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1.6       harris41    4: <title>Configuration of a LON-CAPA Server</title>
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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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                     15: <p>
                     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>
                     22: <br />&nbsp;
                     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>
                     46: /etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf</li>
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/step-tickers'>[EXAMPLE]</a>
                     58: /etc/ntp/step-tickers</li>
                     59: <li><a href='confexamples/pwauth'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/pam.d/pwauth</li>
                     60: <li><a href='confexamples/config'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/atalk/config</li>
                     61: </ul>
                     62: <h3>Current Reconfiguration Procedure</h3>
                     63: <p>
1.6       harris41   64: We recommend that you handle the reconfiguration manually.
                     65: A knowledgeable system administrator should alter these configuration
                     66: files.
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