[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: loncom /html/adm/help/tex Domain_Configuration_Author_Defaults.tex Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex
raeburn
raeburn at source.lon-capa.org
Wed Jan 8 18:11:11 EST 2025
raeburn Wed Jan 8 23:11:11 2025 EDT
Modified files:
/loncom/html/adm/help/tex Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex
Domain_Configuration_Author_Defaults.tex
Log:
- Configuration of domain defaults for webDAV and Authoring Space quotas
moved from "Blogs, personal pages/timezones, portfolio/quotas" to
"Authoring Space defaults".
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Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex:1.8 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex:1.9
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex:1.8 Fri Jan 10 17:24:42 2020
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex Wed Jan 8 23:11:10 2025
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
\label{Domain_Configuration_Quotas}
By default, each user in your domain can create blogs, a personal
-information page, and store files in an individual portfolio space.
+information page, store files in an individual portfolio space, set
+rules on access by others to individual file(s) in the portfolio, and
+set the time zone to use when showing open dates. due dates etc.
Students can submit items from their portfolio to meet the requirements
of assignments in their courses.
-You can choose to disable personal information pages, blogs and/or portfolios
-for different groups of users defined for your domain (e.g., Faculty, Adjunct,
+You can choose to disable personal information pages, blogs, portfolios,
+portfolio access by others, and/or time zone setting for different groups
+of users defined for your domain (e.g., Faculty, Adjunct,
Staff, Student). If the ``Modify User'' utility in User Management is
-used to explicitly set availability of these tools for a particular user,
+used to explicitly set availability of these tools for a particular user,
that will override the corresponding settings determined by the user's
affiliation.
@@ -24,66 +27,3 @@
will be overridden by any quota you set for an individual user via:
the ``Modify User'' utility.
-Additional options for authoring spaces can be set for the various user
-types: (a) whether webDAV is active, and (b) the default quota for Authoring Space.
-These only come into effect for a particular user, when an author and/or one or
-more co-author roles have been assigned to a user to provide access to one or more
-Authoring Spaces.
-
-WebDAV allows a user to connect to an Authoring Space in the same way as removable
-media, and to use their own laptop/desktop computer's file management tools and
-applications to move, edit and delete files. See: ``WebDAV access to Authoring Space''
-section in the Authoring manual for more information.
-
-Note: webDAV usage requires Apache with SSL to be running on the library server.
-The user will be prompted to enter his/her username (this will be the LON-CAPA username
-or username,domain if the access is for a co-author with a domain different
-to that of the author), and the user's LON-CAPA password. webDAV also requires that the
-dav and dav\_fs modules are enabled in Apache. The way those are enabled depends on the
-Linux distro (command line access required).
-the Apache config.
-
-\begin{itemize}
-
-\item CentOS, Red Hat and Scientific Linux (6 and earlier)
-
-The required LoadModule lines are included in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
-file added by install.pl run to prepare a server for installation of LON-CAPA.
-
-\item CentOS, Red Hat and Scientific Linux 7
-
-The required LoadModule lines are in the default /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-dav.conf
-file added when the httpd rpm is installed.
-
-\item Ubuntu
-
-Use the commands: a2enmod dav and a2enmod dav\_fs to enable the modules.
-
-\item SLES
-
-The APACHE\_MODULES entry in /etc/sysconfig/apache2 contains the list of modules to be
-loaded. If dav and dav\_fs are not present they should be added to the list.
-
-\end{itemize}
-
-(Reload Apache after making any changes to the Apache configuration).
-
-If you use Single Sign On to authenticate LON-CAPA users in your domain, then to
-support webDAV you also need to support authentication by LON-CAPA for your users.
-This can achieved if the authentication type stored internally for each SSO user is
-set to either (a) Kerberos 5 (with a parameter -- the appropriate Kerberos realm
-set), or (b) Local Authentication, with /home/httpd/lib/perl/localauth.pm
-customized to verify username and password (e.g., via LDAP). If a user can log-in
-to LON-CAPA via the URL /adm/login (thereby by-passing SSO), then the same user will
-also be able to authenticate using a WebDAV client (assuming other requirements are
-met, i.e., SSL, WebDAV access enabled, active author or co-author role).
-
-The requirement to obsolete published files before moving or deleting them, which applies to
-the regular web browser-based management of Authoring Space, also applies in the webDAV
-environment. Moving and deleting directories in the webDAV environment is prohibited if
-the directory, or any (nested) subdirectory contains a non-obsolete published resource.
-
-Given the ability to easily delete unpublished content in webDAV (without the ability to
-reverse the deletion), it is important that authors assigned webDAV access are especially
-careful when working in the webDAV environment.
-
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Author_Defaults.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Author_Defaults.tex:1.2 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Author_Defaults.tex:1.3
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Author_Defaults.tex:1.2 Sun Apr 14 17:09:11 2024
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Author_Defaults.tex Wed Jan 8 23:11:10 2025
@@ -44,13 +44,69 @@
\item Authoring Space quota (MB)
-This sets the default disk space allocation for Authoring Spaces in the domain. Different defaults can be set based on institutional user type of the Author. Institutional types themselves are set vis the Domain configuration screen for ``Default authentication/language/timezone/portal/types''.
+This sets the default disk space allocation for Authoring Spaces in the domain. Different defaults can be set based on institutional user type of the Author. Institutional types themselves are set via the Domain configuration screen for ``Default authentication/language/timezone/portal/types''.
\item WebDAV access availability
This sets the default availability of WebDAV access to Authoring Spaces (server must be running https). Different defaults can be set based on institutional user type of the Author.
+WebDAV allows a user to connect to an Authoring Space in the same way as removable
+media, and to use their own laptop/desktop computer's file management tools and
+applications to move, edit and delete files. See: ``WebDAV access to Authoring Space''
+section in the Authoring manual for more information.
+
+Note: webDAV usage requires Apache with SSL to be running on the library server.
+The user will be prompted to enter his/her username (this will be the LON-CAPA username
+or username,domain if the access is for a co-author with a domain different
+to that of the author), and the user's LON-CAPA password. webDAV also requires that the
+dav and dav\_fs modules are enabled in Apache. The way those are enabled depends on the
+Linux distro (command line access required).
+the Apache config.
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item CentOS, Red Hat and Scientific Linux (6 and earlier)
+
+The required LoadModule lines are included in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+file added by install.pl run to prepare a server for installation of LON-CAPA.
+
+\item CentOS, Red Hat and Scientific Linux 7
+
+The required LoadModule lines are in the default /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-dav.conf
+file added when the httpd rpm is installed.
+
+\item Ubuntu and Debian
+
+Use the commands: a2enmod dav and a2enmod dav\_fs to enable the modules.
+
+\item SLES
+
+The APACHE\_MODULES entry in /etc/sysconfig/apache2 contains the list of modules to be
+loaded. If dav and dav\_fs are not present they should be added to the list.
+
\end{itemize}
+(Reload Apache after making any changes to the Apache configuration).
+
+If you use Single Sign On to authenticate LON-CAPA users in your domain, then to
+support webDAV you also need to support authentication by LON-CAPA for your users.
+This can achieved if the authentication type stored internally for each SSO user is
+set to either (a) Kerberos 5 (with a parameter -- the appropriate Kerberos realm
+set), or (b) Local Authentication, with /home/httpd/lib/perl/localauth.pm
+customized to verify username and password (e.g., via LDAP). If a user can log-in
+to LON-CAPA via the URL /adm/login (thereby by-passing SSO), then the same user will
+also be able to authenticate using a WebDAV client (assuming other requirements are
+met, i.e., SSL, WebDAV access enabled, active author or co-author role).
+
+The requirement to obsolete published files before moving or deleting them, which applies to
+the regular web browser-based management of Authoring Space, also applies in the webDAV
+environment. Moving and deleting directories in the webDAV environment is prohibited if
+the directory, or any (nested) subdirectory contains a non-obsolete published resource.
+
+Given the ability to easily delete unpublished content in webDAV (without the ability to
+reverse the deletion), it is important that authors assigned webDAV access are especially
+careful when working in the webDAV environment.
+
\end{itemize}
+\end{itemize}
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