User`s guide

Chapter 1, Before You Install 17
Other Technical Requirements
Windows NT User Accounts for the
Server
You should create a Windows NT user account for your iPlanet Web Server. It
should have restricted access to your system resources and run under a
nonprivileged system user account (one that has a limited set of system
permissions to your system). When the server starts, it runs with this user
account. Any server extension modules the server uses are created with this
user account as the owner.
During installation, the server uses the LocalSystem account, not the user
account you created. Once you start and run the server, you should use the
user account you created. You can change the user account for the server after
the installation process. You can configure that user account so that is has
permissions to get files on another computer, so that your server can serve files
that are mounted from another computer.
In addition, the user account you create for the server should belong to a group
that contains the server users for all iPlanet servers so that multiple servers can
have access to shared files.
Note It’s strongly recommended that you use a dedicated account for the server.
Choosing Unique Port Numbers
You need multiple port numbers: one for the Administration Server and one for
each instance of iPlanet Web Server. The Administration Server is a special
instance of the iPlanet Web Server that you use to manage your iPlanet Web
Server. This Administration Server is not the same as the Netscape
Administration Server shipped with the Netscape Console.
The standard web server port number is 80 and the standard SSL-enabled web
server port number is 443, but you can install iPlanet Web Server to use any
port. If you use a port other than the default port (port 80), the URL used to
gain access to your home page changes. For example, if your computer is
called www.siroe.com and you choose port 9753, your server’s URL will be
http://www.siroe.com:9753/.