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You will need to check all the following things to ensure proper |
You will need to check all the following things to ensure proper |
installation of your LON-CAPA system. |
installation of your LON-CAPA system. |
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Creating a user 'www'</a></li> |
Creating a user 'www'</a></li> |
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<h3>Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords</h3> |
<h3>Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords</h3> |
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Edit (creating the file) /etc/pam.d/pwauth to have the contents: |
Edit (creating the file) /etc/pam.d/pwauth to have the contents: |
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auth required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok |
auth required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok |
auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so |
auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so |
account required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so |
account required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so |
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<h3>Installing LON-CAPA files</h3> |
<h3>Installing LON-CAPA files</h3> |
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Line 168 against an FTP repository.
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The following commands describe how to configure the MySQL database |
The following commands describe how to configure the MySQL database |
on your LON-CAPA server. |
on your LON-CAPA server. |
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<li>you should substitute 'WWWPASSWORD' with the value for 'lonSqlAccess' |
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present inside <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf</tt> <i>or in access.conf</i> |
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<li>you should substitute 'ROOTPASSWORD' with something very hard to guess |
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(it does not have to be the Linux OS root password) |
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<caption>Entering the mysql shell</caption> |
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Enter the mysql shell--- |
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mysql -u root -p mysql |
mysql -u root -p mysql |
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mysql -u root (depending on whether you have set a root password) |
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<caption>Creating the mysql 'www' user (after entering mysql shell)</caption> |
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mysql> CREATE DATABASE loncapa; |
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mysql> INSERT INTO user (Host, User, Password) |
CREATE DATABASE loncapa; |
mysql> VALUES ('localhost','www',password('WWWPASSWORD')); |
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INSERT INTO user (Host, User, Password) |
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VALUES ('localhost','www',password('SOMEPASSWORD')); |
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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO www@localhost; |
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FLUSH PRIVILEGES; |
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO www@localhost; |
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mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; |
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<caption>SECURITY: set a password for the mysql 'root' user</caption> |
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shell> mysql -u root mysql |
shell> mysql -u root mysql |
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('new_password'); |
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('ROOTPASSWORD'); |
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<caption>SECURITY: set a password for the mysql 'root' user</caption> |
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shell> mysql -u root mysql |
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mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('ROOTPASSWORD'); |
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<caption>SECURITY: only allow access from localhost</caption> |
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shell> mysql -u root -p mysql |
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mysql> DELETE * FROM user WHERE host<>'localhost'; |
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performance of your LON-CAPA server. |
performance of your LON-CAPA server. |
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