--- loncom/build/make_domain_coordinator.pl 2002/04/15 19:11:41 1.3 +++ loncom/build/make_domain_coordinator.pl 2006/10/08 23:05:18 1.11 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ make_domain_coordinator.pl - Make a doma # The LearningOnline Network # make_domain_coordinator.pl - Make a domain coordinator on a system # -# $Id: make_domain_coordinator.pl,v 1.3 2002/04/15 19:11:41 harris41 Exp $ +# $Id: make_domain_coordinator.pl,v 1.11 2006/10/08 23:05:18 raeburn Exp $ # # This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA). # @@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ make_domain_coordinator.pl - Make a doma # # http://www.lon-capa.org/ # -# YEAR=2002 -# 3/1,3/3,3/4 Scott Harrison -# ### =pod @@ -52,7 +49,8 @@ These are the steps that are executed on =item * Tests to see if user already exists for linux system or for -LON-CAPA, if so aborts +LON-CAPA, if so aborts. A message is output that recommends following +a manual procedure enabling this user if so desired. =item * @@ -83,15 +81,16 @@ Set roles.hist and roles.db # This is a standalone script. It *could* alternatively use the # lcuseradd script, however lcuseradd relies on certain system -# dependencies. make_domain_coordinator.pl should be able -# to run freely as possible irrespective of the status of a LON-CAPA +# dependencies. In order to have a focused performance, I am trying +# to avoid system dependencies until the LON-CAPA code base becomes +# more robust and well-boundaried. make_domain_coordinator.pl should be able +# to run freely as possible, irrespective of the status of a LON-CAPA # installation. # ---------------------------------------------------- Configure general values -my %perlvar; -$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}='/home/httpd/lonUsers'; - +use lib '/home/httpd/lib/perl/'; +use LONCAPA; =pod @@ -108,6 +107,10 @@ characters and be a string of length gre The first argument specifies the user name of the domain coordinator and should consist of only alphanumeric characters. +It is recommended that the USERNAME should be institution-specific +as opposed to something like "Sammy" or "Jo". +For example, "dcmsu" or "dcumich" would be good domain coordinator +USERNAMEs for places like Mich State Univ, etc. The second argument specifies the domain of the computer coordinator and should consist of only alphanumeric characters. @@ -117,52 +120,79 @@ coordinator and should consist of only a # ----------------------------------------------- So, are we invoked correctly? # Two arguments or abort if (@ARGV!=2) { - die 'usage: make_domain_coordinator.pl [USERNAME] [DOMAIN] '."\n". - '(and password through standard input)'."\n"; + die('usage: make_domain_coordinator.pl [USERNAME] [DOMAIN] '."\n". + '(and password through standard input)'."\n". + 'It is recommended that the USERNAME should be institution-specific '. + "\n".'as opposed to something like "Sammy" or "Jo".'."\n". + 'For example, "dcmsu" or "dcumich" would be good domain coordinator'. + "\n".'USERNAMEs for places like Mich State Univ, etc.'."\n"); } my ($username,$domain)=(@ARGV); shift @ARGV; shift @ARGV; unless ($username=~/^\w+$/ and $username!~/\_/) { - die 'Username '.$username.' must consist only of alphanumeric characters'. - "\n"; + die('**** ERROR **** '. + 'Username '.$username.' must consist only of alphanumeric characters'. + "\n"); } unless ($domain=~/^\w+$/ and $domain!~/\_/) { - die 'Domain '.$domain.' must consist only of alphanumeric characters'. - "\n"; + die('**** ERROR **** '. + 'Domain '.$domain.' must consist only of alphanumeric characters'. + "\n"); } +# Output a warning message. +print('**** NOTE **** '. + 'Generating a domain coordinator is "serious business".'."\n". + 'Choosing a difficult-to-guess (and keeping it a secret) password '."\n". + 'is highly recommended.'."\n"); + +print("Password: "); $|=1; my $passwd=<>; # read in password from standard input chomp($passwd); if (length($passwd)<6 or length($passwd)>30) { - die 'Password is an unreasonable length.'."\n"; + die('**** ERROR **** '.'Password is an unreasonable length.'."\n". + 'It should be at least 6 characters in length.'."\n"); } my $pbad=0; foreach (split(//,$passwd)) {if ((ord($_)<32)||(ord($_)>126)){$pbad=1;}} if ($pbad) { - die 'Password must consist of standard ASCII characters'."\n"; + die('**** ERROR **** '. + 'Password must consist of standard ASCII characters'."\n"); } # And does user already exist +my $caveat = + 'For security reasons, this script will only automatically generate '."\n". + 'new users, not pre-existing users.'."\n". + "If you want to make '$username' a domain coordinator, you "."\n". + 'should do so manually by customizing the MANUAL PROCEDURE'."\n". + 'described in the documentation. To view the documentation '."\n". + 'for this script, type '. + "'perldoc ./make_domain_coordinator.pl'."."\n"; + if (-d "/home/$username") { - die ($username.' is already a linux operating system user.'."\n"); + die ('**** ERROR **** '.$username.' is already a linux operating system '. + 'user.'."\n".$caveat); } -my $udpath=propath($domain,$username); +my $udpath=&propath($domain,$username); if (-d $udpath) { - die ($username.' is already defined as a LON-CAPA user.'."\n"); + die ('**** ERROR **** '.$username.' is already defined as a LON-CAPA '. + 'user.'."\n".$caveat); } =pod =head1 MANUAL PROCEDURE -There are 10 steps to a manual procedure. +There are 10 steps to manually recreating what this script performs +automatically. You need to decide on three pieces of information to create a domain coordinator. * USERNAME (kermit, albert, joe, etc) - * DOMAIN (should be the same as lonDefDomain in /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf) + * DOMAIN (should be the same as lonDefDomain in /etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf) * PASSWORD (don't tell me) The examples in these instructions will be based @@ -186,7 +216,7 @@ login as root on your Linux system # ------------------------------------------------------------ So, are we root? -if ($< != 0) { +if ($< != 0) { # Am I root? die 'You must be root in order to generate a domain coordinator.'."\n"; } @@ -199,11 +229,59 @@ if ($< != 0) { =cut +# ----------------------------------------------------------- /usr/sbin/groupadd +# -- Add group +$username=~s/\W//g; # an extra filter, just to be sure + +print "adding group: $username \n"; +my $status = system('/usr/sbin/groupadd', $username); +if ($status) { + die "Error. Something went wrong with the addition of group ". + "\"$username\".\n"; +} +my $gid = getgrnam($username); + # ----------------------------------------------------------- /usr/sbin/useradd +# -- Add user -$username=~s/\W//g; # an extra filter, just to be sure -`/usr/sbin/useradd $username`; +print "adding user: $username \n"; +my $status = system('/usr/sbin/useradd','-c','LON-CAPA user','-g',$gid,$username); +if ($status) { + system("/usr/sbin/groupdel $username"); + die "Error. Something went wrong with the addition of user ". + "\"$username\".\n"; +} +print "Done adding user\n"; +# Make www a member of that user group. +my $groups=`/usr/bin/groups www`; +# untaint +my ($safegroups)=($groups=~/:\s*([\s\w]+)/); +$groups=$safegroups; +chomp $groups; $groups=~s/^\S+\s+\:\s+//; +my @grouplist=split(/\s+/,$groups); +my @ugrouplist=grep {!/www|$username/} @grouplist; +my $gl=join(',',(@ugrouplist,$username)); +print "Putting www in user's group\n"; +if (system('/usr/sbin/usermod','-G',$gl,'www')) { + die "Error. Could not make www a member of the group ". + "\"$username\".\n"; +} + +# Check if home directory exists for user +# If not, create one. +if (!-e "/home/$username") { + if (!mkdir("/home/$username",0710)) { + print "Error. Could not add home directory for ". + "\"$username\".\n"; + } +} + +if (-d "/home/$username") { + system('/bin/chown',"$username:$username","/home/$username"); + system('/bin/chmod','-R','0660',"/home/$username"); + system('/bin/chmod','0710',"/home/$username"); +} =pod =item 3 (as root). enter in a password @@ -217,15 +295,16 @@ $username=~s/\W//g; # an extra filter, j =cut -$username=~s/\W//g; # an extra filter, just to be sure -$pbad=0; +# Process password (taint-check, then pass to the UNIX passwd command). +$username =~ s/\W//g; # an extra filter, just to be sure +$pbad = 0; foreach (split(//,$passwd)) {if ((ord($_)<32)||(ord($_)>126)){$pbad=1;}} if ($pbad) { - die 'Password must consist of standard ASCII characters'."\n"; + die('Password must consist of standard ASCII characters'."\n"); } -open OUT,"|passwd --stdin $username"; -print OUT $passwd."\n"; -close OUT; +open(OUT,"|passwd --stdin $username"); +print(OUT $passwd."\n"); +close(OUT); =pod @@ -246,11 +325,18 @@ close OUT; Let S equal second letter of USERNAME Let E equal third letter of USERNAME Command: [prompt %] install -d DOMAIN/U/S/E/USERNAME - Example: [prompt %] install -d 103/d/c/1/dc103 + + Here are three examples of the commands that would be needed + for different domain coordinator names (dc103, morphy, or ng): + + Example #1 (dc103): [prompt %] install -d 103/d/c/1/dc103 + Example #2 (morphy): [prompt %] install -d 103/m/o/r/morphy + Example #3 (ng): [prompt %] install -d 103/n/g/_/ng =cut -`install -o www -g www -d $udpath`; +# Generate the user directory. +`install -o www -g www -d $udpath`; # Must be writeable by httpd process. =pod @@ -265,10 +351,11 @@ close OUT; =cut -open OUT, ">$udpath/passwd"; -print OUT 'unix:'."\n"; -close OUT; -`chown www:www $udpath/passwd`; +# UNIX (/etc/passwd) style authentication is asserted for domain coordinators. +open(OUT, ">$udpath/passwd"); +print(OUT 'unix:'."\n"); +close(OUT); +`chown www:www $udpath/passwd`; # Must be writeable by httpd process. =pod @@ -279,21 +366,23 @@ close OUT; =cut -use GDBM_File; -my %hash; - tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$udpath/roles.db", - &GDBM_WRCREAT,0640); - -$hash{'/'.$domain.'/_dc'}='dc'; -open OUT, ">$udpath/roles.hist"; -map { - print OUT $_.' : '.$hash{$_}."\n"; -} keys %hash; -close OUT; - -untie %hash; -`chown www:www $udpath/roles.hist`; -`chown www:www $udpath/roles.db`; +use GDBM_File; # A simplistic key-value pairing database. + +my $rolesref=&LONCAPA::locking_hash_tie("$udpath/roles.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT()); +if (!$rolesref) { + die('unable to tie roles db: '."$udpath/roles.db"); +} +$rolesref->{'/'.$domain.'/_dc'}='dc'; # Set the domain coordinator role. +open(OUT, ">$udpath/roles.hist"); # roles.hist is the synchronous plain text. +foreach my $key (keys(%{$rolesref})) { + print(OUT $key.' : '.$rolesref->{$key}."\n"); +} +close(OUT); +&LONCAPA::locking_hash_untie($rolesref); + + +`chown www:www $udpath/roles.hist`; # Must be writeable by httpd process. +`chown www:www $udpath/roles.db`; # Must be writeable by httpd process. =pod @@ -304,26 +393,16 @@ by going to http://MACHINENAME/adm/creat =cut -print "$username is now a domain coordinator\n"; -my $hostname=`hostname`; chomp $hostname; -print "http://$hostname/adm/createuser will allow you to further define". - " this user.\n"; - -# ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUBROUTINES -sub propath { - my ($udom,$uname)=@_; - $udom=~s/\W//g; - $uname=~s/\W//g; - my $subdir=$uname.'__'; - $subdir =~ s/(.)(.)(.).*/$1\/$2\/$3/; - my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/$subdir/$uname"; - return $proname; -} +# Output success message, and inform sysadmin about how to further proceed. +print("$username is now a domain coordinator\n"); # Output success message. +my $hostname=`hostname`; chomp($hostname); # Read in hostname. +print("http://$hostname/adm/createuser will allow you to further define". + " this user.\n"); # Output a suggested URL. =pod =head1 AUTHOR -Scott Harrison, harris41@msu.edu +Written to help the LON-CAPA project. =cut