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Puremessage for Unix Installation Problems

Hi,

I get this error message when trying to install Puremessage on Redhat Enterprise 5.2

[Thu May 27 11:07:30 2010] - Wrote install config file to /usr/pmx/etc/install.conf                                                              
[Thu May 27 11:07:30 2010] - Creating group pmx                                                                                                  
[Thu May 27 11:07:30 2010] - Creating user=pmx groups=(pmx) home=/usr/pmx/home                                                                   
[Thu May 27 11:07:33 2010] - Installing PureMessage user shell environment in /usr/pmx/home                                                      
[Thu May 27 11:07:33 2010] - The user 'pmx' has now been configured.                                                                            
[Thu May 27 11:07:33 2010] - Copied the shell installer to /usr/pmx/home/XXXX-linux.sh                                                     
[Thu May 27 11:07:33 2010] - Checking for local repo: repo=(http://pmx.sophos.com/v5/linux/)                                                     
Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at /PerlApp/PPM/PureMessage/Utils.pm line 95, <$log_fh> line 393.                                  
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /PerlApp/PureMessage/Install/Utils.pm line 66, <$log_fh> line 393.                     
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /PerlApp/PureMessage/Install/Utils.pm line 66, <$log_fh> line 393.                     
[Thu May 27 11:07:33 2010] - Checking if pmx can execute /usr/pmx/home/XXXX-linux.sh: euid=0 egid=0 10 6 4 3 2 1 0 => pmxuid= pmxgid=         
[Thu May 27 11:07:33 2010] - Can't determine all [ug]ids - returning                                                                                
[Thu May 27 11:07:33 2010] - Error while Installing the PureMessage license: /usr/pmx/home/XXXX-linux.sh cannot be run by the PureMessage     
user.       

What could be the problem.....?

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  • I encountered a similar -- but not identical -- problem when I tried installing PureMessage in the pmx user's home directory. When I split up the two directories (/opt/pmx for the install, /home/pmx for the user), I got past that set of errors.
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  • I encountered a similar -- but not identical -- problem when I tried installing PureMessage in the pmx user's home directory. When I split up the two directories (/opt/pmx for the install, /home/pmx for the user), I got past that set of errors.
    :3288
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