Installing FacetWin on Redhat 7.0 (xinetd)

1. Mount the CD on the Linux system and copy the installation files to a temporary directory:

          mount /dev/cdrom
          cp /mnt/cdrom/facetwin/linuxrh/facetwin.z /tmp
          cp /mnt/cdrom/facetwin/linuxrh/install.sh /tmp
   

   or, use the files that you downloaded from our web site.

2. Modify the install.sh script to prevent installation error. Edit your copy of install.sh and comment out the following line:

          $FACETWINDIR/bin/fct_instal -i
   

   by inserting a # at the beginning of the line:

          #$FACETWINDIR/bin/fct_instal -i
   

3. Run the installation script from the temp directory.

          sh install.sh
   

4. Check /etc/services for port 139.

          netbios-ssn     139/tcp
   

   If port 139 doesn't exist in the file, add the above line.

5. Create the file "/etc/xinetd.d/netbios-ssn":

      # default: on
      # description: FacetWin file/print server, terminal emulator.
      #
      service netbios-ssn
      {
         flags               = REUSE
         socket_type         = stream
         wait                = no
         user                = root
         server              = /usr/facetwin/sys/fct_nbsd
         log_on_failure      += USERID
      }
   

6. Restart xinetd. Determine PID for xinetd, for example:

          ps aux   |   grep xinet
          root       569         1      0    16:15    ?     00:00:00   xinetd -reuse -pidfile
   

   Send a SIGUSR1 signal to the PID:

          kill -SIGUSR1 569
   

7. Restart the FacetWin servers.

          fct_adm, #4, #3
   

You may have another issue with Redhat 7 where the UNIX passwords are encrypted using MD5 encryption. To turn this off MD5 hashed passwords, use:

       authconfig --kickstart --disablemd5

       passwd USER