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    4: <title>Configuration of a LON-CAPA Server</title>
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   10: <p>
   11: There are about a dozen files on the LON-CAPA server systems
   12: which customize how each system interacts with the rest of the
   13: LON-CAPA network.
   14: </p>
   15: <p>
   16: The two most important configuration files are:
   17: <ul>
   18: <li><strong>loncapa.conf</strong> -
   19: typically located in the directory <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/</tt>
   20: <br /><i>contains variables and modifications necessary for
   21: the effective running of the Apache web server</i>
   22: <br />&nbsp;
   23: </li>
   24: <li><strong>hosts.tab</strong> -
   25: typically located in the directory <tt>/home/httpd/lonTabs/</tt>
   26: <br /><i>is a listing of all other internet machines that a server
   27: system considers to be valid server systems on the LON-CAPA
   28: network</i>
   29: <br />&nbsp;
   30: </li>
   31: </ul>
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   36: <h3>Configuration files and examples</h3>
   37: LON-CAPA currently depends on the following list of configuration
   38: files.  Locations of these files are by default.  Depending on your
   39: Linux distribution (RedHat, Mandrake, Debian, etc.), the file paths
   40: may be elsewhere.
   41: <ul>
   42: <li><a href='confexamples/krb.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/krb.conf</li>
   43: <li><a href='confexamples/access.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
   44: /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf</li>
   45: <li><a href='confexamples/loncapa.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
   46: /etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf</li>
   47: <li><a href='confexamples/hosts.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
   48: /home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab</li>
   49: <li><a href='confexamples/spare.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
   50: /home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab</li>
   51: <li><a href='confexamples/htpasswd'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
   52: /home/httpd/lonTabs/htpasswd</li>
   53: <li><a href='confexamples/smb.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/smb.conf</li>
   54: <li><a href='confexamples/ntp.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/ntp.conf</li>
   55: <li><a href='confexamples/un_keyword.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
   56: /home/httpd/html/res/adm/includes/un_keyword.tab</li>
   57: <li><a href='confexamples/language.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
   58: /home/httpd/lonTabs/language.tab</li>
   59: <li><a href='confexamples/step-tickers'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
   60: /etc/ntp/step-tickers</li>
   61: <li><a href='confexamples/pwauth'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/pam.d/pwauth</li>
   62: <li><a href='confexamples/config'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/atalk/config</li>
   63: </ul>
   64: <h3>Current Reconfiguration Procedure</h3>
   65: <p>
   66: We recommend that you handle the reconfiguration manually.
   67: A knowledgeable system administrator should alter these configuration
   68: files.
   69: </p>
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