Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - DEPLOYMENT, Deployment Manual

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A message in the 3270 terminal asks you to connect to the Linux system with an SSH
client. This message is easily missed, however, because it is mixed with kernel messages
and the terminal process might quit before you become aware of the message.
Once the message appears, use SSH to log in to the Linux system as
root
. If the con-
nection is denied or times out, wait a few minutes then try again.
When the connection is established, execute the command
/usr/lib/YaST2/startup/YaST2.ssh
. Just executing the command
yast
does not suffice in this case.
YaST then starts to complete the installation of the remaining packages and create an
initial system configuration.
6.14 Configuration of the Installed
System
The system is now installed, but not yet configured for use. The hardware, the network
and other services are not set up, yet.
6.14.1 System Configuration
Having rebooted, the system starts the manual configuration. If the configuration fails
at one of the steps of this stage, it restarts and continues from the last successful step.
Password for the System Administrator “root”
root
is the name of the superuser, the administrator of the system. Unlike regular
users, who may or may not have permission to do certain things on the system,
root
has unlimited power to do anything: change the system configuration, install programs,
and set up new hardware. If users forget their passwords or have other problems with
the system,
root
can help. The
root
account should only be used for system admin-
istration, maintenance, and repair. Logging in as
root
for daily work is rather risky:
a single mistake could lead to irretrievable loss of system files.
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