Common System Administration Tasks

• chkconfig can enable services including xinetd.

• ntsysv is also beneficial for selecting the services to be started when the linux virtual machine is booted.

• setup can be used to configure your machine. Check especially for locale_config and timetool after the installation.

• Configure XDMCP for remote X:

  • Set the desktop to AnotherLevel.

  • Edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop and change the line DESKTOP=xxxx to DESKTOP=AnotherLevel.

  • or

  • edit /etc/X11/prefdm and search for the line

    if [ -n "$preferred" ] && which $preferred >/dev/null 2>&1; then

    Add the line

    preferred=xdm

    Before this line.

  • Edit /etx/X11/xdm/xdm-config and comment out the line

    DisplayManager.requestPort: 0

    by placing a [!] in front of it.

  • Edit /etx/X11/xdm/Xaccess and remove the first # from the line

    # * #any host can get a login window