[LON-CAPA-admin] 7.3 install help

[Lars Jensen]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the info - didn't know the script would create the www user,
so I already did it by hand. That seems to be working. I also ran the
UPDATE script, getting no errors or warnings or anything! I still notice
that my httpd.conf is unchanged. I assume I have to edit some
configuration files after running UPDATE? Like the httpd.conf, and
smb.comf. 

Do I have toedit any others?

The weather out here is fine today, but we have had a lot of snow storms
this season.

Lars.


On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Mark Lucas wrote:

> 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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Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. 
Internet: <jensen at physics.unr.edu>, http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen
Tel: 775.673.7113  FAX: 775.674.7592