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   Most documentation dealing with this software simply tells you to get
   it going. The software comes with no documentation whatsoever. No
   README at all. There is a manual that comes in /acedocs called
   aceserver.html. Its installation instructions don't work on version
   4.7g.
   
    Solution
    
   The best installation information is in the README file for
   AcePerl-1.54. A few more hints are listed here.
   
   The AcePerl README file implies creating a user called acedb. This
   creates permissions problems that we haven't solved yet. We are using
   individual user names instead.
   
   One thing that no documentation mentions is that we had to move
   gifaceserver.LINUX to /usr/local/bin/gifaceserver. Obvious, but still
   makes you wonder while you do it.
   
    Inetd.conf
    
   Our individual inetd.conf files were completely commented out, and the
   daemon stopped because of our dispersed locations. Append the required
   line to the file, and enter:
   
   Killall -HUP inetd
   
    server.log
    
   The server really wants a server.log file, writable by the user to
   whom the gifaceserver is assigned in the inetd.conf file. We created
   one by opening the gifaceserver on a fake port number (12345):
   
   /usr/local/bin/gifaceserver /home/httpd/database/contacts 12345
   1200:1200:10
   
Models

  Documentation
  
   The best documentation for models is in /acedocs/exploring/*. The
   table of contents is in /acedocs/exploring/toc_models.html.
   Unfortunately, like all the ACEDB documentation, it uses absolute
   pathnames. We have converted these pathnames to relative ones, and
   will make the document available for download on the Spatial Focus
   private web page. Although the document is marked "draft" and dated
   1994, it is thorough and simple. Doesn't appear to be significantly
   out of date.
   
   The moviedb database is the best simple example of a database.
   
  Editors
  
   ACEDB is picky about its ascii. vi works great. Can't vouch for emacs
   ;-). Don't use anything nasty like a word processor.
   
  White Space
  
   It really likes alignment, and it likes tabs. Combining tabs and
   spaces kills otherwise perfectly good models every five seconds.
   
    To Do
    
   Solve the mysteries of the failure of AceBrowser. Every other means of
   access works now.

References

   1. file://localhost/home/lstein/projects/Ace-perl/docs/SERVER_INSTALLATION.HOWTO
   2. http://www.spatialfocus.com/
   3. http://stein.cshl.org/