Chapter 6. The Server Console
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When installation is complete and if you set server console mode to "auto", the opening screen of the SME Server server console will appear:
If you set the server console mode to "login", you will be given a login prompt. After you enter the user name "admin" and your system password, you will see the server console screen above.
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Any time that you login to your system as the "admin" user you will see the server console. This is true even when connecting to the server remotely using a tool such as ssh (discussed later in the chapter on Remote Access). |
The server console provides you with basic, direct access to your server. From the server console you can get the following information and perform the following tasks:
Option 1: Provides you with uptime information about your server.
Option 2: Allows you to view and modify the configuration information you entered during the original installation (ethernet cards, IP address information, DHCP, DNS, domain names, etc.)
Option 3: Allows you to smoothly reboot or shut down your server.
Option 4: Provides you with a means to access the web-based server manager using a text-based browser. This is the same interface to which you can connect from another system using a normal graphical browser. This option merely allows you to perform these functions directly from the server console.
Option 5: Displays the GNU General Public License (the license governing the distribution and use of SME Server software) and information on how to contact Contribs.org for support.
Option 6: Exits the server console mode.