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<appendix id="credits" xreflabel="Credits">
<title>Credits</title>
<authorblurb>
<para>By <ulink url="mailto:vinod@kurup.com">Vinod Kurup</ulink></para>
</authorblurb>
<para><ulink url="mailto:vinod@kurup.com">Vinod Kurup</ulink> put
together the January 2002 version of this guide from many sources of
information.</para>
<para><ulink url="mailto:joel@aufrecht.org">Joel Aufrecht</ulink>
updated the document starting in March 2003.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="http://openacs.org/doc/openacs/install/">OpenACS 3.x Installation Guide</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20011204174701/http://www.orchardlabs.com:80/freebsd/">Gilbert Wong's FreeBSD
installation guide</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="http://www.kurup.com/acs/openacs-4.html">My own Brief OpenACS4
installation guide</ulink>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Acknowledgements for versions of the above documents go (in no
particular order) to Bryan Quinn, Adam Farkas, Brian Stein, Doug
Hoffman, Ravi Jasuja, Hiro Iwashima, Ryan Lee, Jonathan Goler, Audrey
Mcloghlin, Doug Harris, Zvi Boshernitzan, Michael Yoon, Cesar Brea,
Dennis Gregorovic, David Fullagar, Chris Spears, Kevin Tupper, Michael
Duffy, Simon Carstensen, Dave Bauer, Tracy Adams, Greg Haverkamp,
Philip Greenspun, Jin Choi, Sean Yamamoto, David Cohen, Chris Rasch,
Richard Li, Jon Griffin, Roberto Mello, Gilbert Wong, Don Baccus, Ben
Adida, Michael Cleverly, Janne Blonqvist, Jonathan Ellis, Janine Sisk,
Jade Rubick, Chris Hardy, Jonathan Marsden, Vinod Kurup, Charles Hall,
Tom Jackson and Karl Lehenbauer.</para>
<para>
Several people have helped with this document, including Torben
Brosten, Don Baccus, Roberto Mello, Talli Somekh, Dave Bauer, Jim
Lynch, Jon Griffin, Daryl Biberdorf, Bjorn Thor Jonsson, Jade Rubick,
Fred Yankowski, Dan Chak, Sebastiano Pilla, Reuven Lerner, Malte
Sussdorff, Stan Kaufman and Pascal Scheffers.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="strong">All questions and comments</emphasis> regarding
this guide should be posted on the <ulink
url="http://openacs.org/forums/">OpenACS forums</ulink>.
</para>
<para><phrase role="cvstag">($Id: credits.xml,v 1.16 2024/09/11 06:15:47 gustafn Exp $)</phrase></para>
<section id="install-origins" xreflabel="Where did this document come from?">
<title>Where did this document come from?</title>
<para>
This document was created by <ulink
url="mailto:vinod@kurup.com">Vinod Kurup</ulink>, but it's really
just plagiarism from a number of documents that came before it. If
I've used something that you've written without proper credit, let me
know and I'll fix it right away.
</para>
<para>Versions 4.6.2 to present were edited by <ulink
url="mailto:joel@aufrecht.org">Joel Aufrecht</ulink>.
</para>
<para>These are a few of my sources:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
ArsDigita installation guide
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
OpenACS 3.x installation guide
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="http://www.orchardlabs.com/">Gilbert Wong's FreeBSD
installation guide</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="http://kurup.com/acs/openacs-4.html">Vinod Kurup's Brief OpenACS4
installation guide</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="https://web.archive.org/web/20081005114800/http://aufrecht.org:80/openacs-4.5-quick-guide/">Joel
Aufrecht's OpenACS 4.5 Quick Guide.</ulink>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Please also see the <xref linkend="credits"/> section for more acknowledgements.
</para>
</section>
<section id="os-install" xreflabel="Linux Install Guides">
<title>Linux Install Guides</title>
<para>
Here's a list of some helpful documentation for <ulink
url="http://openacs.org/xowiki/openacs-system-install">installing
OpenACS on various operating systems</ulink>
</para>
</section>
<section id="os-security" xreflabel="Security Information">
<title>Security Information</title>
<para>
Once you get your OS installed, it's imperative that you secure your
installation. As Jon Griffin repeatedly warns us, "No distribution is
secure out of the box." The Reference Platform implements
some basic precautions, but security is a process, not a
condition. If you are responsible for a computer hooked to the
internet, you are responsible for learning some rudiments of
security, such as monitoring the state of a computer,
maintaining patch levels, and keeping backups. We recommend
these resources:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.openna.com/products/books/sol/solus.php">Securing and Optimizing Linux - version 2.0</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060622032854/http://jongriffin.com/static/linuxnotes">Jon
Griffin's notes</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_administrators_security_guide/">Linux Administrators
Security Guide</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/110249/">Installation
of a Secure Webserver</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html">Bruce
Schneier's Crypto-Gram</ulink>, especially <ulink
url="http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0103.html#1">The
security patch treadmill</ulink> and <ulink
url="http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0107.html#5">Monitoring First</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id="install-resources" xreflabel="Resources">
<title>Resources</title>
<para>
Here are some resources that OpenACS users have found useful.
</para>
<section id="install-resources-books">
<title>Books</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558605347/photonetA">Philip
and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing</ulink> - A very readable
guide to database-backed community websites.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565922603/photonetA/">UNIX
Power Tools</ulink> - An excellent introduction to the
command line tools and basic programs of UNIX
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130206016/photonetA">UNIX
System Administration Handbook</ulink> (formerly the "red book"
- now the "purple" book)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076453162X/photonetA">UNIX
System Administrator's Bible</ulink> - (LePage and Iarerra 1998;
IDG)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565921518/photonetA">Running
Linux</ulink> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> <ulink
url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565921526/photonetA">Learning
Gnu Emacs</ulink> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565925858/photonetA">Linux
in a Nutshell</ulink>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<section id="install-resources-web">
<title>Web Sites</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/19990302021704/http://www.geek-girl.com:80/unix.html">The UNIX
Reference Desk</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="https://www.tldp.org/">The Linux Documentation
Project</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink
url="http://www-105.ibm.com/developerworks/education.nsf/linux-onlinecourse-bytitle/4AAA4E689F774DBC86256B4500645075?OpenDocument">LPI
certification exam preps</ulink> - A series of articles from
IBM developerworks on basic and intermediate Linux skills
(requires registration)
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
</section>
</appendix>
