i was going to delete my original post but thought i'd leave it in case someone else had a similar problem.

i figured out a solution. i was reading the 'oj.cfg' file and way down (way down) it mentions a file 'ojaccess.db', and what to do if you want to rename it. HA! that was it! there IS no 'ojaccess.db' file.

so (and this is handy of you have telnet access), i just 'touch ojaccess.db', chmod'd it to 777 (too high, but right now i don't care) and suddenly it worked.

well, sort of. NOW i have another problem: after i enter the ID and password, i get a 'id added to database' (or something), and two links: 'daily journal index', which takes me to an emptry directory, and 'Back to the OpenJournal console'.

the console is the problem now - there is no link to it. or, rather the link is no good. i get a 404 because there is no such page as 'http://www.akacooties.com/cgi-bin/oj/' (no document name).

as with the last post, if i find a solution, i'll submit it here.

mike

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