Configuration Of The Installed System - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual

displayed. Click Accept to install the software. When not agreeing to the license, click
I Disagree and the software will not be installed.
The installation usually takes between 15 and 30 minutes, depending on the system
performance and the software selected. During this procedure a slide show introduces
the features of SUSE Linux Enterprise. Choose Details to switch to the installation log.
As soon as all packages are installed, YaST boots into the new Linux system, after
which you can configure the hardware and set up system services.
3.11 Configuration of the Installed
System
The system is installed now but not configured for use. No users, hardware, or services
are configured, yet. If the configuration fails at one of the steps of this stage, it restarts
and continues from the last successful step.
First, provide a password for the account of the system administrator (the root user).
Configure your Internet access and network connection. With a working Internet con-
nection, you can perform an update of the system as part of the installation. You can
also connect to an authentication server for centralized user administration in a local
network. Finally, configure the hardware devices connected to the machine.
3.11.1 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.
For verification purposes, the password for root must be entered twice. Do not forget
the root password. Once entered, this password cannot be retrieved.
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