Setting Up Critical Servers

Two servers are critical to the successful creation of users and roles: the home directory server and the mail server. If the name service master also serves as the home directory and mail server, you can skip this step. otherwise, install and configure the two critical servers, reboot them, and share them before adding roles and users.

Install and Configure the Home Directory and Mail Servers

1. Install the system that will become the home directory server and the mail server by following the installation instructions in "Installing From a CD-ROM".

2. Then configure each system to be a name service client (see "Client Configuration Tasks"), before making it a server. Return to configuring the name service master after completing "Sharing Critical File Systems".

3. Then, create the administrative roles on the name service master as described in "Creating Roles and Users".

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   Note -

   The administrative roles are created as network-visible accounts, not as local accounts. Their home directories are mounted from the home directory server.

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