52Platform software installation
The installer presents the option to configure preconfigured accounts or an individual account. You must select one or the other. Each option includes the configuration of passwords for the mandatory system accounts. User account passwords can be recovered from a backup file but passwords for system accounts cannot be recovered. The installer prompts for the system account passwords.
Navigation
•"Configuring preconfigured accounts and passwords" (page 52)
•"Configuring a system for individual accounts" (page 53)
Configuring preconfigured accounts and passwords
Use this procedure to configure preconfigured accounts.
Prerequisites
•You have completed the steps described in "Configuring the NTP, Syslog, and Audit Daemon settings" (page 47).
•For more information about installing Linux Maintenance Releases, see "Applying the Linux Maintenance Release " (page 92).
Procedure Steps
Step Action
1During the Linux operating system installation process, the system displays the following prompt:
Would you like to create
2Reply Y to create the preconfigured accounts. (If you reply N to this prompt, the system configures individual accounts.)
The system displays the following prompt:
Do you want to use the same initial password for these accounts (Y/N) [N]?
3Do one of the following:
Reply Y to select the option to configure all of the preconfigured accounts with the same password. This password must be changed for all accounts after first login.
OR
Reply N to select the option to configure a password for each preconfigured account.
The installer displays the account method confirmation screen.
4Do one of the following:
Application Server 5300
Nortel AS 5300 Installation
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