User Guide

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Administrator account
You set up the primary administrator account for the server by specifying:
 Name: The full name you want used for the primary administrator account—for example, Server
Administrator. This name can contain as many as 255 characters (from 255 Roman characters to as
few as 85 Japanese characters). It can include spaces. It can’t be the same as any predefined user
name, such as System Administrator.
 Short Name: This is an abbreviation of the full name. The short name typically is eight or fewer
characters, but can be as long as 255 Roman characters. Use only the characters a–z, A–Z, 0–9,
_ (underscore), or - (hyphen). It can’t be the same as a predefined user’s short name, such as root.
 Password: Should be hard to guess and kept secret. Anyone who knows an administrator name and
password can change server settings and manage user accounts. If you write the administrator
account information on the worksheet, keep the worksheet in a safe place.
Important: The password you enter here is also used for the System Administrator account, whose
short name is root. On a standard or workgroup server, this password is also used for the Local
Administrator account. After setting up the server, you should either change the password of the
account you create here and the Local Administrator account, or change the password of the
System Administrator account. The System Administrator (root) account has full access to the
system, including system files. Protecting this root user password is very important, so it should not
be the same as another account’s password. Server administrators don’t need root user privileges.
 Password Hint: Can be anything that will help you recall your password (except the password itself).
 Picture: You can use the picture that Server Assistant assigns automatically. You can instead choose
a standard Mac OS X picture from a pop-up menu, take a picture using an attached camera, or open
a picture file. You can also crop the picture and apply a visual effect.
For more information about administrator accounts, see Chapter 5, “Managing Users,” in Getting
Started.
AirPort Base Station password
(Skip this setting if you don’t have an AirPort Base Station or you’re setting up your server remotely.)
Leopard Server can automatically configure an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11n) so that
computers on the Internet can access services provided by your server. If you’re setting up your server
locally, Server Assistant asks you to enter the base station password (not the AirPort wireless network
password). If the base station uses the preset password (public), Server Assistant doesn’t ask you to
enter it, but the preset password is not secure.
Network address
(Skip these settings if the server will get a fixed IP address automatically and has only one Ethernet port.)
Your server gets its network address settings automatically if it has only one Ethernet port and your
network has a DHCP server that’s configured to assign your server a static IP address (the same IP
address every time the server starts up). Your network’s DHCP server could be an AirPort Base Station,
another type of Internet router, or a computer with server software such as an advanced
configuration of Mac OS X Server.
If your network’s DHCP server assigns your server a dynamic IP address (not static), the network
address pane appears so you can choose whether to use the address from DHCP or configure your
TCP/IP network settings manually. If you configure them manually, you can specify settings for the
TCP/IP connection, optional IPv6 addressing, the Ethernet interface, or an available lights-out
management (LOM) interface.