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| ===Install Fedora=== | | ===Install Fedora=== |
− | Download the Fedora .iso and install. | + | Download the Fedora .iso and install. The initial install process asks for a root password and the hostname (which defaults to localhost.localdomain. Change this to a hostname of your choice and your domain name. |
− | {{Tip box| When prompted for a user name to log in with, give a non-SME user such as 'administrator', as this first user effectively becomes a local user with sudo root access. | + | <HOSTNAME>.<yourdomain>.<yourtld> |
| + | {{Tip box|Make sure you set the <HOSTNAME> to something less than 15 characters.}} |
| + | When the install has finished you need to remove the media and reboot. A gui startup process then completes the setup and installation. During this process you will be asked for a username and password to set up the first user, and also the date/time configuration. |
| + | {{Tip box| When prompted for a user name to log in with, give a non-SME user such as 'administrator', as this first user effectively becomes a local user for Gnome login. Root is not allowed to login at the Gnome GDM prompt. |
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− | Make sure you set the 'Name of this Computer' to something less than 15 characters.}}
| + | You can also add the SME server ip to the list of NTP servers}} |
| Complete install, login and apply all updates. | | Complete install, login and apply all updates. |
− | {{Note box| For VirtualBox VM installation only, install the 'Guest Additions'.}} | + | {{Note box| There may be a lot of updates so apply the security fixes as a minimum. |
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| + | For VirtualBox VM installation only, install the 'Guest Additions'. See section below for details.}} |
| ===Additional Packages=== | | ===Additional Packages=== |
| Use the 'System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager' to install additional packages | | Use the 'System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager' to install additional packages |
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| Exit the Terminal cli | | Exit the Terminal cli |
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− | Logout of Ubuntu. | + | Logout of Fedora. |
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| Login as a valid SME server user on your system, just giving username and password. No need for DOMAIN\user as samba configured above to use the default Windows Workgroup | | Login as a valid SME server user on your system, just giving username and password. No need for DOMAIN\user as samba configured above to use the default Windows Workgroup |
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| Authentication against SME should proceed and the user log in. A home directory on the local machine should be created as /home/DOMAIN/user, and a sub directory to that called 'nethome' mounted to the users home directory on the SME server. The mount point should also appear on the users gui desktop. | | Authentication against SME should proceed and the user log in. A home directory on the local machine should be created as /home/DOMAIN/user, and a sub directory to that called 'nethome' mounted to the users home directory on the SME server. The mount point should also appear on the users gui desktop. |
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| + | ===VirtualBox Guest Additions Installation=== |
| + | The autorun.sh script does not run on Fedora as it requires gksu which doesn't appear to be available as a standard RedHat package. You will need to add the following packages therefore either through the 'System - Adminsitration - Add/Remove Software' or with yum at a Terminal cli command prompt |
| + | gcc |
| + | kernel-headers |
| + | kernel-devel |
| + | Change to the mounted Virtual Box Guest Additions CDROM, eg |
| + | cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_3.0.10_54097 |
| + | Run the relevant script for your processor type, eg for i386 processors |
| + | sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run |
| + | The script should run, build and install the guest additions. |
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| ===Issues / ToDo=== | | ===Issues / ToDo=== |