Creating the super-user account

After installing Manhattan, the next step is to create an account that will be used to enter Manhattan's web-based administration system.

Point your web browser to:

https://YOURSERVER.edu/manhat2-sbin/super_conf

Replace YOURSERVER.edu with the name of your server. If you aren't yet running a secure server, replace https with http

Use the form you see to create the super user account:

You'll need to enter a username and password for this super user. A good username might be your first initial followed by your last name, all in lowercase letters with no spaces. A good password is, well, a good password.

Think a bit when you select the username. Whatever you select you'll be using from now on. The password can be changed as often as you wish.

After submitting the form, you will have created the super-user account, and the above URL will no longer work. For the best protection, you should delete the super_conf CGI program, so it can never be run again from a web browser. Login to the server using the manhat shell account, then: cd manhat-x.x.x/sbin rm super_conf

You'll be shown a page summarizing the super-user account information. At the bottom of the page is a link that you can click on to login to the administrative system for the first time.

If, when you click on the link shown above to login to the Administrative system, your web browser cannot locate the web site, it's likely that the ServerName is set improperly in Apache's httpd.conf. (see Make sure ServerName is set properly)