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

Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:35:33 -0000

harris41		Sat Nov 16 10:35:33 2002 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /doc/build	install.html 
  Log:
  adding in a suggested fix for a common RedHat bug (RedHat's anaconda
  installation code screws up
  /etc/hosts).
  
  
Index: doc/build/install.html
diff -u doc/build/install.html:1.36 doc/build/install.html:1.37

--- doc/build/install.html:1.36	Fri Nov 15 19:57:28 2002
+++ doc/build/install.html	Sat Nov 16 10:35:33 2002
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <!-- The LearningOnline Network with CAPA -->
-<!-- $Id: install.html,v 1.36 2002/11/16 00:57:28 harris41 Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: install.html,v 1.37 2002/11/16 15:35:33 harris41 Exp $ -->
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></meta>
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 Installing LON-CAPA files</a></li>
 <li><a href="#checkrpms">
 Checking your Linux RPMs</a></li>
+<li><a href="#fixhosts">
+Fixing <tt>/etc/hosts</tt></a></li>
 <li><a href="#mysql">
 Configuring the MySQL database</a></li>
 <li><a href="#testing">
@@ -176,6 +178,23 @@
 </p>
 <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
 <tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr>
+</table>
+<a name="fixhosts" />
+<h3>Fixing <tt>/etc/hosts</tt></h3>
+<p>
+A common RedHat glitch of new installations (RedHat's fault, not LON-CAPA)
+is the generation of /etc/hosts.
+</p>
+<p>
+It should look something like this (except the <tt>myschool</tt> line
+should be replaced with settings specific to your machine):
+</p>
+<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
+<tr><td>
+<tt>
+127.0.0.1		localhost.localdomain localhost
+12.34.56.78		www.myschool.edu myschool
+</tt></td></tr>
 </table>
 <a name="mysql" />
 <h3>Configuring the MySQL database</h3>



