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Installing on Unix Platforms
22 iPlanet Web Server, FastTrack Edition Installation Guide • June 2000
Logging In as the Correct User
Before you install iPlanet Web Server, you must log in as
root
, unless you meet the
following conditions:
• You plan to install the iPlanet Web Server on a port higher than 1024.
• The location where you plan to install the server (the server root directory) is
writable with your non-root login.
• You are not planning to use Express installation.
If you meet these conditions, you do not need to log in as
root
to install the server;
instead log in as the user account that the Administration Server will use.
However, you may still prefer to log in as
root
, even though you meet the
conditions.
Unpacking the Files
To get the iPlanet Web Server files and unpack them, follow these steps:
1.
Download the file from
http://www.iplanet.com
and save it in a temporary
directory.
2.
Change to the directory on your Unix machine where you copied the file.
Unpack the .
gz
file by typing
gunzip
filename.
tar.gz
. The file name is in the
format:
fasttrack-4.1-
security-internationalization.platform
.tar.gz
For example:
fasttrack-4.1-export-us.hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.tar.gz
.
3.
Untar the unzipped file by typing
tar -xvf
filename.
tar
.
This command unpacks the server files and creates a temporary directory
structure under the current directory. Unpacking the file may take a little time.
When the files are unpacked, you see a WebServer directory, and three files:
LICENSE.txt, README.txt, setup, and setup.inf
.