Authentication Configuration

If you are performing a workstation-class installation, please skip ahead to the section called GUI X Configuration Tool.

If you are performing a server-class installation, please skip ahead to the section called Preparing to Install.

You may skip this section if you will not be setting up network passwords. If you are unsure as to whether you should do this, please ask your system administrator for assistance.

Unless you are setting up NIS authentication, you will notice that both MD5 and shadow passwords are selected (see Figure 15-20). We recommend you use both to make your machine as secure as possible.

To configure the NIS option, you must be connected to an NIS network. If you are unsure whether you are connected to an NIS network, please ask your system administrator.

Figure 15-20. Authentication Configuration