Hi,

I am new to Fedora and Linux. I have FC running without a problem.

My ISP connection is through LAN. But before I can use my internet I need to install a program which takes care of user authentication.

It is a small file of 14Kb and my os is showing it as an executable file. But I dont know how to run it.

I tried double clicking it, but to no avail.

Sorry if this is not the right forum for this question but I am at a loss.

Please help.

I recommend changing thread title to
(How do I Authenticate/Login to DSL connection in Linux?)

Maybe put it in Networking

the ISP has given you a Windows Program to connect to the internet.


I personally recommend buying a modem/router since it will log in for you.
You'll never have to ever again.

Hi Carl,

The ISP's windows prog I have been using for a long time without any hitch.

I went to the ISP's web site and downloaded their linux distribution which came in a tar file. I extracted the tar file to find a readme.txt file and the client program.

The contents of the readme file is below......

README

crclient 1.1 for Unix/Linux

Contents
* Introduction
* Make
* Options
* Example of Configuration File


Introduction

Cyberoam Client is a part of the Cyberoam product which is a complete solution to
Employee Internet Management. This tool provides an interface for the client to
communicate with the Cyberoam server. There are various options provided which help the
client to effectively communicate with the server.

Make
crclient supports two modes at the time of compilation.
1) Single Login
2) Multiple Login
In case of single login only one user is allowed to login at a time. For
enabling single mode the macro CFLAGS in the Makefile has to be disabled.
#CFLAGS=-D__MULTILOGIN__

In case of multiple login option the more then one user can login at a given
time. The macro CFLAGS has to be enabled before making the files.
CFLAGS=-D__MULTILOGIN__

Other make options include the clean option. Before making the file after the macro is
enabled/disabled the clean option should be used.
Ex.
$make clean.

Options

-u : The option is responsible for sending a login request to the server. It requires
username as a parameter.

-s : The option is for setting preferences for the client. Preferences such as AskonExit,
AutoLogin, ShowNotification and Server Address can be set using this option. The
preference values are then reflected in the Configuration file.

-l: This option is used to send a logout request to the server. In case of Multiple
Login mode this option requires argument i.e Username.

-h: provides help for the client.

-d: Specify the location for log file.

-v: Sets the verbose mode on. This option is for debugging purpose.

-V: Provides Current Version information.

-f: Specify the location for the configuration file.

Example of Configuration File

AskonExit 0
AutoLogin 0
FirstTime 1
Password
Port 6060
SavePassword 0
Server 192.9.203.203
User ankit
ShowNotification 1
LiveRequestTime 180
AlreadyLoggedIn 0
VersionId 1
Version crclient1.1

The configuration file includes the above showm parameters. First Configuration file is searched
at /etc, if not found it is searched in the user's home directory. If the configuration file is
not found at both the places a file is created in the user's home directory by accepting the
essential parameters from the User.

NOTE :

i) User has to manually disable the SavePassword option in the configuration file by setting the
value of SavePassword field to zero , once the option is enabled.

ii) Also, if the savepassword option is enabled and Password field is found to be null in the
configuration file the user have to disable the savepassword option i.e by setting the
SavePassword field to 0, inoder to login.

iii) If -f option is specified the full path along with the filename should be specified.
Ex. /home/ankit/CyberClient.conf.

iv) In case of Sun Solaris the multiple process issue is vulnerable.No gaurantee is taken to
control multiple client process invocation.

v) In case of '-d' option if log file cannot be opened at the specified location client exits.
In absence of '-d' option preference for log location is
1) '/var/log'
2) Users home directory
3) '/tmp'
If all the three preferences fail logging will be done on standard output.

In linux to Run an Executable
you need to use a commandline (like Konsole)
and type
./executable

if it spits error denied
chmod +x executable
(allows your system to run it and try ./excecutable again)





cool that readme in mind

the program wont work unless you run it as root (windows version is adminsitrator)



You use KDE?

open the folder you extracted the tar.
Hit F4 (this will open a Konsole at that directory)

type 'make' at the $
$make

(i guess it asks for you passwords etc here?)
if it doesnt open kwrite or a text editor open this file /home/you/CyberClient.conf. edit it to your passwor d use retc

once that is done in Konsole again
$./crclient



PS send me a link to the program so i can check it out better

Hi Carl,

Thanks for your prompt replies.

But I am still unable to make any headway....

I tried running executable but each and everytime it was COMMAND NOT FOUND.

Also I tried chmod...... error was "Cannot find 'executable': No such file or directory"
I tried searching for that file but came up blank.
And yes, I have logged in as root.

Does this mean that my installation has been incomplete?

Also you mentioned KDE. I have been using GNOME as that was the default which came up. In your opioin which is better.

I personally like KDE since i really like the Applications that come with it. and i like all the pretty menu bars


But you should at least try both at some stage.

And remember a link to download this program your trying to install

The ISP program can be downloaded from the below link

[rapidshare.de/files/11418610/CyberoamLinuxClient.tar.gz.html]

Regards

"I tried running executable but each and everytime it was COMMAND NOT FOUND.

Also I tried chmod...... error was "Cannot find 'executable': No such file or directory"
I tried searching for that file but came up blank.
And yes, I have logged in as root.

Does this mean that my installation has been incomplete?

Also you mentioned KDE. I have been using GNOME as that was the default which came up. In your opioin which is better."

You don't reference the file by 'executable' you reference it by it's name, the file you download is a tarball (several files combined into 1 archive, and it is zipped via gunzip. You will need to unzip it, then unroll the tarball, or have you done this already? once you do that

move to the directory you un-tared to:

cd /directory

make the executable file executable

chmod 755 <file_name>

(since you need to run it as root to install login as root)

su
<password>

then run the file with ./file_name

follow instructions theron.

If that fails somewhere, post the exact name of the executable

that gz file contains two file
crclient and README.txt

if youve have trouble extracting the file
i uploaded it
http://rapidshare.de/files/11460768/crclient.html

Save it to /home/youruser


this is what should happen
open a terminal in gnome
All You'd probably need to is

$./crclient -u gugabaga


Then i assume it will request a password

Thanks carloski.

The problem has been solved. Exactly the way you told me.

But now how do I write a batch file or something of that sort which when executed should connect me automatically.

Also I am being able to use this feature from root. How do I let other users access to this resource.

Thanks once again for all your help.

Gugabaga

in the terminal where you typed ./crclient -u gugabaga

do this
type
su

and type Root Password when asked

and then run this. to add to /etc/rc.local (will do it automatically everytime you boot.


echo "cd /home/youruser; ./crclient -u gugabaga" >> /etc/rc.local