A Web-based Man Page Utility for SME/E-smith

How to Set up a Web-based Man-page Viewer on your SME/E-smith Server
Contributed by: MD

Sample: Click here

Caveat: This utility uses a php script that makes a system call.
        System calls from a web-based form are potentially insecure.
        You may want to put this in a protected area.

Step 1:
	Get root
	Install the manpages RPM on your system.
	Here's how...
	
	a) wget http://www.tech-geeks.org/contrib/mdrone/packages/man-1.5i2-0.7x.5.i386.rpm

	b) rpm -ivh man-1.5i2-0.7x.5.i386.rpm

Step 2: 
	Create a web directory for the files and move into it.
	Here's how...

	a) mkdir /home/e-smith/files/primary/html/webmanpage

	b) cd /home/e-smith/files/primary/html/webmanpage

Step 3:
	Grab the webmanpage tarball and extract it.
	Here's how...

	a) wget http://www.tech-geeks.org/contrib/mdrone/webmanpage/webmanpage.tar.gz

	b) tar -xvzf webmanpage.tar.gz

Step 4: 
	Discard or move the tarball

	a)[Discard] rm -f webmanpage.tar.gz

	b)[Move]  mv webmanpage.tar.gz /root

Step 5:
	Test the utility

	a) Open a browser

	b) Go to http://yourserveraddress/webmanpage/manpage.html

	c) Test with a simple command, such as "df"
A Web-based Man Page Utility for SME/E-smith

Contributed on Oct 16, 2002
