m23 natively supports 32 and 64 bit systems. A 32 bit distribution can be installed on a 64 bit computer, but not vice versa. You should choose ”amd64” to use the full potential of a 64 bit CPU. Not only AMD's 64 bit CPUs, but also Intel's fall under the category of ”amd64”. Some of the supported 64 bit CPUs are Intel Pentium D, Pentium Extreme Edition, Celeron D and Core 2 and the AMD CPUs Sempron, Athlon 64, Athlon X2 and Phenom.
MAC Address: MAC address of the client network card (e.g. 00D0B723865C)
IP Address: IP address of the client (e.g. 192.168.1.23)
Netmask: Networkmask of your network (e.g. 255.255.255.0)
Gateway: Gateway IP for internet connections
DNS1: IP address for the first DNS server
DNS2 (optional): IP address for the second DNS server
Package proxy: The client tries to fetch its software packages from the denoted proxy server IP. In the normal case this is the IP of the m23 server, but you can choose the IP of another proxy server instead. If you leave this field empty the client will download the software packages directly from the internet. Enter the port address of the proxy server, please. The proxy on the m23 server uses port 2323. When the ”Add client” dialog is opened the m23 server is preselected as proxy server.
Group (optional): Group the client belongs to
User password: This is the user password used for the first log in. It is automatically generated by m23 with 6 characters, but you can enter your own password.
Root password: This is the root password. It is automatically generated by m23 with 6 characters, but you can enter your own password.
Timezone: You can choose the time zone that will be used for your client here.
Get system time by NTP: Set this option if the client should get its system time over the internet.
Install printer drivers and detect printer: Choose this option to install printer drivers and autodetect attached printers.
Store login information local on the client.:Check this option if you want a local account for the user on the client.
Don't use LDAP: If you want to use the local user authentification only you should select ”Don't use LDAP”.
Read login information from selected LDAP server.: / Read login data from UCS: If you would like to use the user authentication data available on an LDAP server or a UCS server, click on ”Read login information from selected LDAP server.” or ”Read login data from UCS”, respectively..
Store login information on the selected LDAP server. / Save login data to UCS: If you would like the above user data to be written to the LDAP database of the m23 server or UCS server and to use it for client logins, you need to select ”Store login information on the selected LDAP server.” or ”Save login data to UCS”, respectively.. This option requires an LDAP server with ”full access”, as the user data is saved to the LDAP server.
User ID, Group ID: You need to enter the ”User ID” and ”Group ID” for the user account. This is especially important if you plan to use the feature ”Home on NFS”.
Enable TLS transport encryption: Please choose whether you would like to secure the connection between the LDAP server and your m23 client via TLS.
LDAP server name: The last step for using LDAP is to select an LDAP server from the list at ”LDAP server name”. If your desired LDAP server is not available yet, you can add it after clicking on ”Manage LDAP servers”. If m23 has been installed on a UCS server, this option is void. The UCS specific LDAP server will be used instead.
Home on NFS: This option enables the saving of the home directories on a central NFS server, in order to be able to access them (in combination with LDAP) from any client. Enter the hostname or IP of your NFS server followed by the path to store the home directories in to activate NFS, e.g.
192.168.1.23:/nfs-homes
. If m23 is running on a UCS server, this option is void.
After reviewing your entries, click on ”Add”.
