Advanced Server Overview and Installation

Installing Advanced Server for UNIX Installing server software (asxserver package)

Product Manual U7613-J-Z815-6-76

Administrator’s password

During the installation of a primary domain controller, the password for the builtin user

Administrator is set.

During the installation of a backup domain controller, you will be asked to enter the

password for an administrative account of the primary domain controller.

The password has to be entered twice to avoid errors. The passwords are not displayed on

the screen as they are typed.

Domain language

The term domain language is used whenever the language of builtin objects is referenced

(e.g. the object Everyone showed when domain language is set to ENGLISH corresponds to

Jeder in an environment with domain language set to GERMAN).

The domain language of a domain is always dependent on the domain language of the primary

domain controller of that domain.

In a domain with “mixed” language various problems can occur.

It is not recommended to do that!

With AS/X 3.5 it was not possible to change the domain language, english was always

used. So it could happen that AS/X 3.5 was an english backup domain controller in a

german Windows NT domain. You should use joindomain to “repair” your domain.

The domain language of a primary domain controller is evaluated when the databases of the

primary domain controller are initialized. Changing the domain language has no effect

without re-initializing those databases (re-initialization means loss of all created users and

groups).

The customer is recommended to use joindomain to do a new initialization of the database.

Everytime joindomain is going to create a new database, you can specify the domain

language.

To prevent the loss of user and group information the installation only asks for the domain

language if there are no existing databases or if the existing databases cannot be used.

(Keep in mind that during the preparation of an unattended installation the question is asked

to have the setting on the target machine.)

If you upgrade an Advanced Server for UNIX V3.5 (primary or backup domain controller),

the databases are upgraded from the older version, there is no new initialization to prevent

loss of exisiting users and groups.

That's why the domain language cannot be entered. The internal setting of the domain

language will be default ENGLISH.