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===Install Fedora===
 
===Install Fedora===
Download the Fedora .iso and install.  
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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.  
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<HOSTNAME>.<yourdomain>.<yourtld>
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{{Tip box|Make sure you set the <HOSTNAME> to something less than 15 characters.}}
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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.
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{{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.}}
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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'.}}
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{{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.  
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Logout of Fedora.  
    
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
    
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===
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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
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gcc
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kernel-headers
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kernel-devel
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Change to the mounted Virtual Box Guest Additions CDROM, eg
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cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_3.0.10_54097
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Run the relevant script for your processor type, eg for i386 processors
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sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
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The script should run, build and install the guest additions.
    
===Issues / ToDo===
 
===Issues / ToDo===

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