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Installation for *NIX

The simplest way to install this package is:

1. untar the distribution and cd to the top:

% gzip -d -c nosh-1.X.XX.tar.gz | tar xf - % cd nosh-1.X.XX

If you are reading this file, you probably have already done this!

2. Edit the Makefile

3. Edit file config.h

4. make the software:

% make all

5. install the binaries and man pages.

You may need to be superuser to do this (depending on where you are installing things):

% su # make install

6. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the source code directory by typing

% make clean

7. Modify your /etc/shells file to contain the line below.

(Required for FreeBSD; Optional for LINUX and Solaris)

/usr/local/bin/nosh

8. Configure your syslogd daemon to handle events `auth.info' and `auth.debug' see syslogd(8) and syslog.conf(5)

9. Check that nosh is working

Add new user using apropriate tool (`pw' for FreeBSD, `adduser' for LINUX, `useradd' or `admintool' for Solaris, etc.). During this opperation you assign user shell as /bin/nosh.

% telnet localhost

Username: nosh Password: YourPassword

You should see message from /etc/nosh.msg Check logfiles that contains `auth.info' and `auth.debug' messages. You should see some messages from `nosh' Check mail for address you specify in config.h or for `root@localhost' if you not. You should see warning message.

10. Customize your /etc/nosh.msg file

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