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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"

Root password. Enter the root password (twice). Enter up to eight characters. DES is the
default encryption type used to protect your password. (You can select Expert Options to
choose MD5 or Blowfish instead.) Refer to Chapter 6 for suggestions on choosing a good
password.
19. Host name and domain name. Enter the name that you want to use for this host on
your network. Enter the name of the Internet domain that this machine is a member of.
20. Network configuration. YaST probes to find any network cards, DSL connections, ISDN
adapters, or modems connected to your computer, and proposes a default configuration.
Select any of the items that appear on the screen, as appropriate, to examine and, optionally,
reconfigure it. For example, select Network Interfaces to view any installed network
cards. You can configure any card found to use DHCP (if available) or your own network
settings to connect to the LAN and/or the Internet. (See Chapter 5 for information on
configuring Internet connections.)
The automatic network configuration enables a firewall and disables remote access to
your machine via SSH. You can change either of these by clicking their default settings so
that, for example, you can allow ssh requests through your firewall, so you can log in and
transfer files to and from the machine using OpenSSH tools (ssh, sftp, and so on).


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