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.\" $OpenBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.42 2000/04/18 17:27:17 kjell Exp $
.Dd October 20, 1997
.Dt AFTERBOOT 8
\!\" Originally created by Marshall M. Midden -- 1997-10-20, m4@umn.edu
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm afterboot
.Nd things to check after the first complete boot
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Ss Starting Out
This document attempts to list items for the system administrator
to check and set up after the installation and first complete boot of the
system.
The idea is to create a list of items that can be checked off so that you have
a warm fuzzy feeling that something obvious has not been missed.
A basic knowledge of
.Ux
is assumed, otherwise type
.Pp
.Dl Ic # help
.Pp
Complete instructions for correcting and fixing items is not provided.
There are manual pages and other methodologies available for doing that.
For example, to view the man page for the
.Xr ls 1
command, type:
.Pp
.Dl Ic man 1 ls
.Pp
Administrators will rapidly become more familiar with
.Ox
if they get used to using the high quality manual pages.
.Pp
.Ss Errata
By the time that you have installed your system, it is quite likely that
bugs in the release have been found.
All significant and easily fixed problems will be reported at
.Pa http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html .
The web page will mention if a problem is security related.
It is recommended that you check this page regularly.
.Ss Login
Login on the console as
.Dq Ic root .
You will not be able to login over the network \(em only on the console.
This behavior is controlled through the
.Pa /etc/ttys
file.
See
.Xr ttys 5
for more information.
.Pp
Upon successful login, you may see the message
.Dq Don't login as root, use su .
For security reasons, it is bad practice to login as root during regular use
and maintenance of the system.
Instead, administrators are encouraged to add a
.Dq regular
user, add said user to the
.Dq wheel
group, then use the
.Ic su
and
.Ic sudo
commands when root privileges are required.
This process is described in more detail later.
.Ss Root password
Change the password for the root user.
(Note that throughout the documentation, the term
.Dq superuser
is a synonym for the root user.)
Choose a password that has numbers, digits, and special characters (not space)
as well as from the upper and lower case alphabet.
Do not choose any word in any language.
It is common for an intruder to use dictionary attacks.
Type the command
.Ic /usr/bin/passwd
to change it.
.Pp
It is a good idea to always specify the full path name for both the
.Xr passwd 1
and
.Xr su 1
commands as this inhibits the possibility of files placed in your execution
.Ev PATH
for most shells.
Furthermore, the superuser's
.Ev PATH
should never contain the current directory
.Po Dq \&.
.Pc .
.Ss System date
Check the system date with the
.Xr date 1
command.
If needed, change the date, and/or change the symbolic link of
.Pa /etc/localtime
to the correct time zone in the
.Pa /usr/share/zoneinfo
directory.
.Pp
Examples:
.Bl -tag -width date
.It Cm date 199901271504
Set the current date to January 27th, 1999 3:04pm.
.It Cm ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Atlantic /etc/localtime
Set the time zone to Atlantic Standard Time.
.El
.Ss Check hostname
Use the
.Ic hostname
command to verify that the name of your machine is correct.
See the man page for
.Xr hostname 1
if it needs to be changed.
You will also need to edit the
.Pa /etc/myname
file to have it stick around for the next reboot.
.Ss Verify network interface configuration
The first thing to do is an
.Ic ifconfig -a
to see if the network interfaces are properly configured.
Correct by editing
.Pa /etc/hostname. Ns Ar interface
(where
.Ar interface
is the interface name, e.g.,
.Dq le0 )
and then using
.Xr ifconfig 8
to manually configure it
if you do not wish to reboot.
Read the
.Xr hostname.if 5
man page for more information on the format of
.Pa /etc/hostname. Ns Ar interface
files.
The loopback interface will look something like:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST>
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
.Ed
.Pp
an Ethernet interface something like:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
le0: flags=9863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
inet 192.168.4.52 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.4.255
.Ed
.Pp
and, a PPP interface something like:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ppp0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST>
inet 203.3.131.108 --> 198.181.0.253 netmask 0xffff0000
.Ed
.Pp
If you wish to turn on multicast routing, see the section titled
.Dq Multicast routing.
in
.Pa /etc/netstart .
.Pp
See
.Xr dhcp 8
for instructions on configuring interfaces with DHCP.
.Ss Check routing tables
Issue a
.Ic netstat -r -n
command.
The output will look something like:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Mtu
Interface
default 192.168.4.254 UGS 0 11098028 - le0
127 127.0.0.1 UGRS 0 0 - lo0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 3 24 - lo0
192.168.4 link#1 UC 0 0 - le0
192.168.4.52 8:0:20:73:b8:4a UHL 1 6707 - le0
192.168.4.254 0:60:3e:99:67:ea UHL 1 0 - le0
.Ed
.Pp
The default gateway address is stored in the
.Pa /etc/mygate
file.
If you need to edit this file, a painless way to reconfigure the network
afterwards is
.Ic route flush
followed by a
.Ic sh -x /etc/netstart
command.
Or, you may prefer to manually configure using a series of
.Ic route add
and
.Ic route delete
commands (see
.Xr route 8 ) .
.Pp
If you wish to route packets between interfaces, add the directive
.Bd -literal -offset indent
net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
.Ed
.Pp
to
.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf ,
or by compiling a new kernel with the
.Cm GATEWAY
option.
Packets are not forwarded by default, due to RFC requirements.
.Pp
You can add new
.Dq virtual interfaces
by adding the required entries to
.Pa /etc/ifaliases .
.Ss BIND Name Server (DNS)
If you are using the BIND Name Server, check the
.Pa /etc/resolv.conf
file.
It may look something like:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
domain nts.umn.edu
nameserver 128.101.101.101
nameserver 134.84.84.84
search nts.umn.edu. umn.edu.
lookup file bind
.Ed
.Pp
If using a caching name server add the line "nameserver 127.0.0.1" first.
To get a local caching name server to run
you will need to set "named_flags" in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
and create the
.Pa named.boot
file in the appropriate place for
.Xr named 8 .
The same holds true if the machine is going to be a
name server for your domain.
In both these cases, make sure that
.Xr named 8
is running
(otherwise there are long waits for resolver timeouts).
.Ss YP verification (NIS)
Check the YP domain name with the
.Xr domainname 1
command.
If necessary, correct it by editing the
.Pa /etc/defaultdomain
file.
The
.Pa /etc/netstart
script reads this file on bootup to determine and set the domain name.
You may also set the running system's domain name with the
.Xr domainname 1
command.
To start YP client services, simply run
.Ic ypbind ,
then perform the remaining
YP activation as described in
.Xr passwd 5
and
.Xr group 5 .
.Pp
In particular, to enable YP passwd support, you'll need to add the following
line to
.Pa /etc/master.passwd :
.Pp
+:*::::::::
.Pp
You do this by using
.Xr vipw 8 ,
once this is done, you'll need to run
.Ic pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
to regenerate the password databases.
.Pp
There are many more YP man pages available to help you.
You can find more information by starting with
.Xr yp 8 .
.Ss Check disk mounts
Check that the disks are mounted correctly by
comparing the
.Pa /etc/fstab
file against the output of the
.Xr mount 8
and
.Xr df 1
commands.
Example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
.Li # Ic cat /etc/fstab
/dev/sd0a / ffs rw 1 1
/dev/sd0b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sd0d /usr ffs rw,nodev 1 2
/dev/sd0e /var ffs rw,nodev,noexec 1 2
/dev/sd0g /tmp ffs rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 1 2
/dev/sd0h /home ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2
.Li # Ic mount
/dev/sd0a on / type ffs (local)
/dev/sd0d on /usr type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/sd0e on /var type ffs (local, nodev, noexec)
/dev/sd0g on /tmp type ffs (local, nodev, noexec, nosuid)
/dev/sd0h on /home type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid)
.Li # Ic df
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/sd0a 22311 14589 6606 69% /
/dev/sd0d 203399 150221 43008 78% /usr
/dev/sd0e 10447 682 9242 7% /var
/dev/sd0g 18823 2 17879 0% /tmp
/dev/sd0h 7519 5255 1888 74% /home
.Li # Ic pstat -s
Device 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Priority
/dev/sd0b 131072 84656 46416 65% 0
.Ed
.Pp
Edit
.Pa /etc/fstab
and use the
.Xr mount 8
and
.Xr umount 8
commands as appropriate.
Refer to the above example and
.Xr fstab 5
for information on the format of this file.
.Pp
You may wish to do NFS partitions now too, or you can do them later.
.Ss Concatenated disks (ccd)
If you are using
.Xr ccd 4
concatenated disks, edit
.Pa /etc/ccd.conf .
Use the
.Ic ccdconfig -U
command to unload and the
.Ic ccdconfig -C
command to create tables internal to the kernel for the concatenated disks.
You then
.Xr mount 8 ,
.Xr umount 8 ,
and edit
.Pa /etc/fstab
as needed.
.Ss Automounter daemon (AMD)
If using the
.Xr amd 8
package,
go into the
.Pa /etc/amd
directory and set it up by
renaming
.Pa master.sample
to
.Pa master
and editing it and creating other maps as needed.
Alternatively, you can get your maps with YP.
.Sh INSTALLING SHARED CRYPTO LIBRARIES WITH RSA INCLUDED
Two
.Ox
libraries
.Pf ( Pa libssl
and
.Pa libcrypto ,
based on OpenSSL) implement many
cryptographic functions which are used by OpenBSD programs like
.Xr ssh 1 ,
.Xr httpd 8 ,
and
.Xr isakmpd 8 .
Due to patent licensing reasons, those libraries may not be included
on the CD -- instead the base distribution contains libraries which have had
the troublesome code removed -- the programs listed above will not be fully
functional as a result.
Libraries which _include_ the troublesome routines
are available and can be FTP installed, as long as you meet the following
(legal) criteria:
.Ss Outside the USA, no restrictions apply
Since the RSA algorithm patent by RSA Inc. only applies in the United States
you can use the free
.Pa ssl27.tgz
package.
System install scripts on machine architectures that support
shared libraries will offer to let you install this package when you
are installing your system.
To see if you have it installed, type:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ic pkg_info ssl27
.El
.Pp
If the
.Pa ssl27
package is not installed,
.Xr pkg_info 8
will display a message that it can't find package `ssl27'.
If you did not install the package when you installed your system,
You can install it with a
.Xr pkg_add 8
command similar to:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ic pkg_add ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/packages/<a>/ssl27.tgz
.El
.Pp
replacing
.Dq <a>
with your machine architechture, e.g.,
.Dq i386
for Intel-based machines.
.Ss Inside the USA, non-commercial use of RSAREF is permitted
Non-commercial entities in the USA may install the
.Pa sslUSA27.tgz
package, which uses RSAREF.
You install this with a
.Xr pkg_add 8
command similar to:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ic pkg_add ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/packages/<a>/sslUSA27.tgz
.El
.Pp
replacing
.Dq <a>
with your machine architechture, e.g.,
.Dq i386
for Intel-based machines.
.Ss "Commercial entities in the USA are left in the cold."
While unfortunate, this is due to the way RSA Inc. licences their patent
in the USA. (This is how the USA crypto export policy feels to the
rest of the world).
.Ss Shared library support is required
These packages update your system by installing shared libraries in
.Pa /usr/local/lib.
This only works if your machine architecture supports shared libraries.
The
.Pa ssl27
and
.Pa sslUSA27
packages are only available for machines which support shared libraries.
If your architecture does not support shared libraries and you wish it
did, consider donating hardware, cash, or quality time to the project
to assist developers in supporting your platform better.
.Sh CHANGING /ETC FILES
The system should be usable now, but you may wish to do more customizing,
such as adding users, etc.
Many of the following sections may be skipped
if you are not using that package (for example, skip the
.Sx Kerberos
section if you won't be using Kerberos).
We suggest that you
.Ic cd /etc
and edit most of the files in that directory.
.Ss /etc/motd
Edit
.Pa motd
to make lawyers comfortable and make sure that no mention
of the word "Welcome" appears.
(Some U.S. lawyers have stated that
the word "Welcome" is an invitation to come on in.)
Note that this file is modified by
.Pa /etc/rc
whenever the system is booted. To keep any custom message intact, ensure
that you leave two blank lines at the top, or your message will be
overwritten.
.Ss Add new users
Add users.
There is an
.Xr adduser 8
script.
You may use
.Xr vipw 8
to add users to the
.Pa /etc/passwd
file
and edit
.Pa /etc/group
by hand to add new groups.
The manual page for
.Xr su 8 ,
tells you to make sure to put people in
the
.Sq wheel
group if they need root access (non-Kerberos).
For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
wheel:*:0:root,myself
.Ed
.Pp
Follow instructions for
.Xr kerberos 1
if using
Kerberos
for authentication.
.Ss rc.conf, netstart, rc.local, rc.securelevel
Check for any local changes needed in the files
.Pa /etc/rc.conf ,
.Pa /etc/netstart ,
.Pa /etc/rc.local ,
and
.Pa rc.securelevel .
Turning on something like the Network Time Protocol in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
requires making sure the package is installed.
.Pp
If you've installed X, you may want to turn on
.Xr xdm 1 ,
the X Display Manager.
To do this, change the value of xdm_flags in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
.Ss Printers
Edit
.Pa /etc/printcap
and
.Pa /etc/hosts.lpd
to get any printers set up.
Consult
.Xr lpd 8
and
.Xr printcap 5
if needed.
.Ss Tighten up security
You might wish to tighten up security more by editing
.Pa /etc/fbtab
as when installing X.
In
.Pa /etc/inetd.conf
comment out any extra entries you do not need,
and only add things that are really needed.
Note that by default the
.Xr telnetd 8
and
.Xr ftpd 8
daemons are not enabled in favor of SSH (Secure Shell).
.Ss Kerberos
If you are going to use
.Xr kerberos 1
for authentication, and you already have a
Kerberos
master, change directory to
.Pa /etc/kerberosIV
and configure.
Remember to get a
.Pa srvtab
from the master so that the remote commands work.
.Ss Mail Aliases
Edit
.Pa /etc/mail/aliases
and set the three standard aliases to go to either a mailing list, or
the system administrator.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in!
root: sysadm
manager: sysadm
dumper: sysadm
.Ed
.Pp
Run
.Xr newaliases 1
after changes.
.Ss Sendmail
.Ox
ships with a default
.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
file that will work for simple installations; it was generated from
.Pa openbsd-proto.mc
in
.Pa /usr/share/sendmail/cf .
Please see
.Pa /usr/share/sendmail/README
and
.Pa /usr/share/doc/smm/08.sendmailop/op.me
for information on generating your own sendmail configuration files.
.Ss BOOTP server
If this is a
BOOTP
server, edit
.Pa /etc/bootptab
as needed.
You will have to turn it on in
.Pa /etc/inetd.conf
or run
.Xr bootpd 8
in its standalone mode.
.Ss NFS server
If this is an NFS server
make sure
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
has:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
nfs_server=YES
.Ed
.Pp
Edit
.Pa /etc/exports
and get it correct.
It is probably easier to reboot than to get the daemons running manually,
but you can get the order correct by looking at
.Pa /etc/netstart .
.Ss HP remote boot server
Edit
.Pa /etc/rbootd.conf
if needed for remote booting.
If you do not have HP computers doing remote booting, do not enable this.
.Ss Daily, weekly, monthly scripts
Look at and possibly edit the
.Pa /etc/daily , /etc/weekly ,
and
.Pa /etc/monthly
scripts.
Your site specific things should go into
.Pa /etc/daily.local , /etc/weekly.local ,
and
.Pa /etc/monthly.local .
.Pp
These scripts have been limited so as to keep the system running without
filling up disk space from normal running processes and database updates.
(You probably do not need to understand them.)
.Ss Other files in /etc
Look at the other files in
.Pa /etc
and edit them as needed.
(Do not edit files ending in
.Pa .db
\(em like
.Pa pwd.db , spwd.db ,
nor
.Pa localtime ,
nor
.Pa rmt ,
nor any directories.)
.Ss Crontab (background running processes)
Check what is running by typing
.Ic crontab -l
as root
and see if anything unexpected is present.
Do you need anything else?
Do you wish to change things?
e.g., if you do not
like root getting standard output of the daily scripts, and want only
the security scripts that are mailed internally, you can type
.Ic crontab -e
and change some of the lines to read:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
30 1 * * * /bin/sh /etc/daily 2>&1 > /var/log/daily.out
30 3 * * 6 /bin/sh /etc/weekly 2>&1 > /var/log/weekly.out
30 5 1 * * /bin/sh /etc/monthly 2>&1 > /var/log/monthly.out
.Ed
.Pp
See
.Xr crontab 5 .
.Ss Next day cleanup
After the first night's security run, change ownerships and permissions
on files, directories, and devices; root should have received mail
with subject: "<hostname> daily insecurity output.".
This mail contains
a set of security recommendations, presented as a list looking like this:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
var/mail:
permissions (0755, 0775)
etc/daily:
user (0, 3)
.Ed
.Pp
The best bet is to follow the advice in that list.
The recommended setting is the first item in parentheses, while
the current setting is the second one.
This list is generated by
.Xr mtree 8
using
.Pa /etc/mtree/special .
Use
.Xr chmod 1 ,
.Xr chgrp 1 ,
and
.Xr chown 8
as needed.
.Ss Packages
Install your own packages.
The simple way is to copy source and compile and link/load.
.Pp
Copy vendor binaries and install them.
You will need to install any shared libraries, etc.
(Hint:
.Ic man -k compat
to find out how to install and use compatibility mode.)
.Pp
Install any of a large group of Third-Party Software that is available
in source form.
See
.Pa http://www.openbsd.org
under
.Sq Ports: a Nice Way to Get Third-Party Software .
.Pp
You may have some difficulty installing due to various compiling errors.
Don't get discouraged easily!
Sometimes checking the mailing lists for
past problems that people have encountered will result in a fix posted.
One recent item says to delete
.Pa -lcrypt
from
.Pa Makefile Ns No s
as the crypt routines are now present in the standard libraries.
.Sh COMPILING A KERNEL
First, review the system message buffer using the
.Xr dmesg 8
command to find out information on your system's devices as probed by the
kernel at boot.
In particular, note which devices were not configured.
This information will prove useful when editing kernel configuration files.
.Pp
To compile your own kernel off a CD-ROM do the following:
.Sm off
.Bd -literal -offset indent
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic cd\ /
.Ar somedir
.Xc
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic cp\ /usr/src/sys/arch/
.Ar somearch
.Ic /conf/
.Ar SOMEFILE
.Ic \ .
.Xc
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic vi\ \&
.Ar SOMEFILE
.No \ \ \ (to\ make\ any\ changes)
.Xc
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic config\ -s\ /usr/src/sys\ -b\ .\ \&
.Ar SOMEFILE
.Xc
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic make
.Xc
.Ed
.Sm on
.Pp
To compile a kernel inside a writable source tree, do the following:
.Sm off
.Bd -literal -offset indent
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic cd\ /usr/src/sys/arch/
.Ar somearch
.Ic /conf
.Xc
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic vi\ \&
.Ar SOMEFILE
.No \ \ \ (to\ make\ any\ changes)
.Xc
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic config\ \&
.Ar SOMEFILE
.Xc
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic cd\ ../compile/
.Ar SOMEFILE
.Xc
.Li #\ Xo
.Ic make
.Xc
.Ed
.Sm on
.Pp
where
.Ar somedir
is a writable directory,
.Ar somearch
is the architecture (e.g.
.Ic i386 ) ,
and
.Ar SOMEFILE
should be a name indicative of a particular configuration (often
that of the hostname).
You can also do a
.Ic make depend
so that you will have dependencies there the next time you do a compile.
.Pp
If you are building your kernel again, before you do a
.Ic make
you should do a
.Ic make depend
after making changes (including updates or patches) to your kernel source,
or a
.Ic make clean
after making changes to your kernel options.
.Pp
After either of these two methods, you can place the new kernel (called
.Pa bsd )
in
.Pa /
(i.e.
.Pa /bsd )
and the system will boot it next time.
Most people save their backup kernels as
.Pa /bsd.1 ,
.Pa /bsd.2 ,
etc.
.Pp
It is not always necessary to recompile the kernel if only
configuration changes are required.
With
.Xr config 8 ,
you can change the device configuration in the kernel file directly:
.Bd -literal
.Li #\ Ic config Fl e o Ar bsd.new /bsd
OpenBSD 2.7-beta (GENERIC.rz0) #0: Mon Oct 4 03:57:22 MEST 1999
root@winona:/usr/src/sys/arch/pmax/compile/GENERIC.rz0
Enter 'help' for information
ukc>
.Pp
Additionally, you can permanently save the changes made with UKC during boot
time in the kernel image.
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chgrp 1 ,
.Xr chmod 1 ,
.Xr crontab 1 ,
.Xr date 1 ,
.Xr df 1 ,
.Xr hostname 1 ,
.Xr kerberos 1 ,
.Xr make 1 ,
.Xr man 1 ,
.Xr netstat 1 ,
.Xr newaliases 1 ,
.Xr passwd 1 ,
.Xr su 1 ,
.Xr ccd 4 ,
.Xr aliases 5 ,
.Xr bootptab 5 ,
.Xr crontab 5 ,
.Xr exports 5 ,
.Xr fbtab 5 ,
.Xr fstab 5 ,
.Xr group 5 ,
.Xr krb.conf 5 ,
.Xr krb.realms 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr rbootd 5 ,
.Xr resolv.conf 5 ,
.Xr hostname 7 ,
.Xr adduser 8 ,
.Xr amd 8 ,
.Xr bootpd 8 ,
.Xr ccdconfig 8 ,
.Xr chown 8 ,
.Xr config 8 ,
.Xr dhcp 8 ,
.Xr domainname 8 ,
.Xr ext_srvtab 8 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr inetd 8 ,
.Xr mtree 8 ,
.Xr mount 8 ,
.Xr named 8 ,
.Xr rc 8 ,
.Xr rmt 8 ,
.Xr route 8 ,
.Xr umount 8 ,
.Xr vipw 8 ,
.Xr ypbind 8
.Sh HISTORY
This document first appeared in
.Ox 2.2 .
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