Creating a user 'www'

Execute the following command to create a user named 'www' on your LON-CAPA server:

Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords

Step #	Description
1	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: command: cat /etc/passwd | grep ':x:' 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.

Installing LON-CAPA files

Checking your Linux RPMs

The CHECKRPMS command will check the RPMs on your machine against an FTP repository.

Configuring the MySQL database

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');

Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational

The TEST command will check the installation software, the perl libraries on your system, the MySQL database, and will also automatically test the real-time operation of the LON-CAPA Apache web server.

Using the TEST command will likely be an iterative process. It is normal to expect that the TEST command will recommend you perform various steps to ensure optimal performance of your LON-CAPA server.