ACUA Installation
To install ACUA:
- make sure you are root
- source distribution:
- tar.gz binary distribution:
- untar into / (not /usr or /usr/local or anywhere else)
- run ldconfig
- rpm binary distribution:
- Edit /etc/zlogin and/or /etc/profile and/or ..., /etc/ppp/ip-up (and/or other startup scripts...) to include a call to user_login as described in its manual page.
- Edit user_add and user_del as required.
- Edit configuration files and messages as required.
- Make addition to root's crontab as outlined in manuals to call user_renew, user_expire periodically.
- Ensure user_updated is started upon system bootup. Note: the system hostname must be set properly when user_updated is started, or it will not work properly.
Other notes:
- Occasionally LOCK files will be left in /usr/lib/acua (or whatever path you are using). This is usually because a process that locks the acua_users file died an untimely death. You may want to run something like this out of root's crontab every 5 minutes:
find /usr/lib/acua/ -name "LOCK*" -cmin +5 -exec rm -f "{}" \;
Adam McKee
Last modified: Sun Jun 22 12:38:57 CST 1997