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In order to activate the ‘menu’ command, execute the following command:
# ./menusetup
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- The setup will check first your terminal settings
- if set to VT100 you will not be able to continue until you set the TERM value to VT200, dtterm or xterm (see how to here: Terminal settings Configuration)
- if set to VT100 you will not be able to continue until you set the TERM value to VT200, dtterm or xterm (see how to here: Terminal settings Configuration)
- Mandatory packages installation will be checked (telnet, screen, etc..): if one package is missing you will not be able to continue.
- If telnet is installed, you will be prompted to force the mode to character to avoid some input issues while connected to the guests console
- Recommended packages installation will be checked (expect, evince, etc...): if one package is missing you will be able to continue, installation of these packages can be done later if needed
- The 'menu' alias will be created, this will be the command you'll use to access the menu
- Recursive jobs will be added in the crontab file:
- if the crontab file does not exist, it will be automatically filled
- if it already exists, you will be prompted to update it via the selected editor: a check will be performed and the missing entries will be added
- Alerts parameters will now have to be filled
- Select between HTML or pure TEXT emails
- Mail recipients list (used for alerts, not for sending files like log and configuraiton files for example)
- Customize emails footer: you can add here your disclaimer, information on Charon server or any information you think useful
- Enable/disable wall alert messages
- Install or update the alert script (can be customized later)
Select the alert level from guests log files: 0 = none, 1 = informational+warning+error entries, 2 = warning+error entries, 3 = error entries only
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When the setup is completed either log out to activate the 'menu' alias or execute the following command:
# . /etc/profile.d/charon_menu*
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