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Line 25 Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow
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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> |
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<li><a href="#fixhosts"> |
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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"> |
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Line 55 LON-CAPA server:
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Line 57 LON-CAPA server:
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<tr><td> |
| <font size="+1">1</font> |
<font size="+1">1</font> |
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| <p>Is your system using shadow passwords? (Note: LON-CAPA will |
<p>Is your system using shadow passwords? (Note: LON-CAPA will work |
| work with either MD5/non-MD5 configured systems). If your |
with either MD5/non-MD5 configured systems). It is strongly |
| system is not using shadow passwords, then do not perform |
recommended to use shadow passwords. If your system is currently not |
| any of the additional steps. If your system is using shadow |
using shadow passwords, run the "pwconv" command (as root) in order to |
| passwords, then you will need to perform the additional steps below. |
convert to shadow passwords. If you choose not to use shadow |
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passwords, then do not perform any of the additional steps. If your |
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system is using shadow passwords, then you will need to perform the |
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additional steps below. |
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</p> |
| <p> |
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| <strong>How to detect:</strong> |
<strong>How to detect:</strong> |
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Line 82 the steps below.
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| running the following command |
running the following command |
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</p> |
| <p><tt> |
<p><tt> |
| wget http://www.wwnet.net/~janc/software/mod_auth_external-2.1.13.tar.gz |
wget http://www.unixpapa.com/software/mod_auth_external-2.1.15.tar.gz |
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</tt> |
| </p> |
</p> |
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| running the following command |
running the following command |
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</p> |
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<p> |
| <tt>tar xzvf mod_auth_external-2.1.13.tar.gz</tt> |
<tt>tar xzvf mod_auth_external-2.1.15.tar.gz</tt> |
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</p> |
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</td></tr> |
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Line 98 running the following command
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Line 103 running the following command
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| running the following command |
running the following command |
| </p> |
</p> |
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| <tt>cd mod_auth_external-2.1.13/pwauth/</tt> |
<tt>cd mod_auth_external-2.1.15/pwauth/</tt> |
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</p> |
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Line 108 running the following command
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Line 113 running the following command
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</p> |
| <p> |
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| Determine the user id of 'www': |
Determine the user id of 'www': |
| <br /><tt>grep ^www /etc/passwd | cut -d':' -f3</tt> |
<br /><tt>id -u www</tt> |
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<br /> |
| Change the line |
Change the line |
| <br /><tt>#define SERVER_UIDS 99 /* user "nobody" */</tt> |
<br /><tt>#define SERVER_UIDS 99 /* user "nobody" */</tt> |
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Line 182 against an FTP repository.
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| <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"> |
<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"> |
| <tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr> |
<tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr> |
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</table> |
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Also, please be sure to install the LON-CAPA-systemperl RPM as described on |
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the <a href="/docs/downloads/index.html">Downloads</a> page. |
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<a name="fixhosts" /> |
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<h3>Fixing <tt>/etc/hosts</tt></h3> |
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A common RedHat glitch of new installations (RedHat's fault, not LON-CAPA) |
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is the generation of /etc/hosts. |
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<p> |
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It should look something like this (except the <tt>myschool</tt> line |
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should be replaced with settings specific to your machine): |
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</p> |
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<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"> |
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<tr><td> |
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<pre> |
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127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost |
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12.34.56.78 www.myschool.edu myschool |
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</table> |
| <a name="mysql" /> |
<a name="mysql" /> |
| <h3>Configuring the MySQL database</h3> |
<h3>Configuring the MySQL database</h3> |
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<p> |
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