You will need to check all the following things to ensure proper installation of your LON-CAPA system.
Execute the following command to create a user named 'www' on your LON-CAPA server:
/usr/sbin/useradd www |
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Is your system using shadow passwords? (Note: LON-CAPA will work with either MD5/non-MD5 configured systems). If your system is not using shadow passwords, then do not perform any of the additional steps. If your system is using shadow passwords, then you will need to perform the additional steps below.
How to detect:
If there is output such as "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash", then your system is using shadow passwords and you will need to continue with the steps below. |
2 |
Retrieve the mod_auth_external source by running the following command wget http://www.wwnet.net/~janc/software/mod_auth_external-2.1.13.tar.gz |
3 |
More steps... There are more steps to include here. |
Download the most current loncapa.tar.gz.
The UPDATE command will refresh your filesystem with all the latest LON-CAPA software.
./UPDATE |
The CHECKRPMS command will check the RPMs on your machine against an FTP repository.
./CHECKRPMS |
The following commands describe how to configure the MySQL database on your LON-CAPA server.
Enter the mysql shell--- mysql -u root -p mysql Run these commands--- CREATE DATABASE loncapa; INSERT INTO user (Host, User, Password) VALUES ('localhost','www',password('SOMEPASSWORD')); GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO www@localhost; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; shell> mysql -u root mysql mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('new_password'); |