1 WebMYSQL v2.7 2 (Web based MySQL interface) 3 -------------- 4 5 Copyright 2005 Dumb Terminal Creations <macgyver@thedumbterminal.co.uk> 6 This program is free software; you may redistribute it in it's original format. 7 8 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY 9 10 THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES 11 AS TO PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. 12 13 Please view the file "webmysql.shtml" for features or visit http://www.thedumbterminal.co.uk 14 15 16 INSTALLATION 17 18 1)Extract the contents of the "webmysql-x.tar.gz" compressed file to a temporary directory. 19 2)Move the directory "webmysql-x" in the "cgi-bin" subdirectory to your webserver's cgi-bin. 20 3)Move the directory "webmysql-x" in the "htdocs" subdirectory to your webservers document root (the same place your sites starting page is in). 21 4)Make sure the webmysql executable is chmoded to 0755. 22 5)Make sure the "keys" directory in the "cgi-bin" is writeable by the webserver. Chmod to 0777 for testing if in doubt. 23 6)Make sure the "dump_uploads" directory in the "cgi-bin" is writeable by the webserver. Chmod to 0777 for testing if in doubt. 24 7)Make sure the "dump_downloads" directory in the "cgi-bin" is writeable by the webserver. Chmod to 0777 for testing if in doubt. 25 8)Web browse to http://www.yourserver.net/cgi-bin/webmysql-x/webmysql. 26 27 28 CUSTOMISING 29 30 Any of the html files in the "webmysql-x/templates" subdirectory may be modified. Please do not rename them or alter the comments in the page 31 as these are used as placeholders for the program. You may however move the location of the placeholders within the page. 32 33 You may also change the name of the webmysql program itself, this should be done in order to keep the program hidden from unwanted visitors. 34 35 36 NOTES 37 38 Some webservers do not like CGI executables with no extension, if you see the binary printed to your browser just add a extension of ".cgi". 39 Any bugs found please report to macgyver@thedumbterminal.co.uk.