--- doc/install/redhat7.3/new_install_rh73.html	2002/05/23 14:29:37	1.2
+++ doc/install/redhat7.3/new_install_rh73.html	2002/05/31 15:45:42	1.3
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <html><head><title>Setting up a Red Hat7.3 LON-CAPA Server</title></head><body>
-<!-- $Id: new_install_rh73.html,v 1.2 2002/05/23 14:29:37 matthew Exp $ -->
-<h1>Setting up a Red Hat7.3 LON-CAPA Server</h1>
+<!-- $Id: new_install_rh73.html,v 1.3 2002/05/31 15:45:42 www Exp $ -->
+<h1>Setting up a Red Hat 7.3 LON-CAPA Server</h1>
 
 <h2>Before you begin</h2>
 <p>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The installation process takes the follo
 <p>
 If you like, you may contact the LON-CAPA development staff and we can
 mail the CDs to you.  Another option is to download the cd images and 
-burn them yourself.
+burn them yourself, or install from a mirror site using ftp or http.
 </p>
 
 <h2>Determine Network settings for your site</h2>
@@ -106,13 +106,15 @@ for it to function at all.  Below is a l
   <dt>LON-CAPA domain
   <dd>Each site or school which installs LON-CAPA needs its own domain.
       Here at MSU we use 'msu'.  You should choose something short but
-      meaningful.
+      meaningful. <i>Restriction: One word, no hyphens, underscores, or special characters!</i>
   <dt>LON-CAPA host id
   <dd>Each LON-CAPA server requires a unique internal name.  We use names
-      such as "msul1" for the first library server.
+      such as "msul1" for the first library server. <i>Restriction: 
+One word, no hyphens, underscores, or special characters!</i>
   <dt>Host administrator email
   <dd>The amount of email sent to this address is relatively minimal.  Messages
-      are sent every time the system starts up.
+      are sent every time the system starts up, or if the system is in serious
+trouble. On a laptop, make this <tt>root@localhost</tt>.
   <dt>Root password for SQL database
   <dd>In order to keep people from corrupting the MYSQL database, a root
       password is needed.  You'll need to remember this.
@@ -140,22 +142,40 @@ cd /root/loncapa/
 </pre>
 You will need to enter the LON-CAPA configuration information you requested
 above.  Additionally, you will need to enter the following information 
-(options 5 and 6 in the menu):
+(options 5 and 6 in the menu, recommended settings):
 <dl>
    <dt>Cache Expiration Time
    <dd>86400
    <dt>Server Load
    <dd>2.0
 </dl>
+You can deviate from the above settings if you know what you are doing.
 </p>
 
 <h2>Picking a hosts.tab file</h2>
 The "hosts.tab" file controls which LON-CAPA servers your server attempts 
 to access and which servers it will respond to.  If this is your first 
 install of LON-CAPA on your network, we suggest choosing a 'standalone' 
-"hosts.tab".  Please contact the support staff at www.loncapa.org for
+"hosts.tab".  On a laptop, you must choose 'standalone'.
+Please contact the support staff at www.loncapa.org for
 information about adding more hosts to your "hosts.tab" file.
-
+<p>
+<b>Note:</b> for <b>non</b>-standalone configurations, you do need to add 
+yourself  to the <tt>/home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab</tt> to initially test your 
+configuration. Eventually, you will be added to the general cluster tables by
+LON-CAPA staff, so this is temporary. A <tt>hosts.tab</tt> entry has the 
+format
+<pre>
+lonHostID:domain:hosttype:dns-name:ipaddress
+</pre>
+for example
+<pre>
+103l5:library:s17.lite.msu.edu:35.8.63.27
+</pre>
+Please edit this file with a UNIX editor, not a PC or Mac one, so that the 
+linebreaks are correct.
+  
+</p>
 <h2>Creating a Domain Coordinator</h2>
 <p>
 You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of
@@ -168,6 +188,7 @@ appropriate user name and your domain.
 <pre>
 cd /root/loncapa/loncom/build
 perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN
+(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
 mkdir ~USERNAME/public_html
 chown USERNAME:www ~USERNAME/public_html
 chmod 0775 ~USERNAME/public_html
