Installation guide

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Chapter 2
Installing iPlanet Web Server,
Enterprise Edition on Unix
This chapter tells you how to install iPlanet Web Server on Unix systems. It contains the
following sections:
• Installing on Unix Platforms
• Installing Across Multiple Machines
• Using Uninstall on Unix
Installing on Unix Platforms
The topics in this section describe the installation of iPlanet Web Server on Unix platforms.
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.
CAUTION
You must install your version 6.0 servers in a server root directory separate from the
server root directory that contains previous versions of the web server.