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normal. The system will respond to ping after about a minute or so (perhaps less if you
have a very fast processor).
Other NOVSTART Maintenance Tasks
Changing NOVSTART Root Password
The starter system is shipped with a default root password of "rootpass" and should be
changed immediately after installation. To change this password:
Disabling the Postfix MTA
Some components of the starter system need a mail transport agent to deliver notifications
to the administrative user about package installation and other configuration changes. As
delivered, the starter system will accept mail from other systems to the administrative
user of the starter system only. To disable receipt of any mail from outside the starter
system, you can disable the Postfix daemon using the following commands while logged
in as root on the starter system.
To disable the Postfix installation, type:
cd /etc/postfix
cp main.cf main.cf.save
sed '667d' main.cf > main.cf.new
cp main.cf.new main.cf
service postfix restart
cd
Figure 35. Disabling the Postfix MTA
Disabling Automatic Filesystem Checking for the Repository
Linux is normally configured to check all read-write filesystems periodically for consist-
ency. Some organizations disable this check for servers that rarely change to save time on
startup.
If you would like to disable filesystem checking for the RPM repository filesystem
(which is the largest part of the starter system package), you can use the following com-
mands to do so.
To disable automatic filesystem checking for the repository, type:
tunefs -i0 -c0 /dev/system/repository
Figure 36. Disabling Automatic Checking for Repository Filesystems
1. Log in to the starter system as root from a SSH client such as PuTTY or another
Linux system using the ssh command.
2. Use the passwd command to change the password to your desired value.
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