Netscape FastTrack Server Release and Installation Notes
Netscape FastTrack Server Release and Installation Notes

Netscape FastTrack Server 2.01 notes

Netscape FastTrack Server 2.01 notes

These notes cover important information for running Netscape FastTrack Server 2.01 on SCO OpenServer.

TCP/IP reconfiguration
If you reconfigure TCP/IP, any Netscape servers installed on your system might be improperly configured. To correct this, you must edit configuration files as described in ``Deferring or reconfiguring network configuration''. See ``Default Netscape FastTrack Server values'' for default installation values for the Netscape FastTrack server.

Configuring SNMP utilities
SNMP utilities are automatically installed, but must be configured, on SCO OpenServer 5.0 systems.

Connecting to the Policy Manager
After installing one or more Netscape servers, your system might report failures to connect to the Policy Manager (pmd) when users attempt to log in. To fix this, enter the following commands as root:

/etc/tunek -l user -n 100
cd /etc/conf/cf.d
./link_unix

After the kernel relinks, use shutdown(ADM) to reboot your system. (See ``Relinking the kernel'' (http://osr5doc.sco.com:457/HANDBOOK/kernel_relinking.html) in the SCO OpenServer Handbook (http://osr5doc.sco.com:457/HANDBOOK/CONTENTS.html).)

Enabling virtual domains with secure servers
If you enable virtual domains on a system that has a secure web server (port 443) installed, the secure server is no longer accessible from the Internet Manager. However, you can still administer the server from the Netscape Administration Server. 

Using Netscape LiveWire with Netscape FastTrack Server
When using Netscape LiveWire with the Netscape FastTrack Server, install the Strong Encryption Supplement prior to installing Netscape LiveWire. If you install the Strong Encryption Supplement after you install Netscape LiveWire, you will no longer be able to configure Netscape LiveWire from the Netscape Administration Server.

If this problem occurs, add the following line to the /usr/internet/ns_httpd/bin/httpd/admin/html/index.lst file, immediately following the Java line:

   --Option:livewire,LiveWire
The next time you load the Programs page in the Netscape Administration Server, you will once again see ``LiveWire''.

Editing access control files
The directories /usr/internet/ns_httpd/httpacl, /usr/internet/ns_httpd/authdb, and /usr/internet/ns_httpd/userdb contain access control and user authentication information. The permissions for these directories are set to 0711 to allow the Netscape Administration Server to write files in them.

To modify these databases, use the Netscape Administration Server. After making changes to the databases, change the permissions for the directories listed above to 0700 to prevent shell users from gaining access to this information. Then, stop and restart the server so these changes will take effect. To make additional changes to the databases, first change the permission to 0711. After making the changes, return the permissions to 0700.

Setting Access Control (ACL) for nested directories
Setting ACL for nested directories does not work. For example, you cannot set access control for user1 to be able to read /usr/internet/ns_httpd/docs/user1 and also have user2 access only the /usr/internet/ns_httpd/docs/user1/user2 subdirectory. Instead, you must set up parallel directories, such as:

/usr/internet/ns_httpd/docs/user1
/usr/internet/ns_httpd/docs/user2

Archiving logs
When trying to archive a log, the Netscape FastTrack Server stops. The confirmation dialog says that the server is sent a restart signal, but the server does not restart. If this occurs, restart the server manually by selecting System Settings->On.

Log files renamed
To prevent conflicts with the old log file format, each server's log files are renamed during the update. Three standard files are used for logging: one for access messages, one for errors, and one for messages about a secure server, if one is running.

These files are named:

name.DD.MON-ftpudate

Where:

 name  ---  access, errors, or secure
 DD    ---  day of month update is installed
 MON   ---  month update is installed
For example, if the update is installed on October 31st, the server using /usr/internet/ns_httpd/httpd-80 as its root directory would use these log files:

/usr/internet/ns_httpd/httpd-80/logs/access-31-Oct-ftupdate
/usr/internet/ns_httpd/httpd-80/logs/errors-31-Oct-ftupdate

Running Java
If you select Programs->Java, then specify the Java directory, the Netscape FastTrack Server stops. The confirmation dialog says that the server is sent a restart signal, but the server does not restart. If this occurs, restart the server manually by selecting System Settings->On.

Removing Netscape FastTrack Server from SCO Internet FastStart 1.1
Removal of the Netscape FastTrack Server from an SCO Internet FastStart 1.1 system is unsupported and might leave your system in an unusable state. 

Removing database with non-alphanumeric name
If you create a database with non-alphanumeric characters (such as ~!@#$%^&*()_+}{":?> or <), you get a message that the database does not exist and you might not be able to remove the database. 

Warnings in Netscape Server log when running Tarantella
When the Netscape FastTrack server is run with Tarantella, it might hang and produce warnings about failed calls to accept in the log. These are harmless, and can be ignored. Restart the server as usual.
For more information:

Netscape FastTrack Server Administrator's Guide
Online: http://osr5doc.sco.com:457/Internet/FastTrack/ag/admin.htm

PostScript (on the WWW):
http://www.sco.com/documentation/postscript/nsft2/ftadmin/

Netscape Enterprise Server Programmer's Guide
Online: http://osr5doc.sco.com:457/Internet/FastTrack/pg/contents.html

PostScript (on the WWW):
http://www.sco.com/documentation/postscript/nsent2/entprog/
See ``Netscape FastTrack Server Administrator's Guide addendum'' and ``Netscape Enterprise Server Programmer's Guide addendum'' for notes on the Netscape FastTrack Server documentation.