setup(8)setup(8)NAMEsetup - invokes a system setup menu for console and workstation dis‐
plays without graphics capabilities
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/setup
DESCRIPTION
Use this application to do initial installation and configuration of
your system. You must have superuser or root privileges to invoke the
Setup menu.
If your system does not have graphics capabilities, or if you are using
a remote character-cell terminal window such as a PC terminal emulator,
use the Setup menu to invoke the Custom Setup menu and use its various
system setup applications to set up your Tru64 UNIX system for general
use.
In this release, invoking Setup runs the Custom Setup interfaces, which
are character-cell variants of the SysMan tools that you can use to
configure and manage your system. These interfaces can also be invoked
in a window environment on a PC or on other X-compliant window environ‐
ments. The available menu options depend on which subsets were
installed during system installation. Refer to the Methods chapter of
the System Administration for additional information.
In previous releases, invoking the Setup menu provided access to
scripts which prompted you to enter configuration information, such as
a TCP/IP address during network configuration (netsetup). These scripts
enabled you to set up subsystems -- networking, printers, and mail, add
user accounts, install Product Authorization Keys (PAKs), and so on.
If you require the original scripts to support your site-specific setup
procedures, you can install the scripts as described in the relevant
reference page for a script. Refer to the Installation Guide For
information on installing the OSRETIREDxxx subsets.
Using Quick Setup
If your system has graphics capabilities, the preferred method to per‐
form system setup is through the Custom Setup Checklist as follows:
After a full installation, the Quick Setup interface is displayed
automatically. Quick Setup is a step-by-step procedure that prompts
you for the basic information required to configure your system for
use. This option is particularly convenient and fast for a desktop
system, and for users who are not very experienced in configuring sys‐
tems. Note that Quick Setup is primarily used to configure the network
and related subsystems. You may also need to manually configure other
subsystems or add options later. (For example, If your system is a
client in a client-server environment, you may need to re-run certain
applications later to add alternative host servers.) To do this, you
use the Custom Setup described in the next section. At any other time
after installation, the Custom Setup Checklist is provided for initial
configuration or modification of a subsystem. You can still opt for an
automated Quick Setup, or choose Custom Setup for larger system config‐
urations or specific site requirements. Custom Setup allows you to
select applications from the checklist by clicking on the corresponding
icon. When you choose an application, the appropriate application
from the Custom Setup menu will be invoked.
To invoke the Custom Setup Checklist from the command line,
enter /usr/sbin/checklist.
Note that online help is available when using the interfaces, and you
should refer to the appropriate user guides in the documentation set
for additional information.
EXAMPLES
This example invokes the Setup menu from the root system prompt: #
/usr/sbin/setup
A menu similar to the following is displayed:
Tru64 UNIX: Custom Setup
Tru64 UNIX Custom Setup helps you set up your system.
Quick Setup leads you through a set of steps to set up a typical UNIX
system. This includes networking, user services, time services, print‐
ers, and other basics.
Custom Setup examines your system and lists the relevant tasks for con‐
figuring your computer. These tasks are listed in the order most fre‐
quently performed
You can run Quick Setup to get a basic configuration and then use Cus‐
tom Setup for any atypical configuration settings.
1) Quick Setup 2) Custom Setup 3) Exit
Please enter your selection:
If you select Quick Setup, an Initializing message is displayed for
several seconds, followed by the first prompt screen:
Tru64 UNIX: Quick Setup Quick Setup helps
you set up a typical UNIX system.
It leads you step by step through the following common tasks:
******************************************************************************
Step 1: Enter basic license information Step 2: Set up the system's
Network Interface Card (NIC) Step 3: Set up static network routing Step
4: Specify a Domain Name Service (DNS/BIND) server Step 5: Specify a
Network Time Protocol (NTP) server Step 6: Specify a Network Informa‐
tion Service (NIS) server Step 7: Set up Network File System (NFS) ser‐
vices Step 8: Specify an E-Mail server Step 9: Specify a default
printer and its server
******************************************************************************
You can skip any step. No action is performed until you review and
approve a summary of the setup at the end of Quick Setup.
Click on "Details..." to see the information Quick Setup requests.
Click on "Next >" to start setting up this system.
================ <CTRL-G> FOR KEYBOARD HELP ==================
[Next >] Details... Cancel Help
If you select Custom Setup, a menu similar to the following is dis‐
played:
Tru64 UNIX: Custom Setup
Use the following menu to set up your system and network. When you
select an item, you will be asked a series of questions.
For more information about the items on the menu and the questions you
must answer, see the System Administration and Network Administration
guides.
1) License Manager 10) UUCP Configuration
2) Network Configuration Step by Step 11) Printer Configuration
3) NIS Configuration 12) Security Configuration
4) NFS Configuration 13) Security Auditing Configura‐
tion
5) NTP Configuration 14) DOP Configuration
6) PPP Configuration 15) Prestoserve I/O Acceleration
Confi
7) SLIP Information 16) GUI Selection
8) Account Manager 17) Exit
9) LAT Configuration
SEE ALSO
Commands: adduser(8), bindconfig(8), lmfsetup(8), lprsetup(8), net‐
setup(8), nissetup(8), siainit(8), strsetup(8), uucpsetup(8), netcon‐
fig(8), bindconfig(8), nfsconfig(8), dxlicenses(8), mailconfig(8),
printconfig(8), dxaccounts(8), sysman(8), sysman_clone(8), and sys‐
man_intro(8)
Devs: ntp_manual_setup(7), nfs_manual_setup(7)
Installation Guide
Installation Guide -- Advanced Topics
Network Administration: Connections
Network Administration: Services
System Administration
Software License Management
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