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Requirements:
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Apache web server (UNIX or
Windows NT/2000), IIS (Windows NT/2000) |
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Perl 5.003 |
Note for
Running on NT
WebAccountant can be used
on Microsoft Windows2000/NT servers. Both Internet
Information Server and Apache for Win32 supported. There
are certain limitations discussed below.
Perl for Windows
WebAccountant were tested
using ActiveState ActivePerl 5.6.0.623. Since Windows OS
does not provide fork() system call, Perl was built to
emulate fork() at the interpreter level. As a result,
parent process will only exit after its child process has
exited. WebAccountant use fork() for Mass Mail feature -
running on Unix after parsing Mass Mail, Accounts Manager
script (accmgr.pl) passes all required information to
child process and exits immediately, without waiting for
all the mail to be sent. Under Windows Accounts Manager
script will be forced to wait for all mail to be sent.
Depending on mailing list size the whole process could
take considerable time, if during that time user will hit
his/her browser Stop button, both parent and child process
will be terminated before all mail processed. Be patient.
Protected directories
Protected directories are
implemented using Apache-style .htaccess/.htpasswd
mechanism, which is not supported by IIS. Since
WebAccountant continue handle password files in the same
manner as if they run under Apache, you can access
contents of .htpasswd files from your custom scripts in
order to implement application specific authentication
scheme. Please note, that since Windows does not support
crypt() system call, customer passwords are being stored
without encryption for compatibility with Apache for
Win32.
Configuring email
interface
If your server does not have
any sendmail equivalent you can define SMTP server in
order to allow WebAccountant send mail. Please note,
that it is recommended to use sendmail (or equivalent
command line mailer program) instead of SMTP, because
normally sendmail handles outgoing mail much faster.
Taking into account limitations of fork() (see "Perl for
Windows" above) this would greatly improve performance.
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