Comments on: GLPI - IT and asset Managemet Software

By: praveen

praveen — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:07:35 +0000

i want to know can we have web based user login in this application…????

By: R3ck

R3ck — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:23:51 +0000

How am i supposed to get this to update? I cannot seem to get to the path of the install and run an update for it?

By: George

George — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:27:08 +0000

Files under /var/www should never be set to permissions 777, configuration files in particular. When I see this, it is an indication that the author of the software and/or documentation is inexperienced, and the software may not be safe to run on machines reachable from insecure networks (such as the Internet).

Chmod 777 frequently works, however it is almost never the “correct” solution for a permissions problem. Permissions are an important thing to get right, and that should start with good understanding of unix security.

Developers, as well as technical writers, should be the ones to get this right. A developer or author of a how-to document should never use “chmod 777″ as part of their set-up instructions. I know it is easier to do this than to get it right…. but everything is easier if you take shortcuts like having security turned off… being easier does not make it right.

“chmod 777″ is a warning sign to the experienced reader that you don’t know what you are doing.

Sorry if that sounds harsh, but when someone follows your instructions, and puts the resulting system on the Internet, something very harsh can happen to them. Publishing how-to documents carries some responsibility with it.

By: guinoski

guinoski — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:47:43 +0000

define mailgates

By: Rdorigo

Rdorigo — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:55:27 +0000

If I want to import mails from a mailbox how can i do it?

Kind regards

Rodrigo

By: guinoski

guinoski — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:11:35 +0000

Log in as root.
Type the following and hit enter: vi /usr/local/lib/php.ini
Now that you’re in vi, hit escape a few times then type the following
and hit enter: /memory_limit
That basically does a “find” in the file you’re editing.
Press the “i” key. This puts you in “insert” mode, which basically
allows you to edit things.
Change the current setting.
Press escape, then type :wq and hit enter. That says “save the file
and quit.”

By: guinoski

guinoski — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:09:56 +0000

First step for this is to locate your php.ini file in the server and to see what is the memory limit (this is shown in the error message). Create a file with the below code and name it something like “test.php”

By: arnel

arnel — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:04:44 +0000

pls help me.. at the installation.. it tell me “A minimum of 64MB is commonly required for GLPI.
Try increasing the memory_limit parameter in the php.ini file”.. how can i change it.. thanks

By: admin

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:57:36 +0000

that is the problem you need to go to /var/www/glpi or whatever folder you have created for glpi under /var/www

Example

cd /var/www/glpi

Now run

sudo chmod 777 config/files/

By: guinoski

guinoski — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:50:41 +0000

i did pwd it gives /home/aniac

By: admin

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:16 +0000

Try to check from where you are trying that command

Run

pwd

to check

By: guinoski

guinoski — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:21:01 +0000

hi, sudo chmod 777 config/files/
chmod: cannot accesss ‘config/files/’: No such file or directory
please help

By: asp

asp — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:34:08 +0000

On Ubuntu Server 9.04, all I needed to do was run “sudo apt-get install glpi”. All dependencies are automagicaly taken care of.

By: sandeep

sandeep — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:09:29 +0000

thanx.. up & running..perfect s/w

By: jaffamuffin

jaffamuffin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:43:42 +0000

sounds like you don’t have php installed / your webserver configured properly.

GLPI is awesome, especially in combination with OCS, but gettin LDAP integration is proving tricky - anyone know any good howtos?

By: mojowrkn

mojowrkn — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:50:17 +0000

All ive gotten to the point where im ready to start installing glpi. I go to URL and get “you have chosen to open “blank file name” what should firefox do with this and then an option to pick an app to open the file.

Any help?

-mojo

By: joenieburg

joenieburg — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:47:00 +0000

Very simple to set up.
I got it up and running in moments. I even install the php5-ldap so GLPI connects to an ldap server for your users. (u don’t have to import them but can connect to NDS or AD)

But how to upgrade this installation?
is this the right way?
I have downloaded a new version.
extract to a directory.
then cp -R all file to th /usr/share/glpi directroy.
then cp the config file to etc/glpi/config
and the files to /var/lib/glpi/files.

startup the browser and pushed the update button.

It seems to work fine but is this the way to upgrade GLPI on ubuntu?

By: Elavarasan

Elavarasan — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:07:00 +0000

Dear Friends,

I installed GLPI in Fedora core 9, after installed it when i tri to open through http://myservername/glpi... its opening welcome screen and then step 1, step 2 and checking the all packages…

My doubt is when i try to connect MYSQL its says :

GLPI Step 2:

Test of the connection at the database
can’t connect to the databases:
the server answered : Unknown MySQL server host ‘glpidb’ (2)

Pl. Help me out….

Thanks and Regards
Elavarasan. M.S.

By: perfector

perfector — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:42:15 +0000

Thanks. A great post. A few more screenshots on how the actual management is done would be great.

By: stefodestructo

stefodestructo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:56:53 +0000

don’t forget the -R flag, when you chmod