Chapter 2 Accessing Your System and the

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Chapter 2Accessing Your System and the Common
Desktop Environment
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User Accounts

• Root or "super user"
• system admin
• set up by default during the installation process
• owns all system files and has access to all files
• used to create new users, manage file systems,
  install software and perform other high-level
  system admin tasks
• Most sysadmins have a regular user account and
  only login as root when necessary to perform
  administrative tasks
• Regular User
• created and maintained by the sysadmin when
  logged on as root
• can run applications programs and customize
  working environment
• can also create and modify files in their home
  directory

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Login ID and Password

• Login ID
• users public name
• usually some combination of a users first and
  last names
• must be unique and limited to eight lower case
  letters and numbers
• stored in the password (/etc/passwd) file which
  can be viewed by all users
• encrypted passwords are stored in the /etc/shadow
  file
• Solaris Passwords
• no less than six and no more than eight
  characters
• different from the Login ID
• at least two alphabetic characters and one
  numeric or special character
• case sensitive
• new password must differ by at least three
  characters
• may contain spaces and special characters
• these password rules do not apply to the root
  account!

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CDE Login Screen
Options Button Language - set at installation
and is not used often Session - choice of GUI
also failsafe login for troubleshooting (safe
mode in Windows) Remote - login to another
Solaris machine Command Line - bypasses GUI and
goes directly to console prompt Reset Login
Screen - puts all settings back to their defaults
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Opening Terminal Window
from CDE, right click on the background bring up
the Workspace Menu click on Tools click on
Terminal
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Shutting Down

• UNIX systems designed to be left running
  continuously
• administrator shuts down to install a new OS, add
  hardware or system maintenance
• can only be done at command line and only by root
• Become superuser or root
• init 0 (init ltspacegt zero)
• OR
• shutdown

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Changing Password

• must be done at command line
• can be done by regular user
• passwdpasswd Changing password for
  user02Enter login password ABC 123New
  password abc 456Re-enter new passwd abc 456

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Workspace Buttons

• virtual desktops
• one for administrative tasks, one for
  applications and regular user tasks, one for
  special projects and another for application
  development

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Workspace Menu
provides easy mouse access to all applications,
tools, and files through cascading submenus Move
the pointer to the backdrop, then right click
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Labs/Assessment
Lab 2.1.5 Accessing Your System Lab 2.2.7
Becoming Familiar with CDE Lab 2.4.2 Customizing
Your Workspace chapter 2 assessment
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