Changes between Version 36 and Version 37 of ServerIntro

Timestamp:

Oct 21, 2007, 5:45:06 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

Christian Beer

Comment:

optimised the cookbook a little bit

ServerIntro

@@ -216 +216 @@
 
 === Create a new BOINC user account === #cookbook-useraccount
-Login as user ‘notroot’ with the password: ‘thoughtpolice’ (downloaded image only)
-
-Go to ‘K-Menu’ -> ‘Settings’ -> ‘System Administration’ -> ‘User Management’, claim administrative privileges with password: ‘thoughtpolice’ (downloaded image only)
-
-Create a new user, for example: boincadm
-
-After that go to the ‘Groups’ tab and add the user ‘www-data’ to the group ‘boincadm’.
+Login as user ‘notroot’.
+
+'''With KDE:'''
+
+ Go to ‘K-Menu’ -> ‘Settings’ -> ‘System Administration’ -> ‘User Management’, claim administrative privileges
+
+ Create a new user, for example: boincadm
+
+ After that go to the ‘Groups’ tab and add the user ‘www-data’ to the group ‘boincadm’.
+
+'''Without a Graphical Desktop Manager:'''
+
+{{{
+$ useradd -m -s /bin/bash boincadm
+$ usermod -G boincadm www-data
+}}}
 
 Logout and login again as user boincadm if this is done.
 
 === Configuration of the MySQL server === #cookbook-mysql
-Open a new console window (’K-menu’ -> ‘Debian’ -> ‘XShells’ -> ‘Konsole’).
+If you're using KDE: open a new console window (’K-menu’ -> ‘Debian’ -> ‘XShells’ -> ‘Konsole’).
 
 Define a new MySQL root password.
@@ -244 +253 @@
 === Install the wxWidgets library === #cookbook-wxwidgets
 
-{{{
-#!comment Why is this needed? Later on the cookbook it clearly says "Normally you won't need a self-compiled client", and wxWidgets is only useful to compile the client, not needed for the server.
-}}}
+'''You can skip this section if you don't want to build your own client. Normally you won't need a self-compiled client, you can always get the latest one from [/download_all.php BOINC website].'''
 
 Download the latest wxGTK version [http://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/ here].
@@ -265 +272 @@
 }}}
 The commands configure and make could take a while, so you can fetch some coffee. ;)
+
 === Download the BOINC source code === #cookbook-download-code
+
 The latest development version can be obtained with:
 {{{
@@ -290 +299 @@
 $ cd ~/boinc_trunk
 $ ./_autosetup
-$ ./configure
+$ ./configure --disable-client
 $ make
 }}}