASS="section"
1568
><H2
1569
CLASS="section"
1570
><A
1571
NAME="AEN701">3.2.15. Tweaking <TT
1572
CLASS="filename"
1573
>localconfig</TT
1574 1575
></H2
><P
1576
>&#13;	This file contains a variety of settings you may need to tweak including
1577 1578
	how Bugzilla should connect to the MySQL database.
      </P
1579
><P
1580
>&#13;	The connection settings include:
1581
	<P
1582 1583 1584 1585 1586
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
1587
>&#13;	      server's host: just use <SPAN
1588 1589 1590 1591 1592
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"localhost"</SPAN
> if the
	      MySQL server is local
	    </P
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></LI
><LI
><P
1596
>&#13;	      database name: <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bugs"</SPAN
> if you're following
	      these directions
	    </P
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></LI
><LI
><P
1605
>&#13;	      MySQL username: <SPAN
1606 1607 1608 1609 1610
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bugs"</SPAN
> if you're following
	      these directions
	    </P
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></LI
><LI
><P
1614
>&#13;	      Password for the <SPAN
1615 1616 1617 1618
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bugs"</SPAN
> MySQL account above
	    </P
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></LI
></OL
>
1622
      </P
1623
><P
1624
>&#13;	You should also install .htaccess files that the Apache
1625 1626
	webserver will use  to restrict access to Bugzilla data files.
	See <A
1627
HREF="geninstall.html#htaccess"
1628 1629
>.htaccess files and security</A
>.
1630
      </P
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><P
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>&#13;	Once you are happy with the settings, re-run
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	<TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>checksetup.pl</TT
>. On this second run, it will
	  create the database and an administrator account for which
	  you will be prompted to provide information.
      </P
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><P
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>&#13;	When logged into an administrator account once Bugzilla is
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	running, if you go to the query page (off of the Bugzilla main
	menu), you'll find an <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"edit parameters"</SPAN
> option
	that is filled with editable treats.
      </P
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><P
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>&#13;	Should everything work, you will have a nearly empty Bugzilla
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	database and a newly-created <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>localconfig</TT
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>
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	file in your Bugzilla root directory.
      </P
><P
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>&#13;	<DIV
CLASS="note"
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><P
></P
><TABLE
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CLASS="note"
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WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/note.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Note"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
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>&#13;	    The second time you run checksetup.pl, you should become
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	    the user your web server runs as, and that you ensure that
	    you set the <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"webservergroup"</SPAN
> parameter in localconfig to
	    match the web  server's group name, if any.  I believe,
	    for the next release of Bugzilla, this will be fixed so
	    that Bugzilla supports a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"webserveruser"</SPAN
> parameter in
	    localconfig as well.
	    <DIV
1693
CLASS="example"
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><A
1695
NAME="AEN732"><P
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><B
>Example 3-2. Running checksetup.pl as the web user</B
></P
><P
1700
>&#13;		  Assuming your web server runs as user "apache", and
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		Bugzilla is installed in "/usr/local/bugzilla", here's
		one way to run checksetup.pl as the web server user.
		As root, for the <EM
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>second run</EM
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> of
		checksetup.pl, do this: 
		<TABLE
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BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
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CLASS="programlisting"
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> 
bash# chown -R apache:apache /usr/local/bugzilla 
bash# su - apache 
bash# cd /usr/local/bugzilla 
bash# ./checksetup.pl 
		</PRE
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></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
>
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	      </P
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></DIV
>
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	  </P
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></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
>
1737
      </P
1738
><DIV
1739
CLASS="note"
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><P
></P
><TABLE
1743
CLASS="note"
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WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/note.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Note"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
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>&#13;	  The checksetup.pl script is designed so that you can run
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	  it at any time without causing harm.  You should run it
	  after any upgrade to Bugzilla.
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	</P
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></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
1769
CLASS="section"
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><H2
1771
CLASS="section"
1772
><A
1773
NAME="AEN739">3.2.16. Setting Up Maintainers Manually (Optional)</H2
1774
><P
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>&#13;	If you want to add someone else to every group by hand, you
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	can do it by typing the appropriate MySQL commands.  Run
1777
	<B
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CLASS="command"
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> mysql -u root -p bugs</B
> You
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	may need different parameters, depending on your security
	settings. Then:
	  <P
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
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>&#13;	      <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
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> <TT
1793
CLASS="prompt"
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>mysql&#62;</TT
> <B
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CLASS="command"
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>update
		profiles set groupset=0x7fffffffffffffff where
		login_name = 'XXX';</B
> </TT
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> (yes, that's <EM
>fifteen</EM
><SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"f"</SPAN
>'s.
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	    </TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
> replacing XXX with the Bugzilla email address.
	</P
></DIV
><DIV
1817
CLASS="section"
1818
><H2
1819
CLASS="section"
1820
><A
1821
NAME="AEN750">3.2.17. The Whining Cron (Optional)</H2
1822
><P
1823
>&#13;	By now you have a fully functional bugzilla, but what good
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	are bugs if they're not annoying?  To help make those bugs
	more annoying you can set up bugzilla's automatic whining
	system.  This can be done by adding the following command as a
	daily crontab entry (for help on that see that crontab man
	page):
	<P
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
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>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
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> <B
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CLASS="command"
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>cd
		&#60;your-bugzilla-directory&#62; ;
		./whineatnews.pl</B
> </TT
>
	  </TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
>
      </P
><DIV
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CLASS="tip"
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><P
></P
><TABLE
1858
CLASS="tip"
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WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/tip.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Tip"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
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>&#13;	  Depending on your system, crontab may have several manpages.
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	  The following command should  lead you to the most useful
	  page for this purpose: 
	  <TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
1886 1887
CLASS="programlisting"
>&#13; man 5 crontab
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	  </PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
>
	</P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
1901
CLASS="section"
1902
><H2
1903
CLASS="section"
1904
><A
1905
NAME="AEN760">3.2.18. Bug Graphs (Optional)</H2
1906
><P
1907
>&#13;	As long as you installed the GD and Graph::Base Perl modules
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	you might as well turn on the nifty bugzilla bug reporting
	graphs.
      </P
><P
1912
>&#13;	Add a cron entry like this to run collectstats daily at 5
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	after midnight:
	<P
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
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>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
1923
> <TT
1924
CLASS="prompt"
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>bash#</TT
> <B
1927
CLASS="command"
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>crontab
		-e</B
> </TT
>
	  </TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
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>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
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> 5 0 * * * cd
	      &#60;your-bugzilla-directory&#62; ; ./collectstats.pl
	    </TT
>
	  </TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
>
      </P
><P
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>&#13;	After two days have passed you'll be able to view bug graphs
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	from the Bug Reports page. 
      </P
></DIV
><DIV
1956
CLASS="section"
1957
><H2
1958
CLASS="section"
1959
><A
1960
NAME="AEN772">3.2.19. Securing MySQL</H2
1961
><P
1962
>&#13;	If you followed the installation instructions for setting up
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	your "bugs" and "root" user in MySQL, much of this should not
	apply to you.  If you are upgrading an existing installation
	of Bugzilla, you should pay close attention to this section.
      </P
><P
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>&#13;	Most MySQL installs have "interesting" default security parameters:
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	<P
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
>mysqld defaults to running as root</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>it defaults to allowing external network connections</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>it has a known port number, and is easy to detect</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>it defaults to no passwords whatsoever</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>it defaults to allowing "File_Priv"</TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
>
      </P
><P
2001
>&#13;	This means anyone from anywhere on the internet can not only
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	drop the database with one SQL command, and they can write as
	root to the system.
      </P
><P
2006
>&#13;	To see your permissions do:
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	<P
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
2014 2015 2016 2017
>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>&#13;	      <TT
CLASS="prompt"
2018 2019 2020
>bash#</TT
>
	      <B
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CLASS="command"
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>mysql -u root -p</B
>
	    </TT
>
	  </TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
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>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>&#13;	      <TT
CLASS="prompt"
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>mysql&#62;</TT
>
	      <B
2037
CLASS="command"
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>use mysql;</B
>
	    </TT
>
	  </TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
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>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>&#13;	      <TT
CLASS="prompt"
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>mysql&#62;</TT
>
	      <B
2053
CLASS="command"
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>show tables;</B
>
	    </TT
>
	  </TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
2062 2063 2064 2065
>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>&#13;	      <TT
CLASS="prompt"
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>mysql&#62;</TT
>
	      <B
2069
CLASS="command"
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>select * from user;</B
>
	    </TT
>
	  </TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
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>&#13;	    <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>&#13;	      <TT
CLASS="prompt"
2082 2083 2084
>mysql&#62;</TT
>
	      <B
2085
CLASS="command"
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>select * from db;</B
>
	    </TT
>
	  </TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
>
      </P
><P
2099
>&#13;	To fix the gaping holes:
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	<P
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
>DELETE FROM user WHERE User='';</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('new_password') WHERE user='root';</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
>
      </P
><P
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>&#13;	If you're not running "mit-pthreads" you can use:
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	<P
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
>GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO bugs@localhost;</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>GRANT ALL ON bugs.* TO bugs@localhost;</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>REVOKE DROP ON bugs.* FROM bugs@localhost;</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
>
      </P
><P
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>&#13;	With "mit-pthreads" you'll need to modify the "globals.pl" Mysql-&#62;Connect
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	line to specify a specific host name instead of "localhost", and accept
	external connections:
	<P
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
>GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO bugs@bounce.hop.com;</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>GRANT ALL ON bugs.* TO bugs@bounce.hop.com;</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>REVOKE DROP ON bugs.* FROM bugs@bounce.hop.com;</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
>
      </P
><P
2184
>&#13;	Use .htaccess files with the Apache webserver to secure your
2185
	bugzilla install. See <A
2186
HREF="geninstall.html#htaccess"
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>.htaccess files and security</A
>
      </P
><P
2191
>&#13;	Consider also:
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	<P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
2198
>&#13;	      Turning off external networking with "--skip-networking",
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	      unless you have "mit-pthreads", in which case you can't.
	      Without networking, MySQL connects with a Unix domain socket.
	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
2205
>&#13;	      using the --user= option to mysqld to run it as an unprivileged
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	      user.
	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
2211
>&#13;	      starting MySQL in a chroot jail
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	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
2216
>&#13;	      running the httpd in a "chrooted" jail
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	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
2221
>&#13;	      making sure the MySQL passwords are different from the OS
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	      passwords (MySQL "root" has nothing to do with system "root").
	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
2227
>&#13;	      running MySQL on a separate untrusted machine
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	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
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>&#13;	      making backups ;-)
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	    </P
></LI
></OL
>
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