Windows
IIS will typically run texis.exe as the anonymous user
IUSR_machine. If you want searches to automatically recompile
scripts for you, then this user will need write permission on the
directories containing the scripts: texis/scripts/webinator.
Another option is to test and compile the scripts in a staging area,
and when you are satisfied with the results, simply move the compiled
.vtx file into place.
Texis requires that its monitor process is running. It will attempt to
start it if it's not already running. When Texis is running under the
web server, there might not be permission available for it to run
properly. As administrator, you can register the Texis monitor as a
service to run in background and when the system starts up. The
install will do this if run as an administrator. You can do this
manually from a command prompt when logged in as administrator:
monitor -R
This will start the monitor service immediately, so there's no need to
reboot to activate it.
If you ever wish to unregister the Texis monitor as a service,
do this from a command prompt when logged in as administrator:
monitor -U
Unix
It is important that texis and its related utility programs always run
as the same userid, and that that userid is the owner of the
databases. Web servers generally run CGI programs as some user with
little or no permission. The installation attempts to get around this
problem by making the programs setuid to the correct user. If
it is not able, you will receive a warning. It is up to you to
ensure that texis is always run as the same userid.
The standard Unix commands for making a program setuid to some
user, myself for example, are:
chown myself texis
chmod u+s texis
The above commands may only be run by the root user on some systems.