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11: There are about a dozen files on the LON-CAPA server systems
12: which customize how each system interacts with the rest of the
13: LON-CAPA network.
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16: The two most important configuration files are:
17: <ul>
18: <li><strong>loncapa.conf</strong> -
19: typically located in the directory <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/</tt>
20: <br /><i>contains variables and modifications necessary for
21: the effective running of the Apache web server</i>
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23: </li>
24: <li><strong>hosts.tab</strong> -
25: typically located in the directory <tt>/home/httpd/lonTabs/</tt>
26: <br /><i>is a listing of all other internet machines that a server
27: system considers to be valid server systems on the LON-CAPA
28: network</i>
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1.3 harris41 36: <h3>Configuration files and examples</h3>
37: LON-CAPA currently depends on the following list of configuration
38: files. Locations of these files are by default. Depending on your
39: Linux distribution (RedHat, Mandrake, Debian, etc.), the file paths
40: may be elsewhere.
41: <ul>
42: <li><a href='confexamples/krb.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/krb.conf</li>
43: <li><a href='confexamples/access.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
44: /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf</li>
1.7 ! harris41 45: <li><a href='confexamples/loncapa.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
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1.3 harris41 47: <li><a href='confexamples/hosts.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
48: /home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab</li>
49: <li><a href='confexamples/spare.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
50: /home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab</li>
51: <li><a href='confexamples/htpasswd'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
52: /home/httpd/lonTabs/htpasswd</li>
53: <li><a href='confexamples/smb.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/smb.conf</li>
54: <li><a href='confexamples/ntp.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/ntp.conf</li>
55: <li><a href='confexamples/un_keyword.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
56: /home/httpd/html/res/adm/includes/un_keyword.tab</li>
57: <li><a href='confexamples/language.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
58: /home/httpd/lonTabs/language.tab</li>
59: <li><a href='confexamples/step-tickers'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
60: /etc/ntp/step-tickers</li>
61: <li><a href='confexamples/pwauth'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/pam.d/pwauth</li>
62: <li><a href='confexamples/config'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/atalk/config</li>
63: </ul>
64: <h3>Current Reconfiguration Procedure</h3>
65: <p>
1.6 harris41 66: We recommend that you handle the reconfiguration manually.
67: A knowledgeable system administrator should alter these configuration
68: files.
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