Documentation notes

Because the Netscape products are supported by several operating systems, the documentation includes information specific to other operating systems. You can ignore such information.

The following additions and corrections to the Netscape books are specific to SCO OpenServer and SCO Internet FastStart versions of the products.

Some of the following changes have already been incorporated into the online versions of these books, but do not appear in the printed books.

See ``Accessing documentation'' for information on accessing the online and PostScript versions of the Netscape FastTrack Server documentation.

• Netscape FastTrack Server Administrator's Guide addendum

• Netscape Enterprise Server Programmer's Guide addendum

Netscape FastTrack Server Administrator's Guide addendum

Because the Netscape FastTrack Server Administrator's Guide is essentially the same as that for the Netscape Enterprise Server, the latter's name may occasionally be mentioned in the Netscape FastTrack Server Administrator's Guide.

These notes supplement the Netscape FastTrack Server Administrator's Guide which is available online from:

http://osr5doc.sco.com:457/Internet/FastTrack/ag/admin.htm

PostScript for this book is available on the WWW at:

http://www.sco.com/documentation/postscript/nsft2/ftadmin/

There are known problems with the layout and typography of the Netscape FastTrack Server Administrator's Guide.

Chapter 2

``Before you install the server''
Ignore the ``Create a user account for the server'' section.

Ignore the ``Choose unique port numbers for the administration and web servers'' section.

``Upgrading an existing server''
Replace this section with the following text:

SCO strongly recommends a full system backup before upgrading. If you are running the Netscape Communications Server 1.1.2 and/or the Netscape Commerce Server 1.1.2 on an SCO OpenServer or SCO Internet FastStart system, 1.1.2 configuration information will be automatically transferred to the FastTrack server upon upgrading.

``Installation Instructions''
See ``Installing and removing Netscape FastTrack Server''.

``What the installation process does''
The server root directory on SCO OpenServer and SCO Internet FastStart systems is /usr/internet/ns_httpd.

Eighth bullet: If you are running SCO Internet FastStart and have enabled virtual domains using the Internet Manager, there will be an httpd directory titled httpd-80.IP_address for each virtual domain.

Final bullet: If you have previously installed the SCO Netscape Commerce Server, the Netscape FastTrack Server will, when installed, automatically detect and use the configuration files in the /usr/internet/ns_https directory.

Chapter 3

paragraph 2
If you are running SCO Internet FastStart, use the Internet Manager for server configuration.

``Installing multiple web servers''
If you are running SCO Internet FastStart, use the Internet Manager to add and remove web servers.

``Removing a server from your system''
If you are running SCO Internet FastStart, use the Internet Manager to remove web servers.

``Configuring your administration server''
bullet 3, "Port number"

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CAUTION: Changing the port number will prevent the Internet Manager from finding your server, and you will no longer be able to configure it using the Internet Manager.

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``Using the Server Manager'', ``Understanding wildcard patterns'' table
In the next to last example, the word ``domain'' is not part of the domain name.

Chapter 5

``Starting and stopping the server'',
``Restarting with inittab''
In the code listing, replace respawn with once. Add this line of code to the /etc/conf/cf.d/init.base and /etc/inittab files.

``Starting and stopping the server''
Ignore the ``Restarting with the system RC scripts'' section.

``Configuring network settings'', ``Changing the server's location''

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CAUTION: Changing the server's location will prevent the Internet Manager from finding your web server, and you will no longer be able to configure your server with the Internet Manager.

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``Configuring network settings'', ``Changing the server binding address''

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CAUTION: If you are using SCO Internet FastStart and have used the Internet Manager to enable virtual domains, a Netscape FastTrack Server has been created for you on each of your system's IP addresses. Changing the binding address of any of these servers will cause it to conflict with one of the others.

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Netscape Enterprise Server Programmer's Guide addendum

These notes supplement the Netscape Enterprise Server Programmer's Guide, which is available online from:

http://osr5doc.sco.com:457/Internet/FastTrack/pg/contents.html

PostScript for this book is available on the WWW at:

http://www.sco.com/documentation/postscript/nsent2/entprog/

Introduction

``What are CGI and the server plug-in API?'', end of paragraph 1
For SCO OpenServer and SCO Internet FastStart systems, the C and C++ compilers are available as part of the SCO OpenServer Development System. A public domain, unsupported version of Perl is available from Skunkware:

http://www.sco.com/skunkware

Chapter 5

paragraph 3
Using new plug-ins on SCO OpenServer and SCO Internet FastStart systems requires the SCO OpenServer Development System.

``Writing plug-in functions''
The server root directory on SCO OpenServer and SCO Internet FastStart systems is /usr/internet/ns_httpd.

``Compiling and linking your code'', 1st paragraph
The /nsapi/include directory is named /usr/internet/ns_httpd/nsapi/include on all SCO OpenServer systems. Use the make command in place of the gmake command recommended here.