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Mon Jun 17 05:52:41 2002 UTC (22 years ago) by harris41
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CVS tags: version_0_4, stable_2002_july, STABLE, HEAD
reference to access.conf should be loncapa_apache.conf

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    7: <title>Configuration of a LON-CAPA Server</title>
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   13: <p>
   14: There are about a dozen files on the LON-CAPA server systems
   15: which customize how each system interacts with the rest of the
   16: LON-CAPA network.
   17: </p>
   18: <p>
   19: The two most important configuration files are:
   20: </p>
   21: <ul>
   22: <li><strong>loncapa.conf</strong> -
   23: typically located in the directory <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/</tt>
   24: <br /><i>contains variables and modifications necessary for
   25: the effective running of the Apache web server</i>
   26: <br />&nbsp;
   27: </li>
   28: <li><strong>hosts.tab</strong> -
   29: typically located in the directory <tt>/home/httpd/lonTabs/</tt>
   30: <br /><i>is a listing of all other internet machines that a server
   31: system considers to be valid server systems on the LON-CAPA
   32: network</i>
   33: <br />&nbsp;
   34: </li>
   35: </ul>
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   37: <!-- maintext start -->
   38: <h3>Configuration files and examples</h3>
   39: <p>
   40: LON-CAPA currently depends on the following list of configuration
   41: files.  Locations of these files are by default.  Depending on your
   42: Linux distribution (RedHat, Mandrake, Debian, etc.), the file paths
   43: may be elsewhere.
   44: </p>
   45: <ul>
   46: <li><a href="confexamples/krb.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/krb.conf</li>
   47: <li><a href="confexamples/loncapa_apache.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a>
   48: /etc/httpd/conf/loncapa_apache.conf</li>
   49: <li><a href="confexamples/loncapa.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a>
   50: /etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf</li>
   51: <li><a href="confexamples/hosts.tab">[EXAMPLE]</a>
   52: /home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab</li>
   53: <li><a href="confexamples/spare.tab">[EXAMPLE]</a>
   54: /home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab</li>
   55: <li><a href="confexamples/htpasswd">[EXAMPLE]</a>
   56: /home/httpd/lonTabs/htpasswd</li>
   57: <li><a href="confexamples/smb.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/smb.conf</li>
   58: <li><a href="confexamples/ntp.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/ntp.conf</li>
   59: <li><a href="confexamples/un_keyword.tab">[EXAMPLE]</a>
   60: /home/httpd/html/res/adm/includes/un_keyword.tab</li>
   61: <li><a href="confexamples/step-tickers">[EXAMPLE]</a>
   62: /etc/ntp/step-tickers</li>
   63: <li><a href="confexamples/pwauth">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/pam.d/pwauth</li>
   64: <li><a href="confexamples/config">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/atalk/config</li>
   65: </ul>
   66: <h3>Current Reconfiguration Procedure</h3>
   67: <p>
   68: We recommend that you handle the reconfiguration manually.
   69: A knowledgeable system administrator should alter these configuration
   70: files.
   71: </p>
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