Installing a DIM Backup Store Server
Configuring Linux:
Install Control onto the server according to the InstallingControl wiki page with the following notes:
- Use Fedora Core 3 . No later as Release 8 is incompatible with anything newer.
- Make sure the IP address of the server is 192.168.1.85. Do NOT put it on DHCP.
- vsftp is run at startup
- Ensure the run level of init is 5
- Use programs from HO and not the ones on sam.
- Ensure you have the polling user. Password should be mushroom.
- Setup the overlay printers. Set them up so that we only need to change the IP address of the printer later.
- Edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess
# The following at the bottom of the file 192.168.1.86-100
- Create ~ccc/.netrc
machine 192.168.30.1 login root password dts4dim macdef init cd /creative machine 192.168.208.1 login polling password mushroom macdef init cd /u/cc/edi/outgoing
It is VERY IMPORTANT that this file have owner read/write permissions ONLY
At the time of installation:
- Copy data from HO
- prnaad
- Setup printers
- Setup cash drawers as printers
- Setup/check overlay printers
- comaad
- Setup polling location
- braad
- Reset docket numbers
- texaad
- Set the float in the terminal records
- Set the use till number (some workstations might have the same settings as head office)
- Set the printers
- 1 qty layouts
- Should be printing 2 copies of invoices, adjustments, orders, etc.
- Overlay printers to be used for
- Cash sales
- Charge sales
- Refunds
- Credit Notes
- Customer Orders
- Set cash drawer
- pocont
Print/Email/Fax unprinted PO => Y
- sscont
Print coment on dockets => N
Print coment on orders => N
Suggested deposit percentage => 0
- cccont
Debtor for the GE Credit => <BR>GECREDIT
- tecont
Allow multiple redemption of gift vouchers => <blank>
- Setup crontab the same as another store
If Copying from still-intact hard drive
- Copy the old root drive to a location under /u
- Copy the old /u drive to a location under /u
- Stop polling from head office
- Stop manual_poll locally
- Stop all cron jobs so it does not interfere while you copy
- Replace /u/cc with the copy from the old drive (keep the original if there is space)
- Transfer all the X11 settings from the old computer
- Transfer hosts, user/passwords, printers (dont forget overlays) from old computer
- Transfer IP settings from old computer
- If there is a thin client, enable xdmcp
- resume manual_poll
- restart polling from head office
- restart all local cron jobs.
- check file permissions on ~ccc/.netrc (must be 600, see all the way to the top of this document)
