On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 23:18 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > On 2/4/06, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > I have just installed phpPgAdmin and I have PostgreSQL running fine on > > > > > > my computer. However, I do not know how to start phpPgAdmin. In fact, > > > > > > I have never used php related stuff. Could someone please help me with > > > > > > that? > > > > > > > > > > Do I need to install apache? The documentation on phpPgAdmin's site > > > > > does not indicate how to start it, up to my best knowledge. > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > yes - httpd would have to be installed... > > > > > > > > probably php-pgsql too. > > > > > > > > probably perl-DBI but I think that gets installed in most cases... > > > > > > > > 'yum install php-pgsql' would probably bring in everything you would > > > > need as dependencies. > > > > > > > > I tend to use tarball... > > > > > > > > tar zxvf phppgadmin* > > > > > > > > mv whatever the folder you just untarred to /var/www/html/phppgadmin > > > > > > > > edit /var/www/html/phppgadmin/conf/conf.inc.php > > > > > > > > to suit your situation > > > > > > > > chkconfig httpd on > > > > > > > > point your browser... > > > > > > > > http://localhost/phppgadmin > > > > > > > > Have at it. > > > > > > Thanks, Craig. When pointing to > > > > > > http://localhost/phpPgAdmin > > > > > > I get > > > > > > "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost." > > > > > > Any ideas? Firewall, maybe? > > > > > ---- > > try 'service httpd start' > > That is it: working now. Thanks! > > Is there some danger that somebody malicious from outside can get > access to my databases, since the access is done via a web-browser? > What are the cautions to take? ---- Is this computer directly connected to the Internet or are you using a firewall/router appliance? If directly connected to the Internet...are you running firewall? 'system-config-securitylevel' - make sure that it (Firewall) is on. Craig
