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System Configuration with YaST<br />

YaST, the setup tool used for installation, is also the configuration tool for <strong>SUSE</strong> Linux.<br />

This chapter covers the configuration <strong>of</strong> your system with YaST. This includes most<br />

<strong>of</strong> the hardware, the graphical user interface, Internet access, security settings, user<br />

administration, installation <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>tware, system updates, and system information. Both<br />

graphical and text modes <strong>of</strong> YaST are available and provide the similar functionality.<br />

Configure the system with YaST using various YaST modules. Depending on the<br />

hardware platform and the installed s<strong>of</strong>tware, there are different ways to access YaST<br />

in the installed system.<br />

In KDE or GNOME, start the YaST Control Center from the main menu. Before YaST<br />

starts, you are prompted to enter the root password, because YaST needs system administrator<br />

permissions to change the system files.<br />

To start YaST from the command line, enter the commands su (for changing to the<br />

user root) and yast2. To start the text version, enter yast instead <strong>of</strong> yast2. Also<br />

use the command yast to start the program from one <strong>of</strong> the virtual consoles.<br />

For hardware platforms that do not support a display device <strong>of</strong> their own and for remote<br />

administration on other hosts, run YaST remotely. First, open a console on the host on<br />

which to display YaST and enter the command<br />

ssh -X root@ to log in to the system to configure<br />

as root and redirect the X server output to your terminal. Following the successful<br />

SSH login, enter yast2 to start YaST in graphical mode.<br />

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