[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: doc /build loncapapasswordauthentication.html

[harris41]

harris41		Tue Feb 26 19:19:47 2002 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /doc/build	loncapapasswordauthentication.html 
  Log:
  a newer pwauth was released by apache group and the instructions
  need to be more detailed
  
  
Index: doc/build/loncapapasswordauthentication.html
diff -u doc/build/loncapapasswordauthentication.html:1.5 doc/build/loncapapasswordauthentication.html:1.6
--- doc/build/loncapapasswordauthentication.html:1.5	Sun Sep 30 14:33:08 2001
+++ doc/build/loncapapasswordauthentication.html	Tue Feb 26 19:19:47 2002
@@ -51,14 +51,17 @@
 Making a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords (in five steps;
 assuming that the linux system is configured for shadow passwords)
 <pre>
-1. Get http://www.wwnet.net/~janc/software/mod_auth_external-2.1.13.tar.gz
-
-2. cd mod_auth_external/pwauth
-
-3. alter the config.h file line to match the UID of www
+1. Login as user=sysadm.
+2. cd ~
+3. mkdir install
+4. cd install
+5. wget http://www.wwnet.net/~janc/software/mod_auth_external-2.1.15.tar.gz
+6. tar xzvf mod_auth_external-2.1.15.tar.gz
+7. cd mod_auth_external/pwauth
+8. alter the config.h file line to match the UID of www
 #define SERVER_UIDS 500         /* user "www" */
-
-4.
+9. make
+10. sudo emacs -nw /etc/pam.d/pwauth
       If you have a /etc/pam.d directory, you need to create a file named
       "pwauth" inside it.  To authenticate out of the Unix Shadow file
       under Redhat 6.x, the /etc/pam.d/pwauth file should look something like
@@ -67,10 +70,12 @@
         auth       required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok
         auth       required     /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
         account    required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
-
-
-5.  place pwauth in /usr/local/sbin/.  (chmod 6755 /usr/local/sbin/pwauth)
-
+11.
+Place ~/mod_auth_external/pwauth/pwauth in /usr/local/sbin/ with
+setuid permissions.
+sudo cp /home/sysadm/install/mod_auth_external/pwauth/pwauth /usr/local/sbin/.
+sudo chmod 6755 /usr/local/sbin/pwauth
+</pre>
 </body>
 </html>