The System Administration Manager (SAM) is an HP-UX tool that
provides an easy-to-use user interface for performing setup and
other essential tasks. SAM helps you with the administration of:
Networking and communications
Run SAM on remote systems
SD-UX software management (selected tasks via the
"Software Management"
menu)
For more information on SAM's capabilities, use the online
help once SAM is running.
Using SAM versus HP-UX Commands |
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Using SAM reduces the complexity of most administration tasks.
SAM minimizes or eliminates the need for detailed knowledge of many
administration commands, thus saving valuable time. Use SAM whenever
possible, especially when first mastering a task. Some tasks described
in this manual cannot be done by SAM, in which case you will need
to use the HP-UX commands. However, SAM is the tool of choice for
most administration work.
Starting SAM |
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To use SAM, SAM must be installed on your system. If you did
not originally install SAM and want to use it, refer to Managing
HP-UX Software with SD-UX . Before starting SAM, make
sure the environment variable LANG
is set to C (see
sam(1M) for details).
To start SAM, enter
You can also start SAM with the /usr/sbin/sysadm
command, which is equivalent to executing /usr/sbin/sam.
See sysadm(1M) for details.
For help in using SAM, select the "Help"
button.
Using SAM with an X Window System |
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To use SAM with an X Window System, the X11-RUN
fileset must be installed and the DISPLAY
environment variable must be set to reflect the display on which
you want SAM to appear. (The DISPLAY
variable will usually be set unless you used rlogin
to log into a remote system.) To view the current settings of the
environment variables, enter
The DISPLAY
environment variable is usually set in the .profile
file for Korn and POSIX shells and in the .login
file for the C shell as follows:
DISPLAY=hostname:0.0 (Korn and POSIX shell) |
setenv DISPLAY hostname:0 (C Shell) |
where hostname is the name returned
by the /usr/bin/hostname
command.
Using HP VUE |
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Some of the tasks in this manual can also be done using HP
VUE. Refer to HP Visual User Environment 3.0 User's Guide
for information.
Using SAM with a Text Terminal |
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A text terminal is a combination video display/keyboard for
which SAM has a special interface. Instead of using a mouse to navigate
through the SAM screens, use the keyboard to control SAM's actions.
To use SAM with a text terminal, the DISPLAY
environment variable must not be set.
Using SAM for Remote System Administration |
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Using SAM, you can administer multiple remote systems from
one location. To add or remove remote systems, select the "Run SAM on Remote Systems"
menu item.
Granting Users Limited Access to SAM |
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As system administrator, you can give limited superuser access
to non-superusers by entering
This activates the Restricted SAM Builder, which allows you
to enable or disable selected SAM areas for users.
For each user given restricted access, SAM creates a file
/etc/sam/custom/login_name.cf
that defines the user's SAM privileges. SAM uses this file to give
users access to the indicated areas.
When users execute SAM, they will have superuser status to
the areas you defined and will only see those SAM areas in the menu.
Areas that do not require superuser status (such as SD) will also
appear and will execute using the user's ID. Any other area will
not appear. If non-superusers without SAM privileges try to run
SAM, they will receive a message that they must be superuser to
execute SAM.
When running restricted versions of SAM, there are no shell
escapes on terminals and the list menu is disabled. This prevents
users from getting superuser access to restricted areas of SAM.
You can also add your own applications to SAM and set them up for
restricted access.
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