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HP-UX System Administrator’s Guide: Configuration Management describes the tools and processes for configuring a system and connecting it to the network. It includes the following major topics:

Chapter 1 “Introduction”: General configuration topics including an overview of the major configuration tools, HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), and HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH).
Chapter 2: “Configuring System Parameters”: Starting a preinstalled system and general initialization.
Chapter 3: “Configuring Root”: Setting up a root user home directory and configuring root user parameters.
Chapter 4: “Configuring Users and Groups”: Adding users to the system.
Chapter 5: “Configuring Networking”: Setting up the network interface, sharing directories with other systems, transferring files between systems.
Chapter 6: “Configuring Printers”: Configuring local, remote, and network printers.
Chapter 7: “Configuring Mail”: Setting up various mail server configurations.
Chapter 8: “Setting Up the Online Manpages”: Managing disk usage versus access time.
Chapter 9: “Configuring Peripherals”: PCI recovery, Ethernet configuration, terminal troubleshooting,
Chapter 10: “Configuring the Kernel”: Managing kernel tunables, modules, and alarms.

For other configuration topics, see:

System Administrator’s Guide: Security Management
System Administrator’s Guide: Logical Volume Management

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