lamdaemon.pl is used to modify quota and homedirs on a remote or local host via ssh. If you want wo use it you have to set up many thins to get it work. 1. Set values in LDAP Account manager * Set the remote or local host in the configuration (e.g. 127.0.0.1) * Path to lamdaemon.pl, e.g. /srv/www/htdocs/lam/lib/lamdaemon.pl 2. Set up SSH I don't know if this step is really needed but I had some problems using Net::SSH without keys. * Log in on remote host as $admin * run "ssh-keygen -t dsa" to create all needed keys if not yet done 3. Set up sudo The perlskript has to run as root (very ugly I know but I haven't found any other solution). Therefor we need a wrapper, sudo. Edit /etc/sudoers on host homedirs or quotas should be used and add the following line: $admin All= NOPASSWD: $path $admin is the adminuser from lam and $path is the path include the filename of lamdaemon.pl e.g. $admin All= NOPASSWD: /srv/www/htdocs/lam/lib/lamdaemon.pl At the moment the password is a paramteter of lamdaemon.pl Therefore you should disable logging so the password doesn't apear in any logfile This can be done by adding the following line: Defaults:$admin !syslog 4. Set up perl We need some external perl-modules, Quota and Net::LDAP Th install them, run: perl -MCPAN -e shell install Quota install Net::LDAP install Net::SSH::Perl Please answer all questions to describe your system Every additional needed module should be installed automaticly I installed Math::Pari, a needed module, by hand. I had many problems to install Math::Pari, a module needed by Net:SSH::Perl. The reason is a bug in gcc 3.3 (In my case). I found the following solution to prevent this bug: * Download and untar pari (http://www.parigp-home.de) * Download and untar Math::Pari * run perl Makefile.PL * edit Makefile and libPARI/Makefile Replace line "OPTIMIZE = -O3 --pipe" with "OPTIMIZE = -O1 --pipe". * run make * run make install 5. Set up lamdaemon.pl Make all needed changes in lamdaemon.pl Now everything should work fine This is a very incomplete Documention for Alpha-Release only. Pleas send a mail to TiloLutz@gmx.de if you have any suggsestion