[LON-CAPA-admin] domain coordinator cannot log in on new system

[Stuart Raeburn]

Hi,

A clarification:

> But I'm not sure I would have thought that this was an obvious   
> pointer to editing /home/httpd/lonUsers/bsu/b/s/u/bsudc/passwd :-/

There should never be a need to edit  
/home/httpd/lonUsers/bsu/b/s/u/bsudc/passwd.

Accordingly, the information written to the install log file is most  
definitely not intended to point you towards editing the passwd file  
with a text editor. In this case the value of the logging is to let  
you (and me) know whether /usr/local/sbin/pwauth was successfully  
compiled.  There is no expectation that you should then need to edit  
the contents of the DC users's LON-CAPA passwd file.

However, my purpose in suggesting doing so was to provide a workaround  
(should you still be unable to get UNIX auth working in LON-CAPA), as  
it would allow you to continue setting up your system, by providing  
you with the ability to log-in to LON-CAPA via the web GUI, as the  
bsudc user.


Stuart

Stuart Raeburn
MSU LON-CAPA group



Quoting "Neubauer, Paul" <pneubauer at bsu.edu>:

> Thanks, Stuart,
>
> Regarding 1) I won't forget that.
>
> Regarding 2) I'm not sure knowing that would have helped me. :-)   
> loncapa_install.log does have:
> Compiling pwauth
> Apparent success compiling pwauth:
> gcc -g    -c -o pwauth.o pwauth.c
> gcc -o pwauth -g  pwauth.o -lcrypt
> Copying pwauth to  /usr/local/sbin
> 'pwauth' copied successfully
>
> But I'm not sure I would have thought that this was an obvious   
> pointer to editing /home/httpd/lonUsers/bsu/b/s/u/bsudc/passwd :-/
>
> Anyway, thanks! I think (or at least hope) that I'm back on the path  
>  toward getting this system to do what I need it to do.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>> Two additional comments:
>>
>> 1. Once you have enabled Shibboleth authentication you will need to use:
>>
>> http://lon-capa-test.bsu.edu/adm/login
>>
>> as the URL you use for log-in for non-Shibboleth users, such as bsudc.
>>
>>
>> 2. A complete history of actions taken (and their outcomes) when using
>> install.pl to prepare a system for use with LON-CAPA is available in
>>
>> /some_path/installation/loncapa_install.log
>>
>> where /some_path/ is typically /root/.