I tried to install MTA SA and vcredist.exe I got a message saying unable to find volume for file extraction Please verify that you have proper pemissions.
I am logged in as Root on my Debian VPS. Can anyone help me please???
MTA SA will not install
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MTA SA will not install
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM, JamesSmith1066
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James
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Log in a a regular user and use Winetricks to install the appropriate runtimes.I tried to install MTA SA and vcredist.exe I got a message saying unable to find volume for file extraction Please verify
that you have proper pemissions.
Don't do that! Root and Wine do not mix well.I am logged in as Root on my Debian VPS. Can anyone help me please???
James
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Re: MTA SA will not install
OK thanks but my server is VPS it logs me in as root as standard idk how to do it any other way. am using VNC to connect via remote to the server and I also use PuTTy. Thanks for the advise i'll try to sort itjjmckenzie wrote:On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM, JamesSmith1066
<[email protected]> wrote:Log in a a regular user and use Winetricks to install the appropriate runtimes.I tried to install MTA SA and vcredist.exe I got a message saying unable to find volume for file extraction Please verify
that you have proper pemissions.
Don't do that! Root and Wine do not mix well.I am logged in as Root on my Debian VPS. Can anyone help me please???
James
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Re: MTA SA will not install
i managed to login as an admin user but still have the same issueJamesSmith1066 wrote:OK thanks but my server is VPS it logs me in as root as standard idk how to do it any other way. am using VNC to connect via remote to the server and I also use PuTTy. Thanks for the advise i'll try to sort itjjmckenzie wrote:On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM, JamesSmith1066
<[email protected]> wrote:Log in a a regular user and use Winetricks to install the appropriate runtimes.I tried to install MTA SA and vcredist.exe I got a message saying unable to find volume for file extraction Please verify
that you have proper pemissions.
Don't do that! Root and Wine do not mix well.I am logged in as Root on my Debian VPS. Can anyone help me please???
James
Anyone got any idea's what is wrong?
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Re: MTA SA will not install
Sorry what is wineTricks?JamesSmith1066 wrote:OK thanks but my server is VPS it logs me in as root as standard idk how to do it any other way. am using VNC to connect via remote to the server and I also use PuTTy. Thanks for the advise i'll try to sort itjjmckenzie wrote:On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM, JamesSmith1066
<[email protected]> wrote:Log in a a regular user and use Winetricks to install the appropriate runtimes.I tried to install MTA SA and vcredist.exe I got a message saying unable to find volume for file extraction Please verify
that you have proper pemissions.
Don't do that! Root and Wine do not mix well.I am logged in as Root on my Debian VPS. Can anyone help me please???
James
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MTA SA will not install
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 5:44 PM, JamesSmith1066
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might help greatly in resolving this. That is a major security issue
and quite possibly will break Wine.
winetricks: http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks.
James
<[email protected]> wrote:
You need to fix VPS so that it NEVER logs you in as root. GoogleJamesSmith1066 wrote:Sorry what is wineTricks?jjmckenzie wrote:OK thanks but my server is VPS it logs me in as root as standard idk how to do it any other way. am using VNC to connect via remote to the server and I also use PuTTy. Thanks for the advise i'll try to sort itOn Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM, JamesSmith1066
<[email protected]> wrote:
Log in a a regular user and use Winetricks to install the appropriate runtimes.
Don't do that! Root and Wine do not mix well.
James
might help greatly in resolving this. That is a major security issue
and quite possibly will break Wine.
winetricks: http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks.
James