Deploying Suse Linux Enterprise Server
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Managing Your Server
- Post Configuration Procedures
- Running Applications Remotely
- Administration Applications
- Windows Administration Applications
Administration Applications
To make it easier to manage your server there are many utilities available (usually by default) on your Suse Linux Enterprise Server. The utilities that are listed are mainly GNOME based utilities since they seem to run smoother on Windows Clients than KDE based applications.
Nautilus - This is the default file manager for the GNOME Desktop. Remotely running this can be very useful to delete various files/directories such as User Profiles, etc. It is also useful to adjust advanced Access Control Lists (ACLs) when you also install the Eiciel Nautilus extension on your server (included within the Software Development Kit). To ease the administration of your server you can change the default directory from the command line, for instance, to open the profiles directory use "nautilus /var/lib/samba/profiles". Note that you may have to manually stop the Xming application (using the applet by the clock) when you close nautilus, otherwise other remote applications will not launch properly. Alternatively, if you do not need to adjust ACLs, you can utilize other file managers, such as Thunar for remote file management.
GNOME Print Manager - Even though CUPS provides a nice web interface to manage your print jobs, sometimes it is nice to simply utilize an application that does the same job. This way it is much easier to cancel quite a few print jobs at one time, and it might be easier for your advanced users to utilize this program instead of the CUPS web interface. You can launch this application using the gnome-cups-manager command.
Running Nautilus and GNOME Print Manager Remotely on Microsoft Windows
Baobab - To keep an eye on your server storage space and which directories are using the most storage space, SLES now includes the Baobab application. This utility will scan a specific directory or filesystem and give you a graph showing where your disk space is being used. To use this command, simply use the "baobab" command, alternatively you can specify which directory to start from, for instance "baobob /home".
GNOME Search Utility - Occasionally you need to search your user's home directories, or your shares for certain types of files. GNOME includes a nice search utility to allow you to do just this. It can be launched using the "gnome-search-tool" command. You can also adjust the "Look in Folder" from the command line using "gnome-search-tool --path=/home".
Remotely running Baobab and the GNOME Search Utility
Yast2 - The "be-all and end-all" application for managing your Suse Linux Enterprise Server is definitely the Yast application and all of it's modules. You can easily run the Yast application remotely by simply using the "yast2" command. However, since it is such as powerful utilitiy you probably want to limit the remote application to specific modules. To do this simply launch each module using "yast2 modulename". Some important modulenames are:
- dhcp-server - Adjust DHCP information, add hosts, etc.
- dns-server - Adjust DNS information, edit zones, etc.
- firewall - Adjust Firewall information, allow services through, forward ports
- groups - Adjust and Add Groups
- http-server - Adjust Apache Web Server configuration
- ldap_browser - Adjust information within the LDAP Database(s)
- mail-server - Adjust Mail Server information (add RBLs, etc)
- nfs_server - Create/Adjust NFS exports
- online_update - Update the Server's Software
- samba-server - Create/Edit Samba Shares, adjust Samba configuration
- sw_single - Install Software Packages on your Server
- sysconfig - Adjust the "/etc/sysconfig" information
- users - Adjust and Add Users on your Server.
- view_anymsg - View Various Logs and Messages on your Server
Remotely Running the Yast Control Center and Using the User Module Remotely
Note - With the release of Suse Linux Enterprise Server Service Pack 1, the Yast front-end may be based on GTK. This front-end does not work as well as the QT frontend when used as a remote application. To utilize the QT front-end no matter what environment you run, simply install the "yast2-control-center-qt" package and delete the "yast2-control-center-gnome" package.
GNOME Terminal - Finally, if you have knowledgeable administrators, you may wish to allow them to easily launch whatever application they want. You can utilize "gnome-terminal" command for this.
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