Administering CS Linux

For an overview of CS Linux administration and the different administration tools provided, see Overview of CS Linux administration.

The first step in administering CS Linux is configuring the node and its resources. Begin by planning for configuration as described in Planning for CS Linux configuration.

Before you can configure CS Linux, you must enable the CS Linux software as described in Enabling and disabling CS Linux on the local system.

When CS Linux is enabled, you can run the Motif administration program (see Using the Motif administration program). The Motif administration program guides you through the configuration needed to support SNA communication using CS Linux. The Motif administration program is the recommended administration tool, because it minimizes the configuration information you need to provide and guides you through each step you must perform to support different types of communication (such as 3270 or APPC communication).

Alternatively there is a WebAdmin package, a separately downloadable tool, which provides a Web browser interface to manage, configure and query status information. This tool provides secure access so that the administrator can have read/write access or just read access to SNA information.

There is also a command-line administration program as described in Using the command-line administration program.

For each administration task, this guide provides information you can use for either Motif or command-line administration. Other configuration methods are discussed in Administration tools.