Thank you for downloading Asset-Tracker. I hope you find it useful. It is still a bit rough around the edges, so consider it beta software. Note that I wrote this to put into use with my current employer, so it *is* useable in its current state. As more work is done on it, the installation process will get easier, and more documentation will be provided. 

Important security note: this project probably has some security holes in it. I know of at least one place where an "sql injection attack" is probably possible. Therefore, I would not recommend making it available to untrusted networks such as the internet and/or general public. I hope to address as many of these problems as I can think of before the 1.0 release. Until then, be careful!

See docs/TODO if you are interested in where this project is eventually headed. 

For information on contributing, mailing lists, etc, see the web site at http://asset-tracker.sourceforge.net. 

This project is licensed under the GPL. See docs/License and docs/gpl.txt for information.

Have fun!

Kurt Yoder
July 21, 2003


Quick install instructions:
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make sure you already have php, php mysql extensions, mysql, and a web server installed

unpack archive into a directory where your web server can see/execute it

make sure everything in the wwwroot and config directories is readable by the web server

make wwwroot the root directory for your Asset-Tracker web server
(see example in docs/web_configs)

ensure that your web server has enabled http authentication on asset-tracker
(see examples in docs/web_configs)

create a database in mysql for Asset-Tracker data to live in
I recommend you create a mysql user specifically for access to this database

add database connection information to settings/database_settings.conf

modify docs/mysql_dumps/system-setup to contain your uid (see comments in the system-setup file for details)

import the mysql dump in docs/mysql_dumps/system-setup

import the mysql dump in docs/mysql_dumps/sample_assets so you can see an example of a working/correct setup



Further information:
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As more documentation is added, it will appear in the docs directory