Installation guide

Operating System Requirements
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To edit the server configuration file, you will need a text editor that is capable of
handling large text files (Notepad and Wordpad are not suitable). If you are
already familiar with Emacs text editor on UNIX, a port to Windows can be
downloaded from
ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/. There are
many other shareware and commercial text editors available.
To display non-English characters using any Netscape browser, you can obtain
general internationalization advice and more specific information about the
Bitstream Cyberbit font from the following URL:
http://developer.netscape.com/software/jdk/i18n.html
To download the Bitstream Cyberbit font use the following FTP link:
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/extras/fonts/windows
Before downloading the font, read the READMEfirst.txt and ReadMe.htm files.
Ensuring System Clock Accuracy
To facilitate the correlation of date and time stamps in log files with those of other
computer systems, keep your system clock reasonably in sync. As the NET TIME
command requires NetBIOS, which will be disabled during post-installation
system configuration, either a TCP/IP based NTP client should be installed (such
as the shareware program Tardis) or a time radio receiver attached. See
http://www.ntp.org for more information on NTP clients for Windows.
Installing Windows Service Packs and Hotfixes
Windows 2000 Service Packs include key fixes that are needed to maintain the
security and reliability of the operating system. The hotfix series contains
important changes for problems discovered after the service pack has been
released.
Directory Server is certified with Service Pack 4 and security patches released by
the OS vendor at the time of this certification. It is recommended that you install
the latest service pack and all hotfixes and patches recommended by the OS
vendor.
Configuring the System Post Installation
The Windows 2000 environment requires tuning to provide optimum performance
for Directory Server in an operational environment. Consult the Windows 2000
system administrator’s documentation or support channel for information on
Windows 2000 tuning for multi-threaded internet services.
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