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diff --git a/install/INSTALL.txt b/install/INSTALL.txt
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--- a/install/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/install/INSTALL.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-Red Matrix Installation
+Hubzilla Installation
-We've tried very hard to ensure that the Red Matrix will run on commodity
+We've tried very hard to ensure that the Hubzilla will run on commodity
hosting platforms - such as those used to host Wordpress blogs and Drupal
websites. It will run on most any Linux VPS system. Windows LAMP platforms
such as XAMPP and WAMP are not officially supported at this time - however
we welcome patches if you manage to get it working.
-Be aware that the Red Matrix is more than a simple web application. It is a
+Be aware that the Hubzilla is more than a simple web application. It is a
complex communications system which more closely resembles an email server
than a web server. For reliability and performance, messages are delivered in
the background and are queued for later delivery when sites are down. This
kind of functionality requires a bit more of the host system than the typical
blog. Not every PHP/MySQL hosting provider will be able to support the
-Red Matrix. Many will - but please review the requirements and confirm these
+Hubzilla. Many will - but please review the requirements and confirm these
with your hosting provider prior to installation. (And preferably before
entering into a long-term contract.)
If you encounter installation issues, please let us know via the Github issue
-tracker (https://github.com/redmatrix/redmatrix/issues). Please be as clear as you
+tracker (https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla/issues). Please be as clear as you
can about your operating environment and provide as much detail as possible
about any error messages you may see, so that we can prevent it from happening
in the future. Due to the large variety of operating systems and PHP platforms
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ issues.
Before you begin: Choose a domain name or subdomain name for your server.
-The Red Matrix can only be installed into the root of a domain or
+The Hubzilla can only be installed into the root of a domain or
sub-domain, and can not be installed using alternate TCP ports.
Decide if you will use SSL and obtain an SSL certificate before software
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Free "browser-valid" certificates are available from providers such as StartSSL.
If you do NOT use SSL, there may be a delay of up to a minute for the initial
install script - while we check the SSL port to see if anything responds there.
-When communicating with new sites, Red Matrix always attempts connection on the
+When communicating with new sites, Hubzilla always attempts connection on the
SSL port first, before falling back to a less secure connection. If you do not
use SSL, your webserver must not listen on port 443 at all.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ use SSL, your webserver must not listen on port 443 at all.
- Installation into a top-level domain or sub-domain (without a
directory/path component in the URL) is REQUIRED.
-2. Unpack the RedMatrix files into the root of your web server document area.
+2. Unpack the Hubzilla files into the root of your web server document area.
If you copy the directory tree to your webserver, make sure that you
also copy .htaccess - as "dot" files are often hidden and aren't normally
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ use SSL, your webserver must not listen on port 443 at all.
software much easier to update. The Linux command to clone the repository
into a directory "mywebsite" would be
- git clone https://github.com/redmatrix/redmatrix.git mywebsite
+ git clone https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla.git mywebsite
- and then you can pick up the latest changes at any time with
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ use SSL, your webserver must not listen on port 443 at all.
cd mywebsite
- Then you should clone the addon repository (separately). We'll give this repository
- a nickname of 'matrix'. You can pull in other redmatrix addon repositories by
+ a nickname of 'matrix'. You can pull in other hubzilla addon repositories by
giving them different nicknames.
- util/add_addon_repo https://github.com/redmatrix/redmatrix-addons.git matrix
+ util/add_addon_repo https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla-addons.git matrix
- For keeping the addon tree updated, you should be on your top level website
directory and issue an update command for that repository.
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ one shown, substituting for your unique paths and settings:
You can generally find the location of PHP by executing "which php". If you
have troubles with this section please contact your hosting provider for
-assistance. RedMatrix will not work correctly if you cannot perform this step.
+assistance. Hubzilla will not work correctly if you cannot perform this step.
You should also be sure that $a->config['system']['php_path'] is set correctly,
it should look like (changing it to the correct PHP location)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ generally be world-readable.
Ensure that mod-rewite is installed and working, and that your
.htaccess file is being used. To verify the latter, create a file test.out
-containing the word "test" in the top directory of the RedMatrix, make it world
+containing the word "test" in the top directory of the Hubzilla, make it world
readable and point your web browser to
http://yoursitenamehere.com/test.out
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Retry the installation. As soon as the database has been created,
#####################################################################
- Some configurations with "suhosin" security are configured without
-an ability to run external processes. The Red Matrix requires this ability.
+an ability to run external processes. The Hubzilla requires this ability.
Following are some notes provided by one of our members.
#####################################################################
@@ -293,26 +293,26 @@ certain functions like proc_open, as configured in /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini:
suhosin.executor.func.blacklist = proc_open, ...
-For those sites like Red Matrix that really need these functions they can be
-enabled, e.g. in /etc/apache2/sites-available/redmatrix:
+For those sites like Hubzilla that really need these functions they can be
+enabled, e.g. in /etc/apache2/sites-available/hubzilla:
- <Directory /var/www/redmatrix/>
+ <Directory /var/www/hubzilla/>
php_admin_value suhosin.executor.func.blacklist none
php_admin_value suhosin.executor.eval.blacklist none
</Directory>
-This enables every function for Red Matrix if accessed via browser, but not for
+This enables every function for Hubzilla if accessed via browser, but not for
the cronjob that is called via php command line. I attempted to enable it for
cron by using something like
- */10 * * * * cd /var/www/redmatrix/ && sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php
+ */10 * * * * cd /var/www/hubzilla/ && sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php
-d suhosin.executor.func.blacklist=none -d suhosin.executor.eval.blacklist=none
-f include/poller.php
This worked well for simple test cases, but the cron job still failed with
a fatal error:
suhosin[22962]: ALERT - function within blacklist called: proc_open() (attacker
-'REMOTE_ADDR not set', file '/var/www/redmatrix/boot.php', line 1341)
+'REMOTE_ADDR not set', file '/var/www/hubzilla/boot.php', line 1341)
After a while I noticed, that include/poller.php calls further php script via
proc_open. These scripts themselves also use proc_open and fail, because they