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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.