Ganymede dev4d released

[Jonathan Abbey <jonabbey@arlut.utexas.edu>]

Ganymede developer pre-release 4d, dev4d.tar.gz, is now available from

 ftp://ftp.arlut.utexas.edu/pub/ganymede/

 or

 ftp://129.116.212.1/pub/ganymede/

if your client has trouble resolving a proper address for
ftp.arlut.utexas.edu.

This pre-release includes support for Linux as well as BSD, and
includes linux_builder and bsd_builder scripts to manage an individual
Linux or BSD system's passwd and group files.  The Linux schema does
not handle shadows, the BSD schema expects and requires the use of
shadows (master.passwd).

I've actually got this release running on my Linux system at home,
and have successfully created user accounts through it.

-------------------- Changes from dev4c to dev4d -------------------

Ganymede Developer Release 4d
September 9, 1998
CHANGES

RELEASE DATE: September 9, 1998

1. [SCHEMA] Added Linux Schema, Revised BSD Schema

We have added a simple Linux schema, which is designed for basically
managing users and groups on a single system.  The user
inactivation/reactivation logic from the GASH schema has been left
out of the linux schema.  Unlike the BSD schema, the Linux schema
does not currently support the use of shadow passwords.

The linux and bsd schemas both have sample linux/bsd builder scripts
that you can install.  We've tested the linux_builder.sample script on
RedHat Linux 5.1, the bsd_builder.sample has not yet been tested.

Using the linux schema with the linux_builder.sample script installed,
we have got Ganymede actually creating real user accounts on RedHat
5.1.

2. [INSTALL] Made the installServer script smarter.

The installServer.perl script will now refuse to continue if it
couldn't find java where you told it to look.  installServer will now
give you a brief, customized outline of what you need to do to get
your schema up and running when it finishes installing everything.

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Jonathan Abbey				              jonabbey@arlut.utexas.edu
Applied Research Laboratories                 The University of Texas at Austin
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