> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 16:07:17 -0300
> From: Marlon Borba <marlon @
sti .
com .
br>
> Subject: Authsrv don't work. Help!!
>
> We are trying to build a TIS Firewall over Linux, according to a HOWTO
> instructions ("Firewall & Proxy Server Howto"), but, when we try to run
> authsrv, we get the message
>
> bash: ./authsrv: No such file or directory
>
> We are *sure* the PATH is correct, the authsrv executable is in the
> right directory (/usr/local/etc), the right permissions were assigned
> (755), the compilation worked with no errors and WE ARE ROOT!
You refer to the "TIS Firewall" as if there were only one, which of
course is not the case. May one assume you mean the FWTK?
This is a simple misunderstanding of Unix command syntax. It is
possible that you need to get someone who understands Unix command use
on your staff.
The command './authsrv' tells the shell to IGNORE the $PATH. Instead,
it looks for the command 'authsrv' in the current directory (".").
When you entered this command, had you remembered to 'cd /usr/local/etc'
first?
It is possible that, from another directory, you could also say
'/usr/local/etc/authsrv'. I haven't tried that, though: I don't know
whether the program looks for a database in the user's current
directory. I always 'cd' first.
OBTW - Note that "$PATH" should n o t have an entry that is either
"." or blank. The following are security risks:
:(anything)
(anything):
(anything)::(anything)
.:(anything)
(anything):.
(anything):.:(anything)
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