===== Building and installing the administation tools =====


To successfully manage RSBAC, you will have to install the RSBAC administration tools.

**Note :** the RSBAC administration tools have to match your RSBAC version.
E.g.: for RSBAC version 1.2.5, go to the [[http://rsbac.org/download#rsbac_admin_utilities_and_common_rsbac_base_archive|download]] section on the website and download the archive rsbac-admin-1.2.5.


Before you get to the admin tools installation, you will need some development related packages, to be found in your distribution packages (they are probably already installed) :
  * ''gcc''
  * ''make'' 
  * ''binutils''
  * ''coreutils''
  * ''libc-dev''
  * ''findutils''
  * ''dialog''

Depending on your architecture, you could also need :
  * ''kernel-headers''

If you're planning to use ''rklogd'', the logging daemon, you will need : 
  * ''ncurses-dev''
  * ''ncurses-lib''

If you want to use the User Management module, you will need : 
  * ''pam-dev''

**Important:** Please check that your ''/etc/ld.so.conf'' file exists and contain the following line:
<code>
/usr/local/lib
</code>

==== Building the tools ====

Once you've got everything required, go to the ''/usr/src'' directory (or where you want to unpack the tarball) :

  # tar xvfj rsbac-admin-X.Y.Z.tar.bz2


Then cd into the created directory (usually rsbac-admin-X.Y.Z).
Typing ''make'' will show you building options and tools list :

<code>
# make
Welcome to RSBAC!
To compile all packages, type:
``make build'

To install all packages, as administrator user, type:
``make install' or ``make install-strip'

To compile or install per package, type:
``make <package>' or ``make <package>-install'

with package one of:

 ---------------------------------------
|   headers libs nss pam rklogd tools   |
 ---------------------------------------
</code>

If you want to build only some of the tools, use the ''make <package>'' way, but if you basically want the default tools in the default location, just type :

  # make build

==== Installing the tools ====

Once everything is built ok (compilation not ending with the word ''error'' somewhere), install the tools (be sure to have administative rights) :

  # make install

//Alternative, to save space (strips symbols from binaries, makes debugging hardly possible)//

  # make install-strip

Once the installation process ends successfully, do **not** reboot right now. There are specific things to take care of for the first boot, so read the next section carefully.

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