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{{warning box|msg= This documentation on how to build a panel in the server-manager is completely deprecated but it can bring to the developers some tricks to understand what is occurring in an old contrib. Please if you intend to build a panel you should use formagick instead of the perl cgi}}

{{warning box|msg= '''This documentation on how to build a panel in the server-manager is completely deprecated''' but it can bring to the developers some tricks to understand what is occurring in old contribs. Please if you intend to build a panel you should use formagick instead of the perl cgi}}

[http://www.sme-server.de/download/Howtos/e-smith_panel_howto.html original Author]

 

[http://www.sme-server.de/download/Howtos/e-smith_panel_howto.html original link]

===Introduction===

===Introduction===

Writing a panel for an e-smith server need not be difficult. By choosing an existing panel that is similar to what you need you can get a head start. You need only a small background in any sort of programming, coding html or similar.

Writing a panel for an e-smith server need not be difficult. By choosing an existing panel that is similar to what you need you can get a head start. You need only a small background in any sort of programming, coding html or similar.

===References===

===References===

====Bugs====

====Bugs====

Syntax errors are common, a misplaced , or missed ) will result in a panel that will not run or compile.

Syntax errors are common, a misplaced , or missed ) will result in a panel that will not run or compile. Look in /var/log/httpd/admin_error_log for errors or admin_access_log will report success.

Look in /var/log/httpd/admin_error_log for errors

 

or admin_access_log will report success.

Check that httpd-admin is running as well as httpd, via a  

Check that httpd-admin is running as well as httpd, via a ps -A |grep httpd.

ps -A |grep httpd.

Check you have correct permissions, and locate/link it the e-smith way

Check you have correct permissions, and locate/link it the e-smith way

cd /etc/e-smith/web/functions/

cd /etc/e-smith/web/functions/

chmod 750 thing, then chmod u+s thing (?sn)

chmod 750 thing, then chmod u+s thing (?sn)

cd /etc/e-smith/web/panel/manager/cgi-bin

cd /etc/e-smith/web/panel/manager/cgi-bin

ln -s ../../../thing thing

ln -s ../../../thing thing

Links

 

www.e-smth.org duh

====Links====

www.perl.org

www.e-smth.org duh

Thanks

www.perl.org

 

====Thanks====

A big thank you to Gordon, Charlie and the e-smith team.

A big thank you to Gordon, Charlie and the e-smith team.

Stephen Noble April 2001 ver 0.1-2

Stephen Noble April 2001 ver 0.1-2