Return to how_to_domain_coordinator.txt CVS log

Up to [LON-CAPA] / doc

Annotation of doc/how_to_domain_coordinator.txt, revision 1.8

1.1       harris41    1: How to make a domain coordinator on
                      2: a newly installed LON-CAPA system
                      3: 
                      4: Scott Harrison
                      5: April 17, 2001
1.4       harris41    6: 05/28/2001
1.1       harris41    7: 
1.8     ! harris41    8: There are 17 steps to this procedure.  (Eventually
1.7       harris41    9: this procedure will be replaced with interfaces.
                     10: Till then, enjoy the UNIX command line.)
                     11: 
                     12: You need to decide on three pieces of information
                     13: to create a domain coordinator.
                     14: 
                     15: * USERNAME (kermit, albert, joe, etc)
                     16: * DOMAIN (should be the same as lonDefDomain in /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf)
                     17: * PASSWORD (don't tell me)
                     18: 
                     19: The examples in these instructions will be based
                     20: on three example pieces of information:
                     21: * USERNAME=dc103
                     22: * DOMAIN=103
                     23: * PASSWORD=sesame
                     24: 
                     25: You will also need to know your "root" password
                     26: and your "www" password.
                     27: 
                     28: 1. login as root on your Linux system
                     29:    [prompt %] su
                     30: 
                     31: 2 (as root). add the user
                     32:    Command: [prompt %] /usr/sbin/adduser USERNAME
                     33:    Example: [prompt %] /usr/sbin/adduser dc103
                     34: 
                     35: 3 (as root). enter in a password
                     36:    Command: [prompt %] passwd USERNAME
                     37:             New UNIX password: PASSWORD
                     38:             Retype new UNIX passwd: PASSWORD
                     39:    Example: [prompt %] passwd dc103
                     40:             New UNIX password: sesame
                     41:             Retype new UNIX passwd: sesame
                     42: 
                     43: 4 (as root). Make www a member of the new user group.
                     44:    You will need to change 1 line in /etc/group
                     45:    Assuming USERNAME=dc103
                     46:    (your values are different)
1.3       harris41   47:    Change this line in /etc/group
                     48:    dc103:x:NUMBER:   
                     49:    to be
                     50:    dc103:x:NUMBER:www
1.7       harris41   51: 
                     52: 5. Login as the new user
                     53:    Command: [prompt %] su USERNAME
                     54:    Example: [prompt %] su dc103
                     55: 
1.8     ! harris41   56: 6 (as USERNAME).  Create a public_html directory for the new user.
1.7       harris41   57:    Command: [prompt %] install -d /home/USERNAME/public_html
                     58:    Example: [prompt %] install -d /home/dc103/public_html
                     59: 
1.8     ! harris41   60: 7. (as USERNAME). Set permissions for /home/dc103 and /home/dc103/public_html
1.5       harris41   61:     to be readable and writeable by www.
1.8     ! harris41   62:    Command: [prompt %] chmod g+rwx /home/USERNAME
        !            63:             [prompt %] chmod g+rwx /home/USERNAME/public_html
        !            64:    Example: [prompt %] chmod g+rwx /home/dc103
        !            65:             [prompt %] chmod g+rwx /home/dc103/public_html
1.7       harris41   66: 
1.8     ! harris41   67: 8. login as user=www
1.7       harris41   68:    Command: [prompt %] su www
                     69:             Password: WWWPASSWORD
                     70: 
1.8     ! harris41   71: 9. (as www). cd /home/httpd/lonUsers
1.7       harris41   72: 
1.8     ! harris41   73: 10. (as www) Create user directory for your new user.
1.7       harris41   74:    Let U equal first letter of USERNAME
                     75:    Let S equal second letter of USERNAME
                     76:    Let E equal third letter of USERNAME
                     77:    Command: [prompt %] install -d DOMAIN/U/S/E/USERNAME
                     78:    Example: [prompt %] install -d 103/d/c/1/dc103
                     79: 
1.8     ! harris41   80: 11. (as www) Enter the newly created user directory.
1.7       harris41   81:    Command: [prompt %] cd DOMAIN/U/S/E/USERNAME
                     82:    Example: [prompt %] cd 103/d/c/1/dc103
                     83: 
1.8     ! harris41   84: 12. (as www). Set your password mechanism to 'unix' 
1.7       harris41   85:    Command: [prompt %] echo "unix:" > passwd
                     86: 
1.8     ! harris41   87: 13. (as www). Create and run the following script with the arguments
1.7       harris41   88:   Create the file described below "script.pl" or whatever name you want.
                     89: 
                     90:   Command: [prompt %] perl script.pl DOMAIN USERNAME
                     91:   Example: [prompt %] perl script.pl 103 dc103
1.1       harris41   92: 
                     93: #!/usr/bin/perl
                     94: 
                     95: # quick temporary script
                     96: # brought up-to-date by Scott Harrison, 03/01/2001
                     97: 
                     98: 
                     99: print "Usage: rolesmanip.pl DOMAIN USERNAME\n" unless @ARGV;
                    100: 
                    101: my $domain=shift @ARGV;
                    102: my $name=shift @ARGV;
                    103: 
                    104: my ($l1,$l2,$l3)=split(//,substr($name,0,3));
                    105: 
                    106: use GDBM_File;
                    107: my %hash;
                    108:         tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',
                    109: "/home/httpd/lonUsers/$domain/$l1/$l2/$l3/$name/roles.db",
                    110: 	    &GDBM_WRCREAT,0640);
                    111: 
                    112: $hash{'/'.$domain.'/_dc'}='dc';
                    113: open OUT, ">/home/httpd/lonUsers/$domain/$l1/$l2/$l3/$name/roles.hist";
                    114: map {
                    115:     print OUT $_.' : '.$hash{$_}."\n";
                    116: } keys %hash;
                    117: close OUT;
                    118: 
                    119: untie %hash;
1.7       harris41  120: 
1.8     ! harris41  121: 14. login as root
1.7       harris41  122:     Command: [prompt %] su
                    123: 
1.8     ! harris41  124: 15. Restart the lon processes (/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol restart)
        !           125: 16. Restart the httpd processes (/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart)
        !           126: 17. You may further define the domain coordinator user (i.e. dc103)
1.5       harris41  127:     by going to http://MACHINENAME/adm/createuser.
                    128: