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John Hansen wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am currently installing moodle to my home web server >> I am on a screen that deals with paths, specifically to the moodledata >> directory >> i am trying to set the permissions correctly. however there is no >> nobody or apache group or user, so setting chown to either fails. >> i think once thats fixed, the chmod settings will work correctly, at >> the moment its not doing very much and not letting me contimue >> how do I create the user, nobody or group nobody, so i can add the >> moodledirectory to that group, or whatever I need to do to fix it >> thanks paul >> > > Paul, > > Pardon my ignorance but what is moodle? Please enlighten me. > > John > http://moodle.org/ It's a Course Management System (CMS) aimed at educational establishments. From what I've read about it, it's one of the next big things that schools are starting to roll out so kids can upload and do homework online. Moodle is an open source CMS where as I believe companies like RM also do similar things and I guess the nearest thing Microsoft have is Sharepoint. I've been having a bit of a play with it on Karoshi (http://linuxgfx.co.uk/karoshi/mambo/dev/) which is a complete server solution aimed at schools which includes (according to their web site) all these functions: Authentication/PDC Server File Servers Proxy Server Web Server Print Server Backup Server Media Studies Specialist Server Server Monitoring Server and all these features... Server/Network Management Shared Student and Staff Areas Bulk User Creation Wake on LAN Windows/Linux Profile Management Remote Server Management Kixtart Logins Software Deployment for Windows Clients Programs Area Room Booking Help Centre/Asset Register Multimedia Storage and Access Website eGroupWare VLE/Online Classroom WebMail Home Access Room Internet Banning Website Cache Internet Blocking Internet Logging Operating System Deployment/Ghosting Online Library I've only had a quick look but from what I can tell it's a pretty good system and easy to administer. It's based on PCLinuxOS and pretty much sets everything up for you on either a single server or multiple servers (to spread the load out a bit). Installed in 20 minutes from first boot on VMWare!* That's quicker than an Ubuntu install I think. Rob * That was on a Core 2 based Pentium Dual Core running at 1.8GHz with 1GB ram, one core and 8GB hard drive space allocated to the VM. God knows what it would do on a real machine, I bet it would fly though!!! -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html