Sun Microsystems Netscape Enterprise Server, Administrator'S Manual

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Chapter 7, Configuring Server Preferences 165
Starting and Stopping the Server
Warning
If you have an NTFS file system, you should protect the directory that contains
password.txt
by restricting its access, even if you do not use the file. The
directory should have read/write permissions for the administration server user
and the web server user. Protecting the directory prevents others from creating
a false
password.txt
file.
On FAT file systems, you cannot protect directories or files by restricting access
to them.
Using the Automatic Restart Utility (Windows NT)
The server is automatically restarted by a server-monitoring utility if the server
crashes. On systems that have debugging tools installed, a dialog box with
debugging information appears if the server crashes. To help debug server
plug-in API programs (WAI or NSAPI programs), you can disable the auto-start
feature by setting a very high timeout value. You can also turn off the
debugging dialog boxes by using the Registry Editor.
Changing the Time Interval (Windows NT)
To change the time interval that elapses between startup and the time the
server can automatically restart, perform the following steps:
1.
Start the Registry Editor.
2.
Select your server’s key (in the left side of the Registry Editor window,
located in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Netscape\
).
3.
Choose Add Value from the Edit menu. The Add Key dialog box appears.
4.
In Value Name, type
MortalityTimeSecs
.
5.
Select REG_DWORD from the Data Type pull-down list.
6.
Click OK. The DWORD Editor dialog box appears.
7.
Type the time interval (in seconds) that will elapse between startup and the
time the server can restart automatically.
The interval can be in binary, decimal, or hexadecimal format.
8.
Click the numerical format for the value you entered in the previous step
(binary, decimal, or hexadecimal).