13.4 Administrative Features of the Welcome Pages

The administrative features on the OES Welcome pages differ slightly between OES Linux and OES NetWare servers.

NetWare exposes the administrative links only after the user authenticates to eDirectory™.

Because the Linux pages don’t support eDirectory authentication, the link box on Linux is static. In some cases, both end user and administrative links appear. In other cases, no administrative links are available. Link availability is determined by the product team responsible for the page.

Table 13-1 compares Welcome page functionality on Linux and NetWare.

Table 13-1 Welcome Pages on Linux and NetWare

Feature

OES Linux Servers

OES Netware Servers

Accessing the administrative Welcome pages

There is only one set of Welcome pages. Most Linux pages include the administrative links.

Administrators have two options for authenticating to eDirectory:

  • Click the Login link in the site banner

  • Specify HTTPS and port 2200 when accessing the server.

    For example, they might enter the following URL:

    https://server.example.com:2200

Linking to administrative tools

Administrators can access most administrative tools from links on the product pages.

Administrators can access most administrative tools from links on the product pages.

Authentication is not required in some cases because the connection is already authenticated to eDirectory. iManager 2.5 is a notable exception to this.

Installing products

Not available.

Many products that aren't installed include an installation link in their link box. When clicked, this link launches iManager 2.5, which lets you install the product.

NOTE:In some cases, the Welcome Web site is not updated to reflect product installation. For some products this is solved by restarting the Web server. For information about how to restart the Web server, see the Apache Web Server for NetWare Administration Guide for OES .

Setting Welcome page preferences

You can set an alternate default Welcome page by selecting from the list of installed products at the bottom of the main panel (on the initial page).

For example, if the server is an iPrint server, you might set the default page to iPrint. Users accessing the page can then download and install the iPrint client for their workstation type.

Authenticated administrators can set an alternate default Welcome page by selecting from the list of installed products at the bottom of the main panel (on the initial page).

For example, if the server is an iPrint server, you might set the default page to iPrint. All users accessing the page can then download and install the iPrint client for their workstation type. Admin users accessing the page can immediately install printers and create or modify iPrint maps.