If you are using MacZephyr 1.5.x at a non-MIT location, you need to have two things properly configured for your site: your Kerberos configuration, and the zephyr server to use.
These instructions apply only to the Mac OS X version of MacZephyr.
Note that:
Kerberos Configuration
If you have other Kerberos-using applications that are working on Mac OS X, presumably you have a working Kerberos configuration and no additional Kerberos configuration is needed for MacZephyr.
Otherwise, consult your site administrator for information on the proper Kerberos configration for your site, or see the Kerberos Preferences on Mac OS X 10.2 Documentation web page for information about what you need to set up.
Zephyr Server Configuration
By default, MacZephyr uses hesiod to determine which zephyr server(s) to use. If your site uses hesiod and the zephyr server information is stored in hesiod, it should correctly locate your site's zephyr servers.
If your site does not use hesiod, or the zephyr server information is not in hesiod, you have two choices:
If you're just setting up MacZephyr for personal use:
- Hold down the option key while launching MacZephyr.
- First you'll be asked if you want to force a reinstallation of zhm, to which you should answer "no" (you should almost never need to do this).
- Then you'll be prompted to enter the hostname of the zephyr server. This information will then be stored in the MacZephyr preferences, and you won't need to enter it again unless your preferences get erased.
- If you already had zhm running (because you launched MacZephyr once already), you must quit MacZephyr and sudo kill the zhm process (or reboot the computer - logging out is not sufficient) for the change in zephyr server to take effect.
If you want to prepare MacZephyr for distribution at your site with the proper server already preconfigured (so that endusers will not have to do any configuration), do the following:
- Create a text file named "zephyrserver.txt" with one line in it - the hostname of the zephyr server that should be used.
- Copy the "zephyrserver.txt" file into the MacZephyr application's package, into the directory
.MacZephyr/Contents/Resources
- You can do this by first control-clicking on the MacZephyr application icon, and selecting "Show Package Contents" from the contextual menu.
- Then open the "Contents" folder, and then the "Resources" folder. Put the "zephyrserver.txt" file here.
- Close up the opened package, launch MacZephyr, and test.
- If you already had zhm running (because you launched MacZephyr once already), you must quit MacZephyr and sudo kill the zhm process (or reboot the computer - logging out is not sufficient) for the change in zephyr server to take effect.
- Distribute to users.
Last updated on $Date: 2003/09/03 17:36:31 $
Last modified by $Author: smcguire $