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Obsolete Releases => SME 8.x Contribs => Topic started by: John_k_o on October 21, 2014, 02:53:33 AM

Title: Change SME Server role
Post by: John_k_o on October 21, 2014, 02:53:33 AM

Hi,

Just would like to know if there is a way of changing the "Server role" from gateway mode to just server mode.

http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter2

Im looking of using a separate router for DHCP and traffic management and would like to disable the second NIC on the server and just use a single one.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks
John

Title: Re: Change SME Server role
Post by: TerryF on October 21, 2014, 03:02:25 AM

Follow wiki details  http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter5#Configuring_your_SME_Server

Title: Re: Change SME Server role
Post by: John_k_o on October 21, 2014, 04:59:28 AM

Hi Terry

Thanks for your quick reply. As per the guide it says:

To change configuration settings, you have set during install, at a later date you can login as admin user to your server console and choose the option to Reconfigure your server. You will be take through the configuration routine just like during installation. Make your necessary changes or use the Keep option to preserve the settings you have set previously.


I am able to get to console, but how to i start the reconfigure process? Do i have to boot from the original Install Disk or is there a way of getting there through the console?

Thanks
John

Title: Re: Change SME Server role
Post by: TerryF on October 21, 2014, 05:06:21 AM

Once you have started the console from the cli either locally or remotely using a utility such as putty, select option 2  "Configure this server" change settings as per the wiki.

Title: Re: Change SME Server role
Post by: TerryF on October 21, 2014, 05:10:15 AM

See this wiki entry on the console and how to get to it  http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter6

Title: Re: Change SME Server role
Post by: brianr on October 21, 2014, 10:31:12 AM

You may be missing the point that you login as "admin" not "root", the passwords are the same system password though.

Title: Re: Change SME Server role
Post by: Stefano on October 21, 2014, 11:06:25 AM

you can login as root too, then

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console


Title: Re: Change SME Server role
Post by: TerryF on October 21, 2014, 11:14:14 AM

and of course if you read the relevant wiki section it explains that as well :-)

Title: Re: Change SME Server role
Post by: brianr on October 21, 2014, 11:48:50 AM

Quote from: Stefano on October 21, 2014, 11:06:25 AM

you can login as root too, then

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console


or

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su admin