Starting from 6.6 release, NethServer installations contact CentOS mirrors directly to retrieve upstream updates. NethServer specific packages are served by mirror.netheserver.org and other NethServer mirrors.
The admin user name is available only if nethserver-directory RPM is installed. For backward compatibility it has still full privileges through Server Manager.
When nethserver-directory is installed admin is automatically created, as in the past, but its Unix password is not copied from root any more.
I can read this in the changelog of 6.6, as admin is used in nethserver-phpmyadmin, how can you set a new password for the admin user???
That means if you don’t set the password, you can’t use phpmyadmin. Do I need to use the root user as database administrator (does root is registred in ldap), or ask in the documentation that the password must be set.
By the way, why have you separated the two users ?
Good point, the question could also be “why two users”? I think the main reason is the LDAP-based user backend is not present in the initial system: a firewall would not require it, whilst a mail server would.
The admin account comes with LDAP and by convention it is granted special privileges on configured services. For instance, it can join workstations in a Samba domain.
What I do on my systems is
enable SSH public key authentication (I hope we’ll add a pubkey management UI, too)
access the Server Manager from admin, if it is present (and has a strong password)
keep the strong root’s password in a secure place and never use it, if possible
Guys, disk usage plugin works great, good work!
This time I’ve tried a soft-raid1 config with vmware player with two usb disks, that was a nice feature to ask if I want raid wile install running.
After the system was ready, I’ve simulated a hw fail on the first drive (plugged it out ), nethserver was fine after that, also after reboot, so it meets the expected result.
I downloaded and install this new version over the former 6.5. I did a fresh install, not an upgrade. I think all of you have done a very good job, but I also think there might be some space for improvement.
When I installed the OS I didn’t get a warning about a former installation being erased. Of course I know there is a manual way to perform the update, but I think it would be better to detect the former Nethserver installation and inform the user about it.
Some other thing that could be improved is the Backup module. If the user forgets to set it up and trys to perform a backup (from the Web) they didn’t get any error message, instead they receive an OK message. That could easily confuse the less experienced users.
I briefly looked at a way to check for previous versions, but I couldn’t make anaconda (the centos installer) detect NethServer 6.5.
Maybe, a patch is needed. Do you think this is a show-stopper for 6.6?
That’s would be better if you have a detection, but you have a warning about your data will be formatted, That’s right the warning is a bit loss with other informations, but it is existing.
The behaviour of automatically formatting HD is inherited from SME Server and a lot of users were/are caught by the loss of their data.
), nethserver was fine after that, also after reboot, so it meets the expected result. 
