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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 />&nbsp;  <br />&nbsp;
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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">
   <tr><td><tt>wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz
   </tt>
   <br />
   <tt>tar xzvf loncapa-current.tar.gz</tt>
   <br />
   <tt>cd loncapa-N.N</tt> (N.N is the version number)</td></tr>
   </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
 the latest LON-CAPA software.  the latest LON-CAPA software.
Line 163  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 171  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>
   The following instructions assume you are logged in as 'root'.
   </p>
   <p>Entering the mysql shell</p>
 <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>  <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>
 <caption>Entering the mysql shell</caption>  
 <pre>  <pre>
 mysql -u root -p mysql  mysql -u root -p mysql
 OR  OR
 mysql -u root      (depending on whether you have set a root password)  mysql -u root mysql (depending on whether you have set a root password)
 </pre>  </pre>
 </td></tr></table>  </td></tr></table>
   <p>Creating the mysql 'www' user (after entering mysql shell)</p>
 <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>  <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>
 <caption>Creating the mysql 'www' user (after entering mysql shell)</caption>  
 <pre>  <pre>
 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>
 </td></tr></table>  </td></tr></table>
   <p>SECURITY: set a password for the mysql 'root' user</p>
 <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>  <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>
 <caption>SECURITY: set a password for the mysql 'root' user</caption>  
 <pre>  
 shell> mysql -u root mysql  
 mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('ROOTPASSWORD');  
 </pre>  
 </td></tr></table>  
 <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>  
 <caption>SECURITY: set a password for the mysql 'root' user</caption>  
 <pre>  <pre>
 shell> mysql -u root mysql  shell> mysql -u root mysql
 mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('ROOTPASSWORD');  mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('ROOTPASSWORD');
 </pre>  </pre>
 </td></tr></table>  </td></tr></table>
   <p>SECURITY: only allow access from localhost</p>
 <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>  <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>
 <caption>SECURITY: only allow access from localhost</caption>  
 <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&lt;&gt;'localhost';
 </pre>  </pre>
 </td></tr></table>  </td></tr></table>
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