Personal System Administration Guide

Table of Contents

1. Overview of System Administration

Choosing an Administrator

Performing System Administration Tasks

2. Getting Started

Setting Up Your System

Logging In to Your System

Logging Out of the System

3. Setting Up Network, Peripheral, and Printer Connections

Setting Up Network Connections

Setting Up Peripheral Connections

Setting Up Printer Connections

4. Installing and Removing Software

Overview of the Software Manager

About the Menus

Installing Software

Viewing Installed and Available Software

Removing Installed Software

Saving or Loading a Custom Selection of Software

Setting Software Manager Preferences

Troubleshooting Software Installation

Advanced Topics

5. Managing User Accounts and Groups

Overview of the User Manager

Understanding User Accounts, Groups, and the Network

Creating a User Login Account

Viewing User Login Account Information

Modifying a User Login Account

Deleting a User Login Account

Managing User Groups

6. Managing Disks and Filesystems

Overview of the Disk Manager

Overview of the Filesystem Manager

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

Making Your Disk Space Available to Other Users

Overview of the Swap Manager

Overview of the Removable Media Manager

7. Maintaining the System

Managing System Information

Setting System Administration Privileges

Improving System Security

Backing Up and Restoring

Managing Processes

Shutting Down or Restarting the System

8. Troubleshooting

Responding to System Monitor Warnings

Troubleshooting Disk Space Problems

Troubleshooting Problems With Removable Media

Troubleshooting Shared Resources Problems

Troubleshooting Network Errors

Troubleshooting Standard Printing Problems

Troubleshooting lpr Printing

Software Installation

Running Confidence Tests

Glossary

Index