HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

Table of Contents
Preface.......................................................................................................................................11
Intended Audience.............................................................................................................11
About This Series................................................................................................................11
About This Document........................................................................................................11
Finding HP-UX Information...............................................................................................12
HP-UX 11i Release Names and Operating System Version Identifiers..............................13
Determining Your System Version.....................................................................................14
Typographic Conventions..................................................................................................15
Examples and Shells......................................................................................................16
Command Syntax..........................................................................................................16
Function Synopsis and Syntax......................................................................................16
Publication History.............................................................................................................17
1 Introduction..............................................................................................................................19
Configuration Tools............................................................................................................19
HP Systems Insight Manager........................................................................................19
HP-UX System Management Homepage (Web-Based)................................................20
HP-UX System Management Homepage (Text-Based).................................................20
HP-UX Commands........................................................................................................20
Using HP SIM and HP SMH versus HP-UX Commands.............................................20
HP-UX System Management Homepage (Web-Based)......................................................21
Starting an HP SMH Web Client...................................................................................24
Starting the HP SMH Daemon on the Target System...................................................25
HP-UX System Management Homepage (Text-Based)......................................................25
Starting Text-Based HP SMH........................................................................................30
Giving Users Limited Access to Text-Based HP SMH..................................................31
Using the X Window System..............................................................................................32
Setup for an HP-UX Local System................................................................................32
Setup for a Non-HP-UX Client System.........................................................................33
2 Configuring System Parameters..................................................................................................35
Starting A Preloaded System..............................................................................................35
Preventing Users from Logging In.....................................................................................36
Changing Login Special Characters...................................................................................37
Controlling Usage and Processes with Run-Levels............................................................38
Setting the System Clock....................................................................................................40
Potential Problems When Changing the System Clock................................................40
Setting the Time Zone (TZ)...........................................................................................40
Setting the Time and Date.............................................................................................40
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