The server can now boot. The next step is a simple update of everything – but before that, we create /etc/portage/package.use with this line:
sys-libs/glibc userlocales
After that, the next step is to install vi and to adapt the EDITOR variable in rc.conf. Then, using visudo, make sure that the normal user can sudo. Then, we install OpenSSH to remote control the box. In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, we configure the following:
- change ListenAddress to 10.10.10.20
- set PermitRootLogin to no
- add a line “AllowGroups wheel”
- start sshd and add it to the default runlevel
Then, install these tools: syslog-ng, vixie-cron, ntp, sysfsutils, gentoolkit and esearch. Configuration of these tools will happen the next time.
