Deploying Debian 5 GNU/Linux with Insight Control for Linux 6.2

Another white paper that might be useful is Setting up Managed Systems in ICE-Linux without the

ProLiant Service Pack, which is also available from the Insight Control for Linux Manuals website:

Modifying installation packages

HP provides a sample installation configuration file (a preseed file) that you can tailor for your

environment --- you can use it as a starting point, then customize and modify it to specify the packages

you need to install. The full path name of the sample installation configuration file for Debian5 is

/opt/repository/instconfig/custom/examples/Debian5/debian5.cfg.

Consider choosing a different task for the target. A task represents a group of packages to install

and represents a familiar, typical purpose for the target server. You can choose from many possible

tasks, such as:

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, desktop

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, gnome-desktop

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, kde-desktop

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, web-server

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, print-server

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, dns-server

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, file-server

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, mail-server

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, sql-database

#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, laptop

After installation, your Debian system’s APT sources are automatically configured to use the

installation source as a source for installing additional packages. This means that running the

following command from a console installs any additional package that is an official part of the

Debian 5.0r3 distribution:

# apt-get install package-name

Alternatively, you might prefer to use the new aptitude package browsing, search, and installation

tool for picking individual or related groups of packages and resolving dependencies automatically.

Enabling a root login

By default, the Gnome desktop does not allow the root user to login from the GNOME Display

Manager (GDM) console. You must login as the user student with password student, then elevate

your privilege level to root using the su or sudo command.

If you want to enable a root login from the GDM console:

1. Choose Desktop (from the upper taskbar)→ Administration→Login Window→ Security

tab.

2. Check the box labeled Allow local system administrator login.

3. Close the window.

You should be able to log out, then log back in as the root user with the password root.

If you are using the X Window System on the desktop through the iLO Remote Console, you will find it

helpful to open a console and enter the following command to synchronize your desktop mouse

pointer with the VNC console mouse pointer:

# xset m 1 1

Add the command to your Xsession start-up file to make it a permanent part of your Xsession

start-up procedure.

Providing PSP-like support

The db5-agentless script, which is discussed later in this document, automatically configures the

net-snmp agent to permit HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) to connect to the managed system and