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Chapter 4
After you install
After you install UnixWare 7, you should make a complete backup of the
system and create emergency recovery disks.
Once you complete these tasks, you can:
+ configure additional hardware devices
+ configure software, such as the mail system and users and groups
+ choose your desktop and configure it
+ use scohelp to learn more about the system
+ install, license and register software products
+ configure your video adapter and monitor
Complete documentation on all of these tasks is found in SCOhelp, the
UnixWare 7 documentation browser based on Netscape Navigator Gold(TM) 3.
This chapter and those following present a brief introduction to these
initial setup tasks, with pointers to the UnixWare 7 System Handbook and
SCOhelp for more information.
Configuring additional hardware
The UnixWare 7 system provides SCOadmin managers and other utilities with
which you can install and configure additional hardware.
Audio
Use the Audio Configuration Manager to add and configure sound cards. You
can play and record audio files with the scosound(X1) utility.
For more information, see ``Configuring audio adapters'' in the UnixWare
7 System Handbook or SCOhelp.
Printers
Use the Printer Setup Manager to:
+ add, modify, copy, or remove local and remote printers
+ specify the default printer
+ enable or disable a printer
+ set the printer up to accept or reject print jobs
For more information, see ``Managing the print service'' in the UnixWare
7 System Handbook or SCOhelp.
Network
Use the Network Configuration Manager to configure LAN network adapter
drivers, WAN hardware, and LAN and WAN protocols.
For more information, see ``Configuring network adapters'' in SCOhelp.
Video
Use the Video Configuration Manager to:
+ add or remove graphics adapters from your system
+ add or remove monitors from your system
+ change the resolution and mode of your graphics devices
Modems
Use the Modem Manager to add serial modems to your system.
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NOTE PCMCIA modems are configured using the Device Configuration
Utility.
ISDN bus adapters are configured with the Network Configuration
Manager.
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For more information, see ``Adding and configuring modems'' in the
UnixWare 7 System Handbook or SCOhelp.
Serial lines
Use the Serial Manager to configure individual serial ports on COM1
through COM4.
For more information, see ``Configuring serial ports'' in the UnixWare 7
System Handbook or SCOhelp.
Mass storage
Use the Device Configuration Utility (DCU) to add support for tape, CD-
ROM, and hard disk drives which were not auto-detected during the
installation process.
Configuring and administering the system
SCOadmin is the primary system administration tool in UnixWare 7. With
SCOadmin managers, you can configure and then administer these key
services on your system:
Users and Groups
Use the Account Manager to:
+ add, modify and remove users and groups
+ change a user's locale
+ set remote access permissions
+ modify system user and group defaults
See ``Administering user accounts'' in the UnixWare 7 System Handbook or
SCOhelp for additional capabilities and information.
Filesystems
Use the Filesystem Manager to add, modify, and remove filesystems.
See ``Administering filesystems'' in the UnixWare 7 System Handbook or
SCOhelp for additional capabilities and information.
FTP
Use the FTP Server Manager to:
+ enable anonymous ftp
+ control access to your ftp server and its files and directories
+ view ftp log files
See ``Administering File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers'' in SCOhelp for
additional capabilities and information.
Name Service
Use the DNS Manager to:
+ configure a host as a name server
+ modify zone configuration files
+ define resource records and other configuration information
See ``Administering Domain Name System (DNS) servers'' in SCOhelp for
additional capabilities and information.
Mail
Use the Mail Manager to configure the mail system on your computer.
See ``Configuring mail and messaging'' in SCOhelp for additional
capabilities and information.
Network protocols
Use the Network Configuration Manager to:
+ add, modify, and remove network protocols (TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and PPP)
+ add, modify, and remove network hardware from your system
See ``Configuring LAN connections'' and ``Configuring WAN connections''
in SCOhelp for additional capabilities and information.
Additional SCOadmin managers enable you to configure advanced networking,
security, process management, and other capabilities. For general
information on using SCOadmin, see ``Administering your system with
SCOadmin'' in the UnixWare 7 System Handbook.
To administer SCO VisionFS, use the visionfs(1M) command on the UNIX
server or run the VisionFS Profile Editor on the Windows client. For more
information, see File and Print Services for Windows clients through
VisionFS in SCOhelp.
Specifying a desktop to use
By default, UnixWare 7 displays the graphical login program, dtgreet,
when you boot the system into multiuser mode. To choose a desktop,
select one of the following from the graphical login's Sessions menu:
CDE Desktop
This desktop is the preferred desktop for UnixWare 7. It conforms to the
Common Desktop Environment standard, and provides the following features:
+ a convenient, easy to use task bar
+ calendar and help applications
+ access to all SCOadmin managers and UnixWare 7 configuration tools
from the desktop
+ a graphical login
This desktop is enabled by default.
For more information on the CDE desktop, click above the Help icon on the
CDE desktop, then click on CDE Help.
Panorama Desktop
This desktop, based on pmwm release 2.0, contains the following features:
+ standard task bar
+ panner window
+ desktop preferences editor
+ cascading root menu
+ calendar, mail, and login clients
For more information, see the manual page for pmwm(X1).
Failsafe Session
This desktop is available if you corrupt your CDE desktop configuration
files. It provides a basic, uncustomized CDE desktop.
Configuring and using SCOhelp
All of the topics referred to in this chapter are available through
SCOhelp, the documentation browser provided with UnixWare 7. SCOhelp is
enabled by default in all system profiles except Small Footprint.
SCOhelp uses a powerful search engine powered by Verity, which allows for
multi-word and boolean searches and word stemming. After you install all
software and documentation, you must create the search index using the
config_search(1M) command. This process takes up to an hour, but the
command can be run in the background. Enter the following in a terminal
window:
/usr/man/bin/config_search &
If you are indexing English language documentation only, you can enter
the following to speed the indexing process:
/usr/man/bin/config_search -L en_US.ISO8859-1 &
You can start SCOhelp in any of these ways:
+ Enter scohelp at the command line in an xterm window on your desktop.
+ From the CDE desktop, double-click on the Help icon.
+ From the Panorama desktop, double-click on the Help icon.
+ From within an SCOadmin manager, point to (or highlight) the item you
want help on and press <F1>. Or, click on the Help button if one is
available.
For more information on configuring and using advanced features, see
``Getting help'' in SCOhelp.