To run CCVS for a particular application, you
should be logged in as the user account who created that
configuration. If you are using a ccvs user account for this purpose and
are already logged into the system as a different user, type su
ccvs to switch to the correct user.
When logged in as the user set up to run CCVS
programs, you will need to start the ccvsd daemon for
each merchant account. In addition, you will need to run the
cvupload program on a regular basis. Using
cron to run cvupload every day
will accomplish this task; see the cron man pages for
instructions concerning automating processes.
To run CCVS, you must run the
ccvsd daemon. The ccvsd daemon
actually makes the phone calls and conducts the transactions. The
ccvsd command must be followed by the name of the
account specified when you configured the account.
For example, if you want to start processing transactions for the
example sheet music retailer mentioned during the configuration program, and
you installed the software in its default location of
/usr/sbin, you would type in
the following command to start ccvsd:
Every time you add a merchant account, you need to start
ccvsd for that account, if you want to process
transactions for that account.
For more information on ccvsd, see the
ccvsd man page.
Some transactions (such as authorizations) occur at the time that the
credit card is presented. Other transactions (such as sales and
returns) are saved up and are not processed immediately. These
transactions are gathered together and are then processed as a group.
CCVS uses the cvupload
program to do this batch processing. We recommend invoking
cvupload as an (at least) daily
cron job, so that cvupload will
automatically run every day, without any intervention on your
part.
For example, the following command would be used to do the periodic
processing for the sheet music retailer:
For more information on cvupload, see the
cvupload man page.
