[debian-edu-commits] [Debian Wiki] Trivial Update of "DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/GettingStarted" by KnutYrvin

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Comment:
explain workaround regarding password in /etc/gosa/gosa.conf

  
  For GOsa² access you need the Skolelinux main server and a (client) system with a web browser installed which can be the main server itself if it was installed as a so called combined server (main server + thin client server + workstation). If all of the mentioned before is not available, see: [[DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/HowTo/Administration#Installing_a_graphical_environment_on_the_main-server_to_use_GOsa.2BALI-|Installing a graphical environment on the main-server to use GOsa²]].
  
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- From a web browser use the URL https://www/gosa for GOsa² access, and log in as the first user.
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-  * If you are using a new Debian Edu Squeeze machine, the site certificate will be known by the browser.
-  * Otherwise, you will get an error message about the SSL certificate being wrong. If you know you are alone on your network, just tell the browser to accept it and ignore that.
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- For general information on GOsa² have a look at: https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/wiki/documentation.
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- === GOsa² Login plus Overview ===
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- {{attachment:gosa2_overview.png|GOsa² overview page after login as the first  user|width=600}}
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- After logging in to GOsa² you will see the overview page of GOsa².
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- Next, you can choose a task in the menu or click any of the task icons on the overview page. For navigation, we recommend using the menu on the left side of the screen, as it will stay visible there on all administration pages offered by GOsa².
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- In Debian Edu, account, group, and system information is stored in an LDAP directory. This data is used not only by the main server, but also by the (diskless) workstations, the thin client servers and the Windows machines on the network. With LDAP, account information about students, pupils, teachers, etc. only needs to be entered once. After information has been provided in LDAP, the information will be available to all systems on the whole Skolelinux network.
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- GOsa² is an administration tool that uses LDAP to store its information and provide a hierarchical department structure. To each "department" you can add user accounts, groups, systems, netgroups, etc. Depending on the structure of your institution, you can use the department structure in GOsa²/LDAP to transfer your organisational structure into the LDAP data tree of the Debian Edu main server.
- 
- A default Debian Edu main server installation currently provides two "departments": Teachers and Students, plus the base level of the LDAP tree. Student accounts are intended to be added to the "Students" department, teachers to the "Teachers" department; systems (servers, Skolelinux workstations, Windows machines, etc.) are currently added to the base level. Find your own scheme for customising this structure.
- 
- Depending on the task that you want to work on (manage users, manage groups, manage systems, etc.) GOsa² presents you with a different view on the selected department (or the base level). 
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- == User Management with GOsa² ==
- 
- First, click on "Users" in the left navigation menu. The right side of the screen will change to show a table with department folders for "Students" and "Teachers" and the account of the GOsa² Super-Administrator (the first created user). Above this table you can see a field called ''Base'' that allows you to navigate through your tree structure (move your mouse over that area and a drop-down menu will appear) and to select a base folder for your intended operations (e.g. adding a new user). 
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- === Fixing possible GOsa² error ===
+ === Fixing possible GOsa² login error ===
  
  After investigating further it seems to be that the mechanism using encrypted passwords in gosa.conf is failing now.
  
@@ -80, +50 @@

   1. take the random cleartext password from gosa.conf.orig and put it instead of the encrypted long one into gosa.conf (actually twice: adminPassword and snapshotAdminPassword). You can use sudo pico gosa.conf 
   1. be sure to add write access with 'chmod a+r /etc/gosa/gosa.secrets /etc/gosa/gosa.conf'
   1. restart apache2
+ 
+ === GOsa² Login plus Overview ===
+ 
+ From a web browser use the URL https://www/gosa for GOsa² access, and log in as the first user.
+ 
+  * If you are using a new Debian Edu Squeeze machine, the site certificate will be known by the browser.
+  * Otherwise, you will get an error message about the SSL certificate being wrong. If you know you are alone on your network, just tell the browser to accept it and ignore that.
+ 
+ For general information on GOsa² have a look at: https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/wiki/documentation.
+ 
+ {{attachment:gosa2_overview.png|GOsa² overview page after login as the first  user|width=600}}
+ 
+ After logging in to GOsa² you will see the overview page of GOsa².
+ 
+ Next, you can choose a task in the menu or click any of the task icons on the overview page. For navigation, we recommend using the menu on the left side of the screen, as it will stay visible there on all administration pages offered by GOsa².
+ 
+ In Debian Edu, account, group, and system information is stored in an LDAP directory. This data is used not only by the main server, but also by the (diskless) workstations, the thin client servers and the Windows machines on the network. With LDAP, account information about students, pupils, teachers, etc. only needs to be entered once. After information has been provided in LDAP, the information will be available to all systems on the whole Skolelinux network.
+ 
+ GOsa² is an administration tool that uses LDAP to store its information and provide a hierarchical department structure. To each "department" you can add user accounts, groups, systems, netgroups, etc. Depending on the structure of your institution, you can use the department structure in GOsa²/LDAP to transfer your organisational structure into the LDAP data tree of the Debian Edu main server.
+ 
+ A default Debian Edu main server installation currently provides two "departments": Teachers and Students, plus the base level of the LDAP tree. Student accounts are intended to be added to the "Students" department, teachers to the "Teachers" department; systems (servers, Skolelinux workstations, Windows machines, etc.) are currently added to the base level. Find your own scheme for customising this structure.
+ 
+ Depending on the task that you want to work on (manage users, manage groups, manage systems, etc.) GOsa² presents you with a different view on the selected department (or the base level). 
+ 
+ == User Management with GOsa² ==
+ 
+ First, click on "Users" in the left navigation menu. The right side of the screen will change to show a table with department folders for "Students" and "Teachers" and the account of the GOsa² Super-Administrator (the first created user). Above this table you can see a field called ''Base'' that allows you to navigate through your tree structure (move your mouse over that area and a drop-down menu will appear) and to select a base folder for your intended operations (e.g. adding a new user). 
+ 
  
  === Adding users ===