Chapter 2. Getting Started
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## Chapter 2. Getting Started

This chapter contains these sections:

- “Setting Up Your System”

- “Logging In to Your System”

- “Logging Out of the System”

## Setting Up Your System

This section describes the how to use System Setup, an online, interactive guide. After you complete System Setup, your system will have the basic information it needs to create a personal workarea for you and to let you communicate with other systems and people on your network.

System Setup takes you through a number of steps such as improving your system's security, putting your system on an existing network, creating a user account for yourself, customizing your desktop, and setting up your connection to the World Wide Web. To run System Setup, follow the steps below.

| Note: If you plan to connect your system to an existing network, contact your network administrator for a login name for yourself, a hostname and IP address for your system. If your network runs NIS, also request your NIS domain name.

1. Log in to the EZSetup account.

   When you turn on your workstation, the login window appears after the system finishes starting up. Use the left mouse button to double-click the EZsetup icon; this launches System Setup.

2. Make your system secure.

   You can improve your system's security by helping to prevent access to your system by unauthorized users. Step 1 lets you open the “Improve System Security” guide. For more information, see “Improving System Security.”

3. Set up your network connection.

   If your system is already physically connected to a network, you need to configure networking on your system. Step 2 lets you open the “Set Up and Start Networking” guide. For more information, see “Setting Up an Ethernet Connection.”

4. Create a user login account for yourself.

   Step 3 lets you open the “Add a User Account” guide. For more information, see “Creating a User Login Account.”

5. Customize your work environment.

   Step 4 provides two sets of steps that let you set up your connection to the World Wide Web and customize your user environment on the system.

   After you complete the last step, click the Quit System Setup button. A notifier may appear concerning JavaScript; click OK to restart the system.

   The “Restart the System” guide appears; follow the instructions in the guide. After the system restarts, you see the login window.

6. If you want to perform additional administration tasks, go to “Performing Other Administration Tasks” for more information. (You may need to log into the root account to perform the tasks; see “Logging In to Your System” for information.)

7. If you want to log in to your new user account now, follow the instructions in “Logging In to Your System.”

### Performing Other Administration Tasks

After you've set up your basic system, you may want to perform one or more of the following administration tasks using the interactive System Administration guides. The guides are available in the System Manager; to open the System Manager, choose “System Manager” from the System toolchest. For more information, see “Using the System Manager's Interactive Guides.”

| Note: You'll need to log into the root account to perform most of these tasks. See “Logging In to Your System” for instructions.

- If your system is connected to a network and if the network runs Network Information Services (NIS), set up NIS on your system; see “Turning On NIS.”

- If your system is connected to a network, and you want to share files with other users, set up Network File System (NFS); see “Turning On NFS.”

- Customize your network settings; see “Modifying Network Settings.”

- Create login accounts for each person who will use the system; see “Creating a User Login Account.”

- Install additional software options or applications; see “Installing Software.”

- Set up peripherals, such as a printer, disk drive, or modem; see “Setting Up Printer Connections” and “Setting Up Peripheral Connections.”

- Set up a connection over a phone line; see the ISDN User's Guide , available online, for information about configuring ISDN and about creating Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connections using ISDN or a modem.

- Develop a plan for backing up and restoring your system, and learn how to implement it; see “Backing Up and Restoring.”

- Set the time and date so the system can accurately track system activity; see “Setting the Time and Date.”

## Logging In to Your System

To log in to your personal workarea on the system, follow these steps:

1. In the login window, find the icon that is labeled with your login name and double-click it; if your account has no password, the system logs you in.

   If an icon for your account doesn't appear in the login window, type your login name in the field and press `<Enter>`.

2. If a Password field appears, enter the password, then click the Login button.

To add new user accounts on the system, see “Creating a User Login Account.”

## Logging Out of the System

You can log out of the system to end your current login session. Make sure you save all your work before you log out.

To log out of the system, follow these steps:

1. Choose Log Out from the Desktop toolchest.

   A notifier appears and asks if you want to log out now.

2. Click Yes to log out now or click No if you want to continue your login session.

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