[thelist] Webalizer - does one need admin privileges to install it?

Kevin Cannon p+evolt at redbrick.dcu.ie
Sat Feb 22 13:31:01 CST 2003


On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 12:21:36AM +0200, Lauri wrote:
> Hello there,

> A client just wanted to know whether they would need root privileges on
> a Linux server to install a copy of Webalizer for their site (they're on
> shared hosting). I didn't find a final and satisfactory answer from the
> documentation.

> Does anybody have any information about this?

Not on a normal setup.

Unless the hosting company had some odd setup there should be no problem
installing it. If the person doens' tknow much about downloading & installing
unix programs though, they might have trouble, but it's not too difficult.

G'luck,

- Kevin



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