displayed. Click Accept to install the software. When not agreeing to the license, clickI Disagree and the software will not be installed.The installation usually takes between 15 and 30 minutes, depending on the systemperformance and the software selected. During this procedure a slide show introducesthe features of SUSE Linux Enterprise. Choose Details to switch to the installation log.As soon as all packages are installed, YaST boots into the new Linux system, afterwhich you can configure the hardware and set up system services.3.11 Configuration of the InstalledSystemThe system is installed now but not configured for use. No users, hardware, or servicesare configured, yet. If the configuration fails at one of the steps of this stage, it restartsand continues from the last successful step.First, provide a password for the account of the system administrator (the root user).Configure your Internet access and network connection. With a working Internet con-nection, you can perform an update of the system as part of the installation. You canalso connect to an authentication server for centralized user administration in a localnetwork. Finally, configure the hardware devices connected to the machine.3.11.1 Password for the SystemAdministrator “root”root is the name of the superuser, the administrator of the system. Unlike regularusers, who may or may not have permission to do certain things on the system, roothas unlimited power to do anything: change the system configuration, install programs,and set up new hardware. If users forget their passwords or have other problems withthe system, root can help. The root account should only be used for system admin-istration, maintenance, and repair. Logging in as root for daily work is rather risky:a single mistake could lead to irretrievable loss of system files.For verification purposes, the password for root must be entered twice. Do not forgetthe root password. Once entered, this password cannot be retrieved.Installation with YaST 31
