Configuring Your System with YaST

Use the YaST Control Center to change the installation and configuration of your whole system. Administrator (or root) permission is required to open YaST.

To open YaST, click Computer+More Applications+System+YaST, then enter the root password. If you do not know the root password, ask your system administrator.

YaST contains various modules you can use to adjust your system settings. These modules are divided into the following categories:

AppArmor: Use the modules of this category to configure the Novell AppArmor™ access control system. This option is available only if the Novell AppArmor pattern is installed.

Hardware: Contains modules for configuring hardware components such as your monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, and scanner.

Miscellaneous: Holds several modules that cannot easily be classified into the first six module groups. For example, you can view log files and install drivers from a vendor CD.

Network Devices: Includes modules for configuring network devices such as network cards, ISDN, DSL, or modem.

Network Services: Contains modules for network services and for configuring clients such as LDAP and NFS.

Security: Use these modules to configure security details such as firewall options, and to create and manage users and groups.

Software: Use the modules of this category to set options for installation and updates, and to install or remove software packages.

System: Use these modules to change system settings such as the date, time, or language, and to perform tasks such as backing up or restoring files.

Other: Use the modules of this category to create and administer virtual machines. This option is available only if the Xen Virtual Machine Host Server pattern is installed.