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version 1.25, 2002/06/02 03:50:40	version 1.39, 2002/12/14 18:35:35
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Installing LON-CAPA files</a></li>	Installing LON-CAPA files</a></li>
<li><a href="#checkrpms">	<li><a href="#checkrpms">
Checking your Linux RPMs</a></li>	Checking your Linux RPMs</a></li>
	<li><a href="#fixhosts">
	Fixing <tt>/etc/hosts</tt></a></li>
<li><a href="#mysql">	<li><a href="#mysql">
Configuring the MySQL database</a></li>	Configuring the MySQL database</a></li>
<li><a href="#testing">	<li><a href="#testing">
Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li>	Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li>
</ul>	</ul>
	<p>
	<strong>NOTE:</strong>
	If you want to simultaneously install both RedHat 7.3 and LON-CAPA
	(to ensure 100% reliability), follow <a href="rh73.html">these
	alternative directions</a>.
	</p>
<br />	<br />
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Line 144 Edit (creating the file) /etc/pam.d/pwau	Line 152 Edit (creating the file) /etc/pam.d/pwau
<h3>Installing LON-CAPA files</h3>	<h3>Installing LON-CAPA files</h3>
<p>	<p>
Download the most current	Download the most current
<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz">	<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz">
loncapa.tar.gz</a>.	loncapa-current.tar.gz</a>.
</p>	</p>
<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">	<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
<tr><td><tt>wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz	<tr><td><tt>wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz
</tt>	</tt>
<br />	<br />
<tt>tar xzvf loncapa.tar.gz</tt>	<tt>tar xzvf loncapa-current.tar.gz</tt>
<tt>cd loncapa</tt></td></tr>	<br />
	<tt>cd loncapa-N.N</tt> (N.N is the version number)</td></tr>
</table>	</table>
<p>	<p>
The <strong>UPDATE</strong> command will refresh your filesystem with all	The <strong>UPDATE</strong> command will refresh your filesystem with all
Line 170 against an FTP repository.	Line 179 against an FTP repository.
<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">	<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
<tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr>	<tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr>
</table>	</table>
	<p>
	Also, please be sure to install the LON-CAPA-systemperl RPM as described on
	the <a href="/docs/downloads/index.html">Downloads</a> page.
	</p>
	<a name="fixhosts" />
	<h3>Fixing <tt>/etc/hosts</tt></h3>
	<p>
	A common RedHat glitch of new installations (RedHat's fault, not LON-CAPA)
	is the generation of /etc/hosts.
	</p>
	<p>
	It should look something like this (except the <tt>myschool</tt> line
	should be replaced with settings specific to your machine):
	</p>
	<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
	<tr><td>
	<pre>
	127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
	12.34.56.78 www.myschool.edu myschool
	</pre></td></tr>
	</table>
<a name="mysql" />	<a name="mysql" />
<h3>Configuring the MySQL database</h3>	<h3>Configuring the MySQL database</h3>
<p>	<p>
Line 178 on your LON-CAPA server.	Line 208 on your LON-CAPA server.
<br />Note:	<br />Note:
</p>	</p>
<ul>	<ul>
<li>you should substitute 'WWWPASSWORD' with the value for 'lonSqlAccess'
present inside <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf</tt> <i>or in access.conf</i>
</li>
<li>you should substitute 'ROOTPASSWORD' with something very hard to guess	<li>you should substitute 'ROOTPASSWORD' with something very hard to guess
(it does not have to be the Linux OS root password)	(it does not have to be the Linux OS root password)
</li>	</li>
	<li>The MySQL www@localhost user must always have a password of 'localhostkey'
	in order for there to be correct operation of a standard LON-CAPA system.
	</li>
</ul>	</ul>
<p>	<p>
The following instructions assume you are logged in as 'root'.	The following instructions assume you are logged in as 'root'.
Line 202 mysql -u root mysql (depending on whethe	Line 232 mysql -u root mysql (depending on whethe
mysql> CREATE DATABASE loncapa;	mysql> CREATE DATABASE loncapa;

mysql> INSERT INTO user (Host, User, Password)	mysql> INSERT INTO user (Host, User, Password)
mysql> VALUES ('localhost','www',password('WWWPASSWORD'));	mysql> VALUES ('localhost','www',password('localhostkey'));

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO www@localhost;	mysql> INSERT INTO db VALUES ('localhost','loncapa','www',
	mysql> 'Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','N','Y','Y','Y');

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;	mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
</pre>	</pre>
Line 220 mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=P	Line 251 mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=P
<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>	<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>
<pre>	<pre>
shell> mysql -u root -p mysql	shell> mysql -u root -p mysql
mysql> DELETE FROM user WHERE host<>'localhost';	mysql> DELETE FROM user WHERE host<>'localhost';
</pre>	</pre>
</td></tr></table>	</td></tr></table>
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