User`s guide

30 Chapter 1 Installation and Setup Overview
Chapter 4, “Initial Server Setup,” on page 79 provides detailed instructions for all the
server setup scenarios, summarized next following an explanation of what happens
during initial server setup.
Settings Established During Initial Server Setup
During server setup, basic server settings are established:
 The language to use for server administration and the computer keyboard layout is
defined.
 The server software serial number is set.
 A server administrator user is defined and the user’s home directory is created. If you
set the server up as an Open Directory master, a directory domain administrator for
the LDAP directory is also defined.
 Default AFP and FTP share points, such as Shared Items, Users, and Groups, are
defined.
 Basic Open Directory information is set up. At a minimum, a local NetInfo domain is
created. You can also set up an LDAP directory for other computers to use or
configure the server to obtain directory information from other servers.
 The server’s host name, computer name, and local hostname are set. You can specify
the computer name and local hostname, but Server Assistant automatically sets the
host name to AUTOMATIC in /etc/hostconfig. This setting causes the server’s host
name to be the first name that’s true in this list:
 The name provided by the DHCP or BootP server for the primary IP address
 The first name returned by a reverse DNS (address-to-name) query for the primary
IP address
 The local hostname