[LON-CAPA-admin] 7.3 install help

Mark Lucas lucas at lucas.phy.ohiou.edu
Thu Jan 2 19:08:36 EST 2003


Hi-

	Are you doing a fresh install of loncapa from the tar file?

	If you are using the instructions under 
http://install.lon-capa.org/docs/install/rh73.html

	It will automatically create the www user in the script that
also installs any extra needed rpms. This is the route I've been doing
for fresh installs and it has been working well.

	When copying passwd files, what I do (for better or worse) is
pwunconv on the original passwd/shadow file and the new file, merge the 
necessary entries, then pwconv. Probably more work than I need, but
it has behaved. I've had the luxury of rolling machines from one machine 
to another in the upgrades, so I have both up at once.

	Check the system portion of the passwd files, but I think there
were some differences between 6.2 and 7.3.

	How's the weather out there?

				Later,
					 Mark

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Lars Jensen wrote:

> Right now, I'm in the middle of the 7.3 configuration:
> 
> The 7.3 apache runs under user and group apache. Should I create a new
> user www and run apache as this user? If I don't, won't this create
> permission issues for several files in the home directory? 
> 
> How do I restore users and passwords/shadow passwords? Do I simply copy
> from the 6.2 passwd and group files? What about the shadow password
> files?
> 
> Thanks,
> Lars.
> 
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