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<strong>opsi</strong> <strong>manual</strong> <strong>opsi</strong> <strong>version</strong> <strong>4.0.2</strong><br />

1 Copyright<br />

The Copyright of this <strong>manual</strong> is held by <strong>uib</strong> gmbh in Mainz, Germany.<br />

This <strong>manual</strong> is published under the creative commons license<br />

Attribution - ShareAlike (by-sa).<br />

A German description can be found here:<br />

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/<br />

The legally binding German license can be found here:<br />

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/legalcode<br />

The English description can be found here:<br />

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/<br />

The English license can be found here:<br />

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode<br />

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Most parts of the <strong>opsi</strong> software are open source.<br />

The parts of <strong>opsi</strong> that are not open source are still under cofunded development. Information about these parts can<br />

be found here:<br />

http://<strong>uib</strong>.de/en/<strong>opsi</strong>_cofunding/index.html<br />

All the open source code is published under the GPLv3:<br />

The legally binding GPLv3 license can be found here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html<br />

The name <strong>opsi</strong> is a registered trade mark of <strong>uib</strong> gmbh.<br />

The <strong>opsi</strong>-logo is owned by <strong>uib</strong> gmbh, and may be used only with explicit permission.<br />

2 Introduction<br />

2.1 Who should read this <strong>manual</strong>?<br />

This <strong>manual</strong> is written for all who want to gain a deeper insight into the mechanisms and the tools of the client<br />

management system <strong>opsi</strong> ("open pc server integration").<br />

It presents a complete HOWTO for the use of <strong>opsi</strong> while emphasizing the understanding of the technical background.<br />

The decision maker who decides on using <strong>opsi</strong> as well as the system administrator who works with it will get a solid<br />

foundation for their tasks.<br />

2.2 Notations<br />

Angle brackets < > mark abstract names. In a concrete context any marked must be replaced by<br />

some real name. Example: The file share, where <strong>opsi</strong> places the software packets, may abstractly be noted as .<br />

If the real fileshare is /opt/pcbin/install, then you have to replace the abstract name by exactly this<br />

string. The location of the packet /ooffice becomes /opt/pcbin/install/ooffice.<br />

Example snippets from program code or configuration files use a Courier font, with a background color:<br />

depoturl=smb://smbhost/sharename/path

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