IRIS 3010, User Manual

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4-2 IRIS OWNER’S GUIDE
SERIES 3000 Version 1.0
Workstation Administration
CAUTION
Do not press the
Reset
button while the IRIS workstation is
running U
nix
. For information on rebooting the system, see
Chapter 3. If the IRIS workstation is not running U
nix
and is
under control of the PROM monitor, then the
Reset
button
or the
Power
switch may be used.
Before turning off power to the workstation, you should perform a soft reboot
of the system to ensure that all in-memory disk-blocks have been written to the
disk and that all directory information on the disk is current.
To shut down the workstation, follow these steps:
1. Make sure there are no other users on the system:
who
2. Become the super-user.
su
3. Reboot the system:
reboot
4. Set the
Power
switches on the cabinet and monitor to
Off
.
4.2 U
nix
Configuration
One of the strengths of the U
nix
operating system is its flexibility. The system
administrator configures the workstation to the needs of the local user
community, and the users can fine-tune their own environments.
The following subsections contain instructions for performing common system
administration tasks on an IRIS workstation. To perform these tasks, become
the super-user by logging in as
root
:
IRIS login: root
Once you are logged in as
root
, you can return to a login shell by entering the
exit
command.
For more information on U
nix
configuration, see the U
nix
Programmer’s Manual
and the list of configuration files in Section 4.2.4.