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1 dpavlin 1.1 Document Manager Administration manual
2    
3    
4 dpavlin 1.6 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
5     -------------------------
6 dpavlin 1.1
7     1. get latest version of Document Manager from
8     http://www.rot13.org/~dpavlin/docman.html
9    
10     2. go to installation directory (which doesn't have to be under your web
11 dpavlin 1.6 server) and un-tar distribution
12 dpavlin 1.1
13     cd /home/httpd/docman
14     tar xvfz docman-*.tar.gz
15    
16     If you decide to install docman in some other directory, change
17     $gblIncDir to that directory in docman.php!
18    
19     3. go to directory which you want to have under Document Manager control
20 dpavlin 1.6 (this directory needs to be accessible from your web server tree)
21 dpavlin 1.1
22     cd /home/httpd/html
23    
24     chmod that directory so that web server can write in it.
25    
26     chown nobody /home/httpd/html
27    
28     4. make a symlink from that directory to file which will be directory index
29    
30     ln -s /home/httpd/docman/docman.php /home/httpd/html/.index.php
31    
32     5. add new DirectoryIndex entry to your apache configuration file. If your
33     apache has config files in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf find a line
34     like
35    
36     DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm
37    
38     and add .index.php at the end.
39    
40     DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm .index.php
41    
42     It is important that new directory index file begins with dot -- that
43     ensures that files won't be visible from Directory Manager interface.
44    
45 dpavlin 1.5 6a. (if you don't want to users in SQL database) Go to you web server and
46 dpavlin 1.6 check if you got authorization request. If you did, you also have
47 dpavlin 1.4 .htusers in same directory in which is .index.php
48 dpavlin 1.1
49 dpavlin 1.4 edit .htusers file to add users. You can do that by calling adduser.pl
50 dpavlin 1.1 script. If you press just enter for password or enter auth_pop3
51     docman will user e-mail address to connect to pop3 server and check
52     password on it. For that e-mail address must be in following form:
53    
54     pop3login@pop3server.mydomain
55    
56     E-mail addresses are not used for anything else right now, so it's safe
57     to enter invalid e-mail address it that's valid pop3 account. But, that
58     WILL change, so you are warned!
59    
60 dpavlin 1.5 6b. (alternative to 6a if your users are in SQL database) change $gblUsers
61 dpavlin 1.4 in .docman.conf to $gblUsers = "htusers_sql";
62    
63     Download php-dbi class from http://pil.dk/downloads/dbi.tar.gz and
64     untar it in docman's directory
65    
66     cd /home/html/docman
67     tar xvfz dbi.tar.gz
68    
69     Construct SQL query which returns login, full name, password and
70     email from your tables(s). If you don't have some of that data, replace
71     them with literal strings.
72    
73     e.g. if your table is called my_users with columns who in which
74     is login and column pw in which is plain text password you
75     can use following query to get requested format:
76     select who,'Auth user',pw,'nobody@com' from my_users
77    
78     Enter that SQL query under $dbi_sql in .docman.conf
79    
80     Construct $dbi in .docman.conf in following format:
81    
82     $dbi = "driver:database:user:password"
83    
84     driver can be: pgsql, mysql, oracle or odbc (as supported by php-dbi),
85     database is name of database in which are your users and user/password
86     is credentials for user which connects to database
87    
88 dpavlin 1.5 6c. (alternative to 6b you want to authorize users based on IP numbers,
89 dpavlin 1.6 client DNS names of HTTP Referrer header (URI from which they accessed
90 dpavlin 1.5 docman site). Put $gblUsers = "htusers_header"; in .docman.conf use
91     following form in your .htusers file:
92    
93     REMOTE_ADDR=10.0.0.3:Full name:auth_header:e-mail@foo.bar
94     remote_hostname=myworkstation:Full name:auth_header:e-mail@foo.bar
95     http_referer=test.foo.bar:Full name:auth_header:e-mail@foo.bar
96    
97     Please note that you *have to* put "auth_header" in password field
98     and that valid options for left side of = in login field are:
99     remote_addr, remote_hostname or http_referer.
100    
101     6d. (if you want some combination of 6a, 6b and/or 6c) put in .docman.conf
102     $gblUsers = "htusers_union" and uncomment which htusers auth modules
103     you want to use and in which order
104    
105     7. (optional) You can create file named .info.inc in /home/httpd/html
106 dpavlin 1.6 directory for some kind of motd file. You can use html mark-up in it
107 dpavlin 1.1 also!
108    
109 dpavlin 1.5 8. (optional) Copy docman.conf into /home/httpd/html/.docman.conf and
110 dpavlin 1.3 edit values which override default values in docman.php
111    
112 dpavlin 1.5 9. if you want to upload files which are bigger than 2Mb increase
113 dpavlin 1.2 upload_max_filesize to more than 2Mb in php.ini. If you still get
114     errors on files bigger than 8Mb increase post_max_size also.
115    
116 dpavlin 1.3 You are ready to go.
117 dpavlin 1.1
118    
119     DIRECTORY AND FILE STRUCTURE
120     ----------------------------
121    
122 dpavlin 1.6 Break-out of files in /home/httpd/docman/:
123 dpavlin 1.1
124     docman.php - main docman php file (to be installed as DirectoryIndex)
125 dpavlin 1.4
126     docman.conf - configuration file which will be copied in document
127     root of site
128    
129 dpavlin 1.1 auth_pop3.php - authorization module ($gblIncDir in docman.php must point
130     to location of this file)
131    
132 dpavlin 1.4 htusers_file.php - module for access to users in .htusers files
133     htusers_sql.php - module for access to users which are in SQL database
134    
135 dpavlin 1.1 adduser.pl - perl script for adding of users (you can also add users
136     manually by editing .htusers file)
137    
138     docman.txt - user documentation
139     admin.txt - administrator's documentation
140    
141 dpavlin 1.6 contrib/ - directory with optional useful scripts
142 dpavlin 1.4
143     dbi/ - optional directory for dbi classes is users are stored
144     in SQL database, it will be created after unpacking of
145     http://pil.dk/downloads/dbi.tar.gz
146    
147 dpavlin 1.6 Break-out of files in /home/httpd/html/ (root directory of site under docman
148 dpavlin 1.4 management):
149 dpavlin 1.1
150     .changelog - changes of files under docman management
151     .htusers - file with users
152     .info.inc - file with MOTD which is included in interface
153 dpavlin 1.4 .docman.conf - configuration file for this site
154 dpavlin 1.1
155     Files in each directory under docman management (some of them may be missing,
156     they will be created automatically):
157    
158     .bak/ - directory for backup copies of files
159     .del/ - directory with deleted files
160     .lock/ - directory with lock informations
161 dpavlin 1.6 .log/ - directory with change-logs for each file
162 dpavlin 1.1 .note/ - directory with notes for files
163    
164    
165     MISC
166     ----
167    
168     You can use document manager behind secure http server (https) simply by
169     installing it. For information take a look at http://www.modssl.org
170 dpavlin 1.6
171    
172     HTUSERS FILE FORMAT
173     -------------------
174    
175     .htusers file used by docman doesn't have same format as .htusers file used
176     by web server. That's because docman's file have more information about
177     user (include full name and e-mail address). Format of file is:
178    
179     # comment
180     login:Full Name:password:email@domain.com
181    
182     for password, I use md5 sum of login and password appended together. So, If
183     you want to create password and your login is 'foo' and password 'bar' you
184     have following entry:
185    
186     foo:Foo Bar:3858f62230ac3c915f300c664312c63f:foo@bar.com
187    
188     Different htuser_* and auth_* modules can (and they actually do) re-use
189     login, password and e-mail fields for it's own purpose.
190 dpavlin 1.1

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