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rst6616

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Installed OpenIndiana on boot drive. Gave the user a username "rst" and passwd "rst". Opened terminal. Issued sudo passwd root and entered a new root password. Then
wget -O - www.napp-it.org/nappit | perl. After napp-it successful completion, I was warned to re-enter root password with passwd root before rebooting. So I repeated entering sudo passwd root once again with the same new root password (in Terminal). Once I rebooted, two boot options were shown 1) OpenIndiana 2) napp-it. I choose OpenIndiana and then tried to log in as root with my new root password. I get an error saying Roles can only be assumed by authorized users. So I logged in as rst again.

Once OpenIndiana desktop was showing, I switched to my Windows7 workstation and entered http://ip:81 but can't connect.
 
Just to make sure you did replace IP in the address with the servers actual IP?
 
rst6616 said:
Installed OpenIndiana on boot drive. Gave the user a username "rst" and passwd "rst". Opened terminal. Issued sudo passwd root and entered a new root password. Then
wget -O - www.napp-it.org/nappit | perl. After napp-it successful completion, I was warned to re-enter root password with passwd root before rebooting. So I repeated entering sudo passwd root once again with the same new root password (in Terminal). Once I rebooted, two boot options were shown 1) OpenIndiana 2) napp-it. I choose OpenIndiana and then tried to log in as root with my new root password. I get an error saying Roles can only be assumed by authorized users. So I logged in as rst again.

Once OpenIndiana desktop was showing, I switched to my Windows7 workstation and entered http://ip:81 but can't connect.
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1. You have just changed the root password, you need to "sudo -s" and THEN start the install.
2. Of course you need to select the NEWEST snapshot, which (of course) is the one labled napp-it (or newer) :)

Hope this will work for you!
 
Freak1: This is the problem you have when you are not experienced enough! This time I will enter the ip address (given by DHCP) for the server. Thanks

DieTa: 1) I will do this but just wondering why? I was thinking that the 1st time I entered sudo passwd root and my new root password, that I was already have all root powers. What does "sudo -s" do?
2) Again can I blame this on inexperience. I doubt it. Probably something worse. Maybe too many senior moments.

Thanks for helping me get started!
 
I thought so :D

Good thing that DieTa could help you.

On a side note, why did you use openindiana? I want to try installing napp-it on a VM later but I'm not sure if i should use Openindiana, Solaris or Nexenta, There must be benefits and drawbacks.
 
Solaris Express - newest, but zero non-paid support. Nexenta core, oldest pool/fs. OI free (open source) with intermediate pool/fs.
 
Freak1: Being a total newbie, I asked this forum not more than one month ago which O/S to use. If I remember, I think it was danswartz who suggested not to use NexentaStor as their were stability problems with it. So I simply took his advise and choose OpenIndiana as he recommended.
My biggest problem is more related to trying to learn how to get started while still learning about zfs and linux in general. Thanks for your help!
 
rst6616 said:
Freak1: Being a total newbie, I asked this forum not more than one month ago which O/S to use. If I remember, I think it was danswartz who suggested not to use NexentaStor as their were stability problems with it. So I simply took his advise and choose OpenIndiana as he recommended.
My biggest problem is more related to trying to learn how to get started while still learning about zfs and linux in general. Thanks for your help!
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OI is a great choice so don't second guess yourself. Napp-it will accelerate your learning curve like no other software. Gea's GUI has made installing and maintaining easy for even novice users. One point however OI is not linux but rather unix :)
 
some explanations:

about napp-it installation snapshot
this snapshot is done prior to installation. Select it only if you want to undo installation.
This snap is not activated - use the default and activated OI base environment snap.

about sudo
if you are logged in as a regular user and need root permission to do a management command,
you can use sudo command. After entering root's pw the command is executed as root.

about su
If you enter su you are asked also for root pw and you are then logged in as root

about reentering root pw after setup
This is needed to create a addional SMB pw for root. The unix pw has a different structure and is
not used for SMB

about login as root (example for remote access via putty or WinSCP)
This is deacticated per default (security reason)
You can activate root login with napp-it menu services-ssh-allow root

Gea
 
wingfat: As a novice, I can't really appreciate the differences between unix and linux. From where I sit, they seem to have near identical commands. But it is good to know that I made a good choice.
Take care.
 
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