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Configuring accounts and passwords job aid
Table 8
List of pre-configured accounts
Account name | Description |
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ntappadm | This account is used for SIP core server software administration. |
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ntsysadm | This account is used for system administration. |
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ntsecadm | This account is used for security administration. |
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ntbackup | This account is used for backup and restore administration. |
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ntdbadm | This account is used for database administration. |
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Table 9 |
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List of system accounts |
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Account name | Description |
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root | This account is the root user on the system. This account is rarely |
| used. |
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ntossadm | This account is accessed by software components from other |
| servers to gain access to OSS feeds. |
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nortelrps | This account is accessed by the Nortel Regional Patch Selector |
| (RPS) patching system to deposit patches files onto the MCP |
| server. |
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bootloader | This is not an actual account on the system. Rather, this refers to |
| the Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), which is invoked by the |
| planar BIOS to boot the operating system. This password is used to |
| protect entry into the command line mode of the GRUB bootloader, |
| where system booting parameters are modified. |
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Reinstalling platform software
Use this procedure to restore a platform backup file from a remote server during Linux installation. The platform backup file contains settings for the Linux operating system and other information.
For information about backups and restores, see Nortel AS 5300
Administration (NN42040-600) .
WARNING
Backup data is specific to each server. Only restore platform data to the server from which the backup data originated.
Application Server 5300
Nortel AS 5300 Installation
4 November 2008
