Personal System Administration Guide Help
Performing System Administration Tasks
Using the System Manager's Interactive Guides
Setting Up Your System
Logging In to Your System
Understanding Networking
Overview of the Network Interface Manager
About the Menus
Setting Up an Ethernet Connection
Setting Up Other Network Connections
Setting Up a New Ethernet Network
Understanding the Host List
Modifying Network Settings
Turning On NIS and NFS
Testing the Network Connection
Setting Up a Modem
Overview of the PPP Manager
About the Menus
Creating a PPP Connection
Modifying a PPP Connection
Deleting a PPP Connection
Opening an Outgoing PPP Connection
Closing a PPP Connection
Setting Up Peripheral Connections
Overview of the Serial Device Manager
About the Menus
Setting Up Serial Peripherals
Setting Up Parallel Peripherals
Overview of the Printer Manager
About the Menus
Setting Up Printing Software
Setting Up a Serial Printer
Accessing a Printer Connected to a Remote Workstation
Accessing a Printer Directly Connected to the Network
Accessing a Macintosh or PC Printer Across the Network
Changing the Setup of a Printer
Deleting a Printer
Canceling or Moving Print Jobs to a Different Printer
Designating a Default Printer
Setting Printer-Specific Options
Checking a Printer's Queue
Printing a Test Page from Printer Manager
Setting Up lpr
Overview of the Software Manager
About the Menus
The File Menu
Button Equivalents to Choices in the File Menu
The Selected Menu
The Software Menu
The Panes Menu
The Help Menu
Installing Software
Installing an Operating System Upgrade
Specifying the Location of Available Software
About Default and Custom Installations
Performing a Default Installation
Performing a Custom Installation
Checking Available Disk Space
Understanding the Disk Space Pie Chart
Viewing Space on Different Disks or Disk Directories
About Product Structure: Products, Subsystems, and Files
Checking Configuration Files
Viewing Installed and Available Software
Changing Your View of Installed and Available Software
Understanding the Software Inventory List
The Remove Column
The Install Column
The Product Column
The Status Column
The Size Column
The Type Column
Keyboard Shortcuts in the Software Inventory List
Finding Strings Within Products, Subsystems, and Files
Finding and Marking Products and Subsystems
Removing Installed Software
Saving or Loading a Custom Selection of Software
Setting Software Manager Preferences
Troubleshooting Software Installation
Resolving Installation or Removal Conflicts
Making Your Conflict Resolution Choices
Viewing Status and Log Information
Advanced Topics
Using Inst Commands in the Command Pane
Overview of the User Manager
About the Menus
Understanding User Accounts, Groups, and the Network
Creating a User Login Account
Viewing User Login Account Information
Modifying a User Login Account
Creating, Changing, and Deleting Passwords
Deleting a User Login Account
Managing User Groups
Overview of the Disk Manager
About the Menus
Overview of the Filesystem Manager
About the Menus
Monitoring Disk Space and Setting a Warning Level
Setting Up a New Hard Disk
Verifying and Initializing Filesystems on a Hard Disk
Creating Logical Volumes
Removing a Logical Volume
Removing a Disk
Freeing Disk Space
Taking Advantage of a Second Disk
Using Disk Space on Other Systems
Accessing a Remote Filesystem Using Automount or Autofs
Using the "Mount a Network Filesystem" Guide
Accessing a Remote Filesystem on a Macintosh or PC
Removing Access to (Unmounting) Remote Directories
Overview of the Swap Manager
About the Menus
Understanding Swap Space
Adding Real Swap Space
Adding Virtual Swap Space
Deleting Swap Space
Overview of the Removable Media Manager
About the Menus
Connecting a New Removable Media Drive
Monitoring a Removable Media Device
Sharing a Removable Media Device
Ejecting a Removable Media Disk
Formatting Floppy and Floptical Disks
Using Disk Space on CDs and Floppy Disks
Overview of the System Manager
Checking the Hardware Configuration
Checking Disk Information
Checking Removable Media Device Information
Checking the Software Configuration
Monitoring System Activity
Setting System Administration Privileges
Overview of the Privilege Manager
Granting Privileges to Users
Revoking Privileges from Users
Enabling Privileges
Disabling Privileges
Developing a Backup Strategy
Overview of the Backup and Restore Manager
About the Menus
About Tape Formats and Capacities
Backing Up Files
Restoring Files From a Backup
Unscheduling a Backup
Using Other Tools to Back Up and Restore Files
Shutting Down the System
Restarting the System
Troubleshooting Standard Printing Problems