Administering SCO OpenServer

Administering your system with SCOadmin

SCOadmin is a series of management applications (or ``managers'') that help you configure and maintain your system. The managers can be run in graphical or character mode.

You can access SCOadmin managers in three ways:

Desktop mode. Use the icons in the System Administration window located on the root desktop.
Graphical mode. Use the scoadmin(ADM) command to invoke the SCOadmin launcher or run an individual manager in a scoterm(XC) window.
Character mode. Use the scoadmin command to run the SCOadmin launcher or an individual manager on a character display. See ``Starting SCOadmin from the command line'' and ``Using SCOadmin in character mode''.

NOTE: Unless your system is configured with the Low security profile, ordinary users are not authorized to run SCOadmin managers. See ``Assigning subsystem authorizations'' for more information.

Most SCOadmin managers are grouped under folders (directories) that correspond to an administrative area.

Some SCOadmin managers permit you to administer different systems across the network as described in ``Administering other systems with SCOadmin''.