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   1  Moodle - FirstClass authentication module
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   3  This module uses the FirstClass Flexible Provisining Protocol (FPP) to communicate between the FirstClass server
   4  and the Moodle host.
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   6  Installation
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   9  1. Enable FPP on the FirstClass server
  10  FPP is not doumented in the FirstClass documentation and is not enable by default.
  11  To enable the protocol you need to edit the file \FCPO\Server\Netinfo. Open the file and insert the
  12  following lines.
  13  
  14  // TCP port for Flexible Provisioning Protocol (FPP).
  15  TCPFPPPORT = 3333
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  17  
  18  2. Create an account on the FirstClass server with privilege "Subadministrator".
  19  Using the FPP protocoll this module logs in to the FirstClass server and issuess batch admin commands.
  20  Batch admin command can only be issued in the context of a user with subadministrative privileges.
  21  
  22  Default account name is "fcMoodle".
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  25  3. Check that the FPP protocoll is working by running a Telnet session. If everyting is working you
  26  should get a "+0" answer from the server.
  27  
  28  > telnet yourhost.domain.com 3333
  29  +0
  30  
  31  Check that the "fcMoodle" is working by entering the following sequens of commands:
  32  
  33  > telnet yourhost.domain.com 3333
  34  +0
  35  fcMoodle
  36  +0
  37  
  38  the_password_you_gave_fcmoodle
  39  +0
  40  
  41  Get user some_user_id 1201
  42  
  43  1201 0 some_user_id
  44  +0
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  48  4. On the Moodle host go to the directory where you have installed Moodle.
  49  Open the folder "auth", where all other authentication modules are installed,
  50   and create a new directory with the name "fc".
  51  
  52  Copy the files "config.html", "fcFPP.php" and "lib.php" to the "auth" directory.
  53  
  54  Now you need to add som strings to the language file. This distribution contains
  55  string for the English (en) and Swedish (sv) translation.
  56  
  57  Open the file "auth.php" in the folder "lang/sv" and paste the text from the file
  58  "auth.php - sv.txt" at the end of the file above the line "?>"
  59  
  60  Open the file "auth.php" in the folder "lang/en" and paste the text from the file
  61  "auth.php - en.txt" at the end of the file above the line "?>"
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