Setting A Password For The Piranha Configuration Tool; Starting The Piranha Configuration Tool Service - Red Hat LINUX VIRTUAL SERVER - FOR ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.2 REV 05-2008 Manual

Linux virtual server (lvs) for red hat enterprise linux 5.2
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Chapter 2. Initial LVS Configuration
/sbin/chkconfig --level 35 daemon on
In the above command, replace
a list of services on the system as well as what runlevel they are set to activate on, issue the
following command:
/sbin/chkconfig --list
Warning
Turning any of the above services on using
daemon. To do this use the
the Piranha Configuration Tool Service"
/sbin/service
For more information on runlevels and configuring services with
Configuration Tool, refer to the chapter titled "Controlling Access to Services" in the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide.
2. Setting a Password for the Piranha Configuration
Tool
Before using the Piranha Configuration Tool for the first time on the primary LVS router, you
must restrict access to it by creating a password. To do this, login as root and issue the
following command:
/usr/sbin/piranha-passwd
After entering this command, create the administrative password when prompted.
Warning
For a password to be more secure, it should not contain proper nouns,
commonly used acronyms, or words in a dictionary from any language. Do not
leave the password unencrypted anywhere on the system.
If the password is changed during an active Piranha Configuration Tool session, the
administrator is prompted to provide the new password.

3. Starting the Piranha Configuration Tool Service

After you have set the password for the Piranha Configuration Tool, start or restart the
service located in
piranha-gui
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with the name of the service you are activating. To get
daemon
/sbin/service
command.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/piranha-gui
does not actually start the
chkconfig
command. See
Section 3, "Starting
for an example of how to use the
and the Services
ntsysv
. To do this, type the

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