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Hi again, I noticed an error in the logfile when I start zoneminder. I don't want to use it with webcams, I just wanted to add some IP cams, so I don't need v4l, right? This is my logfile's output: 09-08-2009 09:49:36.336895 zmdc[3188].INF [Server starting at 09/08/09 09:49:36] 09-08-2009 09:49:39 ...

Hi, I'm having a hard time connecting to network IP cameras.... I added a new monitor. All the IP cams are on the local network, so I can use the local ip addresses. On remote host name , I put Username:Password@Local-Ip ... I set the port to 5543 (which is the port that the cam listens to) and ...

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Why don't you go to Options (placed on index.php of ZM homepage) and activate user authentication?

I have a problem starting ZoneMinder. I installed it in my home-made Debian Linux 5.0 server: BOX4:/home/filipe/ZoneMinder-1.24.2# zmpkg.pl start Warning, overriding installed ./zm.conf file with local copy Can't open log file '/tmp/zmdc.log': Permission denied at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 ...

hmm, seems like the password I chose was incompatible with ZM files (it had some weird symbols like #, $, etc) .. maybe the # made the conf file read it as a comment or something like that. The password started with # so probably it was screwing up something. I logged into mysql and changed zmadmin ...

user zmadmin is registered on MySQL and is able to connect to the database... filipe@BOX4:~$ mysql -u zmadmin -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 63 Server version: 5.0.51a-24+lenny1 (Debian) Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c ...

OK, I'll check what you said. But tell me: all these error messages are related to the fact of ZM not being able to connect to the database?

And should ZM be run as a root or as normal user?

Hi guys, I just installed ZM on my debian 5.0 box. Everything seemed to be fine on ./configure and on make install. I created a proper database name, user and password to connect to the MySQL Server (which is in the same machine - localhost ) and yes, I *did* set the username, database name ...